Wed.Oct 12, 2022

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In-person vs. virtual onboarding: Which is best for your team?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When the world largely shifted to remote work as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, almost no one could anticipate all of the changes the shift would bring. One of the biggest changes occurred in onboarding. Now that a growing number of companies across the globe are fully remote and businesses are hoping to increase new hire productivity, it’s critical to have an established onboarding process for new employees.

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Carbon accounting platform acquired by Sage as ClimateTech heats up

TechCrunch

Spherics , a UK-based carbon accounting platform for SMEs to understand and reduce their environmental impact, has been acquired by accounting giant Sage. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but it’s understood Spherics had raised £1.25m in equity financing from angel investors and £300,000 in grants. Spherics was a smaller startup playing in a similar space to larger ones which include Normative, Plan A, Klimametrix.global, Persefoni and Planetly.com (other carbon accounting players, like Wate

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Thai e-commerce platform Konvy raises $10m to accelerate expansion

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Konvy , a beauty e-commerce platform based in Thailand , has announced raising $10 million in a Series A funding round that will help accelerate its expansion and hiring. The funding round was anchored by Singapore’s Insignia Ventures Partners.

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After selling his last startup to Google, this founder now wants to automate mundane tasks with Relay

TechCrunch

Some seven years after selling his previous company to Google, Jacob Bank is preparing to launch his next project, this time with a focus on automating mundane, repetitive tasks. Bank was previously cofounder and CEO at Timeful, a smart scheduling app that helped users make better use of their time through automatically prioritizing their various commitments.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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The Secret Hack to Ethically Hustle Your Way to Instant Sales

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Shake up expectations and play your customers’ preconceived notions Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Unvarnished Feedback: The Advantages of Using a Customer Council

The Seraf Compass

The customer council is one of the best kept secrets of product management and company strategy. Unlike an advisory board, with specialists who often have a closer relationship with the company or even a personal relationship to the CEO, a customer council consists of ordinary users who can give their unvarnished feedback on the product directly to the company.

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Daily Crunch: Closed early-access product Relay raises $5M seed round to ‘tackle collaborative workflows’

TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. If you’re joining us at Disrupt next week, here’s an incentive for turning up early — we’re recording our podcasts live onstage, and you can be in the audience ! Fun fun fun! — Christine and Haje. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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How Low Could Valuations Go?

Tomasz Tunguz

The public software market continues to compress. Enterprise-value-to-forward-revenue multiples are now below 2016 levels for the first time in 6 in years. The 25th percentile of companies trade at 3.3x today compared to 4.0x in 2016. The median or 50th percentile trade at 4.9x vs 5.6x. The 75th percentile have resisted the downward pull & retain their premium: 7.3x vs 5.8x.

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Cyber training platform pulls in another $66M after post-pandemic remote working increases cyber threats

TechCrunch

It was only in June last year when we reported how Immersive Labs , a platform that teaches cybersecurity skills to employees in a “gamified” way, had closed a $75 million Series C funding round. As of today, the company just pulled in another $66 Million, taking the total raised to $189 million. And it can perhaps put its success partly to COVID-19.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.

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How To Build Your Startup’s Founding Team – A Guide

Feedough

Trust me when I say this – startups live and. Read more. The post How To Build Your Startup’s Founding Team – A Guide appeared first on Feedough.

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Oh look, TripActions raised at a $9.2B valuation after reported $12B IPO filing

TechCrunch

TripActions , a corporate travel and expenses company, has raised a combination of equity and debt at a post-money valuation of $9.2 billion, up from its prior valuation of $7.5 billion. The funding is a $154 million equity round from investors including returning investors Andreessen Horowitz and Premji Invest, and a $150 million structured financing deal from Coatue.

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Do your leaders know what you want from them?

Mark MacLeod

Many, if not most, of my conversations with CEOs end up covering the leadership team. After all, this is how a CEO succeeds – through her leaders. This is her leverage. Pure and simple. Many CEOs are frustrated with their […].

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Microsoft announces Syntex, a set of automated document and data processing services

TechCrunch

Two years ago, Microsoft debuted SharePoint Syntex, which leverages AI to automate the capture and classification of data from documents — building on SharePoint’s existing services. Today marks the expansion of the platform into Microsoft Syntex, a set of new products and capabilities including file annotation and data extraction. Syntex reads, tags and indexes document content — whether digital or physical — making it searchable and available within Microsoft 365 apps and hel

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Singapore NFT startup Gomu secures $5m in Seed funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based non-fungible token (NFT) infrastructure startup Gomu has announced raising $5 million in a Seed funding round that will power NFT liquidity incentives and commerce. In a statement, the company said the funding round was backed by venture investors Coinbase Ventures , Defiance Capital, Saison Capital, and several angel investors.

