Fri.Oct 06, 2023

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The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market

Startup Blogpost

The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market In the quest to uncover effective strategies for developing new businesses in a crowded market, we turned to fifteen Founders and CEOs for their tried-and-true tactics. From the initial step of validating a product idea before investment, to the crucial aspect of prioritizing exceptional customer service, these leaders share their insightful stories and strategies for success.

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Pangyo Techno Valley: Korea’s Semiconductor Epicenter Targets Global Leadership in Future Semiconductor Industry

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register According to the “2022-2024 Global Semiconductor Revenue Forecast” report released in April 2023 by Gartner, a global IT research and consulting firm, the semiconductor market is expected to decline in 2023 due to declining demand for electronic products and oversupply of semiconductors.

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Artists across industries are strategizing together around AI concerns

TechCrunch

As creative industries grapple with AI’s explosion into every artistic medium at once, separate calls from artists warning the world to take action before it’s too late are starting to converge.

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Indonesian Fintech Firm Investree Secures $230.8 Million in Series D Funding and Expands to Qatar

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indonesian fintech lending platform Investree has secured a substantial €220 million (approximately $230.8 million) in a Series D funding round, marking a significant milestone for the company. Qatar’s JTA International Holdings spearheaded the funding round and saw participation from established investor SBI Holding, further underlining Investree’s prominence in fintech.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Abu Dhabi sovereign-wealth fund invests nearly $600M in Reliance Retail at $100B valuation

TechCrunch

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is investing $597 million in Reliance Retail, valuing the largest Indian retail chain at a whopping $100 billion. The investment follows KKR and Qatar Investment Authority together investing $1.7 billion in the Indian firm, which is part of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries.

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Don’t miss this online event for devs, engineers and architects

TechCrunch

Developers, engineers and architects, lend me your ears! Whether you’re focused on the cloud or infrastructure, whether you’re ensuring site reliability, or whether you’re a full-stack or platform developer, this opportunity slides right into your wheelhouse. Invest an hour of your time — on Wednesday, October 11 at 1:00 p.m. ET/ 10 a.m.

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Impact Hub communities in Türkiye: Uniting for resilience

Impact Hub

Impact Hub communities in Türkiye: Uniting for resilience In times of crisis, communities have a remarkable capacity to unite and extend a helping hand. This sentiment was exemplified by the collaborative efforts of Impact Hub communities in Türkiye during a recent earthquake crisis. This is the story of their collective response, emphasising both short-term and long-term interventions with a focus on building back better.

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Exclusive: Y Combinator beefs up with a string of new lieutenants

TechCrunch

Y Combinator continues to change shape under CEO Garry Tan, a founder-turned-investor and online influencer.

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SoTecIn: Connecting people

Impact Hub

SoTecIn: Connecting people How does technology intersect with community collaboration to tackle pressing societal and environmental issues? Enter SoTecIn Factory, a dynamic collaborative initiative with a mission to enhance the sustainability and resilience of European industries. At its core, SoTecIn Factory seeks to confront the inherent shortcomings of existing industrial models, which pose challenges both from a social and ecological perspective.

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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[Wefox in Reinsurance News] Wefox appoints Wismer as Group CFO, Wesemann becomes new CIO

OurCrowd

Insurtech wefox has appointed Jonathan Wismer as its new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), while Co-founder and current CFO, Fabian Wesemann, has been named the new Chief Investment Officer (CIO). Read more here.

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Impact Hub communities in Türkiye: Uniting for resilience

Impact Hub

Impact Hub communities in Türkiye: Uniting for resilience In times of crisis, communities have a remarkable capacity to unite and extend a helping hand. This sentiment was exemplified by the collaborative efforts of Impact Hub communities in Türkiye during a recent earthquake crisis. This is the story of their collective response, emphasising both short-term and long-term interventions with a focus on building back better.

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[DailyPay in Home Care Magazine] Pinnacle Home Care, DailyPay further promote workplace flexibility

OurCrowd

NEW YORK—In a groundbreaking collaboration, Pinnacle Home Care, a provider of home care services in Florida, has partnered with DailyPay—a provider of on-demand pay. This alliance introduces a new benefit to Pinnacle Home Care’s rewards package. Read more here.

