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The Excuse Leaders Must Remove From Their Vocabulary

Entrepreneurs' Organization

There’s a response to a commonly asked question that’s become a conversational crutch: “How’s it going?”. “Good! Just busy.”. This exchange is ubiquitous in both our personal and professional lives. It’s as if busyness carries a certain status symbol. Yet, being “busy” doesn’t make us happier; and it doesn’t make us more productive. It just means we are filling all of our available time.

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Natives Rising wins backing to help Native Americans into tech and startups

TechCrunch

According to the National Center for Education Statistics , Black, Latina, and Native American women represent approximately 16 percent of the total US population, but make up only 4 percent of students obtaining bachelor’s degrees in computing. On this trend, women of color receiving computing degrees will not double until 2052 — by which time they would be an even smaller proportion of all graduates.

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3 Simple Habits for Better Creativity

Entrepreneur's Handbook

#2: Stop judging your own work Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Spend management platform Teampay expands partnership with Mastercard, raises $47M

TechCrunch

In 2016, Andrew Hoag, formerly a senior manager at Verisign and a web project lead at NASA’s Ames Research Center, founded Teampay , a platform that attempts to automate the software purchasing process for companies. Hoag’s insight was that the way businesses spend money is changing, particularly as they embraced digital transformation , and that visibility into — and control over — spend was becoming increasingly important with the economy’s ups and downs.

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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Globe’s 917Ventures, Ayala to bring Gogoro’s smartscooter, battery-swapping technology in Philippines

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Philippine telecom giant Globe’s 917Ventures and Ayala Corporation are set to bring global two-wheel electric vehicle and battery-swapping technology leader Gogoro to the country. Piloting in Metro Manila in Q1 2023, Gogoro’s Smartscooters will serve as an eco-friendly alternative to fossil fuel-powered vehicles currently used by the logistics and last-mile delivery industry.

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Adidas Cultivate & B.L.O.O.M. program elevates Black and Latinx social entrepreneurs to accelerate their growth and impact

Impact Hub

In Spring 2022, adidas announced its partnership with Impact Hub and Blavity.org to launch a new program called Cultivate & B.L.O.O.M. (Building Legacies Out of Movements), an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs of color. Through knowledge sharing and funding, the program cultivates a thriving ecosystem for changemakers to accelerate impact and deliver initiatives at the intersection of sport, equity and creativity for Black and Latinx communities. .

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ResortPass, backed by Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow, lands $26M so you can take a daycation

TechCrunch

Have you ever looked longingly at the website of a posh hotel or resort and thought, “Man, I wish I could hang out there.”. Well, thanks to startup ResortPass , that might not be as out of reach as you might think. The six-year-old company gives people the option to purchase day passes to more than 900 hotels and resorts — think Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, W Hotels, Hyatt Hotels, Fairmont and Westin — around the world.

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Bison Underground Merges Nature, Science, and Technology to Tackle Climate Change

Innovation 2 Enterprise

With Global Entrepreneurship Week this month, and our preparation for Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur and the 2022 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup underway , we are particularly focused on encouraging Oklahomans of all ages and expertise to consider entrepreneurship as a career. There is nothing more inspiring than the journeys of Oklahoma’s advanced technology startups.

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Here’s your chance to show off your expertise at TechCrunch’s founder summit

TechCrunch

Do you have what it takes to present at TechCrunch Early Stage on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts? We’re looking for trendsetting, game-changing, later-stage startup founders and ecosystem experts — of every stripe — to apply for the opportunity to share their hard-won expertise at our annual founder summit. An entrepreneurial bootcamp experience, TC Early Stage connects people in the beginning or early stages of their startup journey with top industry experts for hands-on training.

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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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Insurtech Igloo raises $27m to expand lead across SE Asia

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Regional insurtech Igloo has announced that it raised $27 million in Series B funding and intends to use the investment to strengthen its lead across key markets in Southeast Asia. This round of investment comprises a consortium of impact investors including BlueOrchard, Women’s World Banking Asset Management (WAM) and Finnfund.

