Entrepreneurs' Organization
APRIL 9, 2021
Contributed by Mike Malatesta , an entrepreneur, author, investor and podcast host who was a recent guest on the EO 360 podcast with host Dave Will. Self is a misunderstood word. Not because it’s particularly challenging to define. It’s not. It’s just a way to designate one person as an individual, apart from anyone else. It’s what goes along with self that can get tricky.
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
Practically every film production these days needs some kind of visual effects work, but independent creators often lack the cash or expertise to get that top-shelf CG. Wonder Dynamics , founded by VFX engineer Nikola Todorovic and actor Tye Sheridan, aims to use AI to make some of these processes more accessible for filmmakers with budgets on the tight side, and they’ve just raised $2.5 million to make it happen.
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Feedough
APRIL 9, 2021
Advertising is one of the best tools to communicate with customers. It helps them get to know about the latest trends and developments in the market and be informed about the availability of different varieties of products and services around them. In recent years, with changing technology and increasing consumer awareness, out-of-home advertising has vastly evolved.
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
Jorge Torres. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jorge Torres is CEO and co-founder of MindsDB , an open source AI layer for existing databases. Adam Carrigan. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Adam Carrigan is a co-founder and COO of MindsDB , an open source AI layer for existing databases. Open-source software gave birth to a slew of useful software in recent years.
Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage
This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.
StartupNation
APRIL 9, 2021
The pandemic’s effect on business has been staggering: In 2020, 163,000 businesses closed on Yelp during the first six months of the pandemic alone. On the flip side, many more businesses made it through, and a lot of those actually thrived. To be successful last year (and to continue that success into 2021 and beyond) meant knowing how to pivot, be creative and find ways to stay relevant.
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Feedough
APRIL 9, 2021
On January 6, 2020, Paypal paid a whopping $4 billion to acquire Honey Science Corp., making it the largest acquisition ever made by the company. Honey had been operating under the radar since 2012, but this acquisition quickly turned the tables and exposed it to a glaring spotlight of both heightened interest and ethical scrutiny. But what makes Honey so unique?
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
Shorthand , the Australian startup behind a no-code platform that allows publishers and brands to create multimedia stories, has raised $10 million Australian (just under $8 million U.S.) from Fortitude Investment Partners. CEO Ricky Robinson told me via email that this is Shorthand’s first institutional round of funding, and that the company has been profitable for the past two years. “We’ve been lucky enough to grow to where we are today through an entirely inbound, organic m
StartupNation
APRIL 9, 2021
Earlier this week, Rochester, Michigan-based OneStream Software announced that it closed on $200 million in new capital that will be used to position the company optimally for its IPO slated for the near future. Additionally, StockX announced a major round of funding in the amount of $195 million at a valuation of $3.8 billion. It’s a great week for Detroit startups!
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
The office shut-down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year spurred huge investment in digital transformation and a wave of tech companies helping with that, but there were some distinct losers in the shift, too — specifically those whose business models were predicated on serving the very offices that disappeared overnight. Today, one of the companies that had to make an immediate pivot to keep itself afloat is announcing a round of funding, after finding itself not just growing
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Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 9, 2021
If your business has a physical location or serves a particular area, you need to focus on local SEO. This will involve targeting local keywords, creating localized content, and more to catch the eye of customers in your area. . By doing this, you can build local brand awareness, attract new customers, and get more foot traffic. In this article, we’re going to guide you through the process so you can optimize your online presence!
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
Digital mortgage lender Better.com has raised a $500 million round from Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank that values the company at $6 billion. The financing is notable for a few reasons. For one, that new $6 billion valuation, is up 50% from the $4 billion it was valued at last November when it raised $200 million in Series D financing. It’s also up tenfold from its $600 million valuation at the time of its Series C raise in August 2019.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
APRIL 9, 2021
Learn from the success of Amazon’s largest seller Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
The planet-loving folks at the Sustainable Ocean Alliance started an accelerator a couple years back focusing on very early stage companies, but this year they’re expanding the program to accept those who have already closed their first round. The mix of experimental and (comparatively) proven approaches may help diversify the accelerator’s growing network. “Last year, amidst the onset of a global pandemic and mounting urgency related to solving the ocean’s greatest challenges,
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
Entrepreneur's Handbook
APRIL 9, 2021
How the same trick that made two 19-year-olds 7-figures helped me close major Hollywood deals (without a product in hand). Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
Few companies have done better than Scale at spotting a need in the AI gold rush early on and filling that gap. The startup rightly identified that one of the tasks most important to building effective AI at scale — the laborious exercise of tagging data sets to make them usable in properly training new AI agents — was one that companies focused on that area of tech would also be most willing to outsource.