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FlapKap provides revenue-based financing to e-commerce brands in MENA, gets $3.6M seed funding

TechCrunch

Recent research suggests that the e-commerce market in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt account for a combined $21.4 billion and is projected to grow by more than 50% to $33.3 billion in the next three years. And as MENA shoppers increase their commerce spending, it is increasingly becoming imperative for online stores to position themselves to take full advantage of the growing phenomenon.

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Indian edtech giant Byju’s cuts 2,500 jobs

TechCrunch

Indian edtech giant Byju’s said on Wednesday it will eliminate 5% of its workforce, or about 2,500 roles, across multiple departments and is cutting its marketing budgets as it looks to improve its finances and achieve profitability by end of the current financial year. This the second significant layoff the startup, valued at $22 billion, is undertaking in recent months.

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Egyptian consumer money app Telda raises $20M from GFC, Sequoia Capital and Block 

TechCrunch

Telda , an Egyptian consumer money app founded by ex-Swvl executive Ahmed Sabbah last April, has raised $20 million in seed funding. The fintech, in a statement, said it wants to “revolutionize finance for the MENAP region.” . Its first market, Egypt, is one of the highest consumer spending markets in Africa. The North African market’s private consumption accounts for nearly 85% of its nominal GDP, and only 4% of its overall GDP is cashless.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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6 investors share where they draw the line when it comes to ethical issues

TechCrunch

The venture capital industry doesn’t have the best track record when you’re talking about ethics. Like most professions involving power and wealth, venture capital also sometimes attracts people for whom doing the right thing isn’t a concern. Limited regulatory oversight and a lack of transparency mean that investors can often get off scot-free for not factoring ethics into their investment philosophy.

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Microsoft Teams gains animated avatars and AI-powered recaps

TechCrunch

At its Ignite conference this week, Microsoft announced updates heading to Teams, its ever-evolving videoconferencing and workplace collaboration app. New avatars are available, and more details were announced around Teams Premium, a paid set of Teams features including AI-generated tasks and meeting guides, which is set to arrive in December in preview.

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Check out our partner roundtable topics and speakers at Disrupt

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With less than a week to go, we’re absolutely stoked to see you all in San Francisco for TechCrunch Disrupt , live and in person! You’re no doubt planning your days and with more than 50 roundtable discussions on tap, we want to call your attention to the info-rich topics that our partners will present. But first…. Just two days left to save: Buy your Disrupt pass before October 14 at 11:59 p.m.

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The Muse buys Fairygodboss as roll-up acquisitions come to VC

TechCrunch

Not every startup can reach its full potential — or survive — on its own. Venture capital puts a lot of emphasis on startups reaching unicorn status or exiting through an IPO, largely because such successes are crucial to making the venture model work. But this makes it easy to overlook the fact that many companies would see more success if they were acquired or combined with other startups.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.

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Katana, an ERP for SMB manufacturers, raises $34M

TechCrunch

Katana , an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, has raised €35 million ($34 million) in a Series B round of funding. ERP is a form of business management software that can serve any number of functions inside a company, from marketing and risk management, to supply chain management and beyond. Integrations are pivotal to any ERP software, as it typically involves taking data from different systems such as HR, CRM, accounting, and order managemen

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6 tips for launching a blockchain startup

TechCrunch

Wolfgang Rückerl. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Wolfgang Rückerl is the co-founder and CEO of Istari Vision and Entity. These days, a blockchain startup founder should expect to navigate challenging waters. Even in the best of times, founders must both prepare for a bull market and be ready for possibly bearish territory. Having a solid roadmap, real-world use cases and a war chest are only a small part of a blockchain startup’s survival strategy.

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Dear Sophie: How can I protect my H-1B and green card if I am laid off?

TechCrunch

Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor. Dear Sophie: Any tips for negotiating visa and green card sponsorship?

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Kick off Disrupt with a live recording of your favorite TechCrunch podcasts

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 starts next week, which means we’re busy putting the final touches on what is shaping up to be a massive and pretty damn fun event. And this year, we’re doing something entirely new: live podcasts. Each day of Disrupt will kick off on the TechCrunch+ stage with a live recording of a TechCrunch podcast. Equity , Found and Chain Reaction will record their week’s episodes onstage in front of a live audience.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.