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CommonGround raises $25M for immersive video avatar technology that doesn’t rely on VR gear

TechCrunch

The trials and tribulations that a giant company like Meta (née Facebook) has been facing in overcoming skepticism , creating user interest (let alone revenue) and building quality experiences for its all-in metaverse vision highlights just how much work lies ahead for any company working in mixed reality. Today, a startup in that bigger ecosystem, which believes it can fix one aspect of how this works — how we ourselves appear — is announcing some funding along with a beta of its li

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Keyrock closes $72m Series B funding from Ripple, others

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Keyrock , an international asset market maker , announced raising $72 million in a Series B funding round backed by a number of investors, including Ripple , SIX Fintech Ventures, and Middlegame Ventures. In a statement, the company said it will use its funding to invest further into infrastructure development, scalability tools, as well as regulatory licensing across Europe, the U

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Daily Crunch: Music fans revisit their year in music with Spotify Wrapped 2022

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. Heeeeeey! Couple of fun things we have in the pipeline at the moment…. Did you know we’re looking for you and your expertise for our TechCrunch founder summit ? Join us for a free, one-hour webinar on Thursday, December 8 and learn about “Building a Compensation Plan for Better Retention,” where we’re talking with two of the top folks at BambooHR, who’ll be offerin

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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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Impact investor Silvestrand Capital invests $15.5m in aquaculture fund Aqua-Spark

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Singapore-based impact investor Silverstrand Capital announced an additional €15 million ($15.5 million) investment in Netherlands-based aquaculture investment fund Aqua-Spark , bringing its total investment to €25m. As a single-family office with an impact investing mandate focused on combating the biodiversity crisis, Silverstrand is focused on advancing regenerative food systems

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Series A rounds are looking a little crunchy in the United States

TechCrunch

Earlier this month, TechCrunch argued that startups looking to raise a Series C round were facing a uniquely difficult fundraising threshold. As Series Cs can be considered the first “late” startup stage, companies looking to raise the particular tranche appear to be running into backwash from the public markets, where tech valuations have come down sharply and IPOs are moribund at best.

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Corporate Repository: Rethinking the Way You Do Business

Secure Docs

A Virtual Data Room (VDR) is often called a corporate repository, and serves as an online repository of final business documents. VDRs are typically used to house and share critical business information with investors or company leadership while providing a secure and controlled environment to do so. While many startups may fall into the trap of utilizing collaboration tools like Dropbox or Google Drive for this type of storage, a VDR is a more secure and dedicated service made specifically for

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Dear Sophie: How should I prepare for my visa interview?

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: Are there any visas or green cards I can get on my own?

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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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Esports tournament platform Gamerji raises $3m in pre-Series A

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Indian esports tournament platform Gamerji has announced raising $3 million in a Pre-Series A round from GVFL (formerly Gujarat Venture Finance Limited) and Unicorn India Ventures, which has backed Gamerji from its early stages. In a statement, the startup said it will use the fresh funds for growing the platform in recently launched international markets within the MENA region alon

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Pangea Cyber wants to simplify security for developers with an API approach

TechCrunch

When developers are creating a new application, they may build security features over time or take advantage of commercial offerings or open source libraries to implement certain security functions such as authentication or secrets management. Pangea Cyber wants to change that with an API-driven approach to adding security to an application, making it as easy as adding a few lines of code.

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How I Created a $9000/Month Agency in 30 Days

Entrepreneur's Handbook

My story of how many failures finally turned into 1 massive success Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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[Perception Point in PR Newswire] Perception Point introduces new partner program providing partners with more advanced tools to accelerate resell opportunities

OurCrowd

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Perception Point, a leading provider of advanced threat prevention across digital channels, today announced the introduction of its new partner program to provide partners with more advanced tools and resources to grow their customer base and accelerate resell opportunities. In the past six months Perception Point has doubled its number of partners, and its enhanced partner program has been launched to power projected global expansion in 2023,

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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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Impact Investor Profile Series: Juan Thurman, Co-Founder and Managing General Partner, SWAN Impact Fund

The Seraf Compass

This profile is the seventh in a series of interviews highlighting the work of interesting impact investors. Juan Thurman is the Co-Founder and Managing General Partner of the SWAN Impact Fund, an early stage fund focused on health tech and clean tech startups.

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[Connected Energy in Business Mondays] North East showcased to the globe as premier electrification location

OurCrowd

North East England will be promoted as the premier location for electrification technologies and international investment at one of the leading international Electric Vehicle (EV) trade shows. Read more here. The post [Connected Energy in Business Mondays] North East showcased to the globe as premier electrification location appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Crypto exchange Kraken cuts 1,100 jobs

TechCrunch

Crypto exchange Kraken today announced it’s letting go of 1,100 staffers. The announcement came from a company blog post and follows similar news from DoorDash that it was also cutting staff. News that Kraken is cutting staff — and therefore costs — is not a surprise, given a generally gloomy macroeconomic climate and even worse climes in crypto-land.

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[ICON in TechCrunch] Austin-based ICON awarded $57.2 million NASA contract for lunar construction tech

OurCrowd

ICON, a construction tech company that’s raised more than $400 million in funding, has landed a new contract from NASA to develop new systems to build on the moon and Mars. The $57.2 million contract is a continuation of a previous Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) dual-use contract with the U.S. Air Force, which was partly funded by NASA. Read more here.

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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.