Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Every year, more than $3 trillion is paid in bribes or is stolen by corrupt officials. If that doesn’t affect you, it may affect someone you know. What is corruption? Corruption is the abuse of office for personal gain, and it takes many forms. It’s the politician taking a bribe before awarding a building contract to the briber. It’s the city council member paying for his family vacation with public funds.
Revolution
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Three Tools to Help Solve the Crisis of Workforce Housing The scientist Richard Hamming liked to ask friends and colleagues what they believed was the most interesting question in their field, and why they weren’t working on it. It’s a great question worth considering. Within the world of real estate, I believe there are two hugely interesting questions that address Hamming’s query: 1.
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This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 3, 2019
If there’s any one thing I’ve focused on in my VC career, it’s trying to give real, actionable feedback to founders. I’ve made a bet that if a founder pitches me, whether or not I fund them, if I make the process worthwhile by telling them exactly why I couldn’t get there, they’re likely to recommend that other founders do the same. The risk is that if I give a definitive “no”, then if they pivot, or figure out something else, or if they get more traction than I expect because I was flat out wro
Venture Well
DECEMBER 3, 2019
This month’s faculty spotlight is Jin Montclare, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in the Tardon School of Engineering at NYU. The post integrating the customer discovery process into prototyping: q&a with Jin Montclare from New York University appeared first on VentureWell.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
Smart Hustle Magazine
DECEMBER 3, 2019
A question I'm often asked is, "how can I use video in my business if I don't like how I look". At today's Small Business Administration (SBA) New York City Social Media Workshop, which Ramon Ray keynoted, he was asked this question by an attendee. He was sharing on the importance of video and how it humanizes and personalizes one's brand. Three kinds of video every business owner should have.
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Smart Hustle Magazine
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Photo courtesy of : Jakub Mosur Photography. Every business must have a marketing strategy in order to get customers and build a brand. However, creating experiences customers remember goes beyond marketing. At Dreamforce , Salesforce’s big, annual event for customers, partners, and media, Ramon Ray, founder of Smart Hustle , attended an information-packed session about experiential marketing.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Casper today announces a series of recent hires and new appointments to its board of directors that further accelerate the Company’s vision to become the world’s largest end-to-end Sleep Company. Read more here. The post [Casper in Business Wire] I agree Casper Adds President and Chief Commercial Officer Emilie Arel; Chief Technology Officer Ben Clark; and Two New Independent Directors, Diane Irvine and Jack Lazar appeared first on OurCrowd.
GCUC
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Its that time of year – tis the season. We’d be willing to bet you are in one of two camps. You have been preparing for your holiday soiree for weeks and are SO READY for the festivities. December snuck up on you and you are frantically trying to organize a last minute get together that doesn’t look or feel like it was on the back burner.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Global digital therapeutics innovation leader, DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO) announced today the launch of the Dario-powered digital diabetes program on Walmart.com. Read more here. The post [DarioHealth in Yahoo Finance] Walmart Starts Distributing the DarioHealth Digital Diabetes Management System appeared first on OurCrowd.
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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.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 3, 2019
I was listening to this podcast on the treadmill this morning. It is a conversation between Peter McCormack and Andreas Antonopoulos about Bitcoin, Privacy, Freedom, and a lot more. At one point Andreas says that we have digital money already, but it is largely debits and credits on ledgers in banks and other financial services companies. He also says that cash is currently only about 8% of global money and that number has been going down steadily over the last fifty years as digital money has t
David Teten VC
DECEMBER 3, 2019
(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites. When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app.
Smart Hustle Magazine
DECEMBER 3, 2019
To celebrate National Women’s Small Business Month, Mastercard continued its commitment to spotlighting women entrepreneurs by bringing together their Women’s Business Advisory Council for a retreat and kicking off the first ever Small Business Summit in partnership with Create & Cultivate in New York City. . “Small Businesses are the heart of the nation.
Continuations
DECEMBER 3, 2019
I just nominated five candidates for the next election of the Harvard Board of Overseers as part of an effort organized by Harvard Forward. The school has made the process comically complicated by requiring that each nomination be submitted in a separate signed PDF (admittedly this could be explained by incompetence rather than malice but is not a good look in either case).
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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.
Smart Hustle Magazine
DECEMBER 3, 2019
As an entrepreneur, you have a million things on your mind at all times, and marketing doesn’t always top your list of priorities. That’s okay. The good news is that keeping your marketing efforts afloat can happen while you’re on the go, on your mobile device. Here are three ways to leverage your smartphone as a mobile marketing assistant: 1. News flash: Instagram is open for business - your business.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Kenna Security, the enterprise leader in risk-based vulnerability management, named Terry Murphy as Chief Financial Officer. Murphy is an accomplished finance leader who has served as a CFO for the past 17 years with his most recent post in the cybersecurity industry. Read more here. The post [Kenna Security in GlobeNewswire] Kenna Security Names Terry Murphy as Chief Financial Officer appeared first on OurCrowd.
Smart Hustle Magazine
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Ramon Ray got together with Li Hayes, Daniel Rosenfield, John Lawson, and Jonah Mandel to bring business owners advice on how to grow their e-commerce businesses with the help of Alibaba. . Jonah Mandel from Alibaba.com says their platform helps US business owners better source and sell products and they can use it to reach a global audience. Jonah says many people have the misconception that Alibaba is the “Amazon.com of China.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Today’s news that Sight Diagnostics secured 510(k) clearance for