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Impact Hub Istanbul & Impact Hub Ankara: Uniting for resilience

Impact Hub

Impact Hub Istanbul & Impact Hub Ankara: Uniting for resilience In times of crisis, communities have a remarkable capacity to unite and extend a helping hand. This sentiment was exemplified by the collaborative efforts of Impact Hub Istanbul and Impact Hub Ankara during a recent earthquake crisis. This is the story of their collective response, emphasising both short-term and long-term interventions with a focus on building back better.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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[Zippin in Retail Technology Innovation Hub] First Class Vending, Mars Wrigley, Aramark open Frictionless Market at Uni of Nevada Las Vegas, powered by Zippin

OurCrowd

The post [Zippin in Retail Technology Innovation Hub] First Class Vending, Mars Wrigley, Aramark open Frictionless Market at Uni of Nevada Las Vegas, powered by Zippin appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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SoTecIn: Connecting people

Impact Hub

SoTecIn: Connecting people How does technology intersect with community collaboration to tackle pressing societal and environmental issues? Enter SoTecIn Factory, a dynamic collaborative initiative with a mission to enhance the sustainability and resilience of European industries. At its core, SoTecIn Factory seeks to confront the inherent shortcomings of existing industrial models, which pose challenges both from a social and ecological perspective.

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OpenAI said to be considering developing its own AI chips

TechCrunch

OpenAI, one of the best-funded AI startups in business, is exploring making its own AI chips. Discussions of AI chip strategies within the company have been ongoing since at least last year, according to Reuters, as the shortage of chips to train AI models worsens.

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Meet YC’s newest Group Partner and Visiting Group Partners

Y Combinator

From left to right: Nate Smith, Pete Koomen, Tyler Bosmeny The command center of YC is growing even stronger. At the helm of YC are the Group Partners, a set of talented, optimistic, and deeply-experienced individuals — all of whom know what it’s like to start a company, because they’ve done it. These are the Unicorn whisperers that choose the founders invited to each YC batch, and the ones supporting those founders and their startups for life.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Spotify spotted prepping a $19.99/mo ‘Superpremium’ service with lossless audio, AI playlists and more

TechCrunch

It looks like Spotify’s rumored “Superpremium” offering is gearing up for a launch. According to references discovered in the Spotify app’s code by Chris Messina, the Superpremium service now has a flashy logo and a longer list of features beyond the 24-bit lossless audio we’ve been anticipating.

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Why Scoring Productivity Doesn’t Work For Startups

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Scoring is for ants — there is a far, far better way Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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Brave lays off 9% of its workforce

TechCrunch

Brave Software, the maker of Brave Browser and Search, confirmed that it has laid off 9% of its staff across departments. The company didn’t specify how many people were affected, but it corroborated the development and said the decision was driven by the tough economic climate.

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Office Hours: YC’s Group Partners share advice on actually getting things done

Y Combinator

Founders are inherently busy people. A lot goes into making something people want. For this episode of Office Hours , YC's Group Partners are talking about productivity — what works for the founders they help, and, perhaps more importantly, what doesn’t. In many cases, it’s about taking just a bit of time to get introspective; is that trendy new productivity tool actually helping you get things done faster, or would a simple notes app/spreadsheet work better with the wa

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Humans can’t resist breaking AI with boobs and 9/11 memes

TechCrunch

The AI industry is progressing at a terrifying pace, but no amount of training will ever prepare an AI model to stop people from making it generate images of pregnant Sonic the Hedgehog. In the rush to launch the hottest AI tools, companies continue to forget that people will always use new tech for chaos.

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From Employee to Entrepreneur: Proven Strategies

OkDork

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify Today, we’re revisiting a timeless topic – becoming a solo entrepreneur and breaking free from the 9-5 grind to build your dream business. Become part of the pre-launch team for my new book! Email book@okdork.com to join Back in the day, between the ages of 22 and 26, I found myself in the world of corporate day jobs.

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a16z-backed fintech Synapse lays off 40% of its staff

TechCrunch

Banking-as-a-service startup Synapse confirmed today that it has laid off 86 people, or about 40% of the company. The San Francisco-based company, which operates a platform enabling banks and fintech companies to easily develop financial services, has been open about past layoffs.

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The Promise and Pitfalls of Chaining Large Language Models for Email

Tomasz Tunguz

Over the last few weeks I’ve been experimenting with chaining together large language models. I dictate emails & blog posts often. Recently, I started using Whisper for drafting emails and documents. (Initially there were some issues with memory management, but I’ve since found a compiled version that works well on my Mac called whisper.cpp ) After tying Google’s Duet I wondered if I could replicate something similar.

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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.