Health Tech Capital
APRIL 9, 2021
Excellent article from Harvard Business Review on How VC make decision: 1% of deals get funding based on the right introduction from trusted sources like us.
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
Iyuno-SDI Group , a provider of translated subtitles and other media localization services, announced today it has raised $160 million in funding from SoftBank Vision 2. The company said this makes the fund one of its largest shareholders. Iyuno-SDI Group was formed after Iyuno Media Group completed its acquisition of SDI Media last month. In a recent interview with TechCrunch , Iyuno-SDI Group chief executive officer David Lee, who launched Iyuno in 2002 while he was an undergraduate in Seoul,
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OurCrowd
APRIL 9, 2021
LiDAR firm and OurCrowd portfolio company Innoviz (NASDAQ:INVZ) traded on the Nasdaq this week as part of a SPAC deal that was revealed earlier this year. Innoviz became a publicly listed company through a business combination with Collective Growth Corporation in a transaction sponsored by Antara Capital LP and Perception Capital Partners LLC. The transaction was said to have provided $371 million in gross proceeds including a PIPE.
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it 1,000 times. Startup Alley is ground zero for entrepreneurial opportunity. It’s where hundreds of savvy, exhibiting startups increase their brand recognition, connect with investors, grow their network, expand their customer base and garner invaluable media coverage. TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes place on September 21-23, and we’ve added new features and experiences to help Startup Alley exhibitors make the most of the virtual expo area.
OurCrowd
APRIL 9, 2021
There are reports of “sharp increases” in Asia-Europe container spot rates this week, as the fallout from the week-long Suez Canal blockage restricts both vessel and equipment capacity in Asia. Today’s Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) North Europe and Mediterranean component jumped by 8.7%, almost matching the 8.6% increase on the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI).
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
Melissa Bradley wears many hats. She’s the co-founder of a startup called Ureeka, an investor at 1863 Ventures, and a professor at Georgetown’s business school. So it’s not an understatement to say that she understands the fundraising process from every angle. And moreover, she has both invested and fundraised for her own startup during this last year, where the landscape has shifted drastically.
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OurCrowd
APRIL 9, 2021
Welcome to Adventures with AI, a column exploring what happens when artificial intelligence takes control of everyday tasks. I enjoy exercise, but I’ve always hated gyms. I loathe the pugnacious meatheads hogging the bench; the vacuous EDM pounding my brain into mush; the putrid blend of BO dripping off the walls; the eye-watering fees; the fear of being judged.
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
Corporate catering company Elior has acquired French startup Nestor for an undisclosed amount. Nestor originally started with a simple idea to differentiate itself from food delivery giants, such as Deliveroo, Uber Eats and others. Every day, the startup offered a single menu for lunch. If you liked what was on the menu, you could order and get delivered 10 to 20 minutes later.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
APRIL 9, 2021
Emily Segal is writing her next novel called Burn Alpha and she is crowdfunding it on her Mirror blog. I contributed 0.1 ETH to the effort yesterday evening and she is now approaching her 25 ETH goal. If you have an Ethereum wallet, like Coinbase Wallet or Metamask, you can participate in her crowdfunding project here. The rewards are pretty cool as is the premise of the novel.
TechCrunch
APRIL 9, 2021
While visual ‘ no code ‘ tools are helping businesses get more out of computing without the need for armies of in-house techies to configure software on behalf of other staff, access to the most powerful tech tools — at the ‘deep tech’ AI coal face — still requires some expert help (and/or costly in-house expertise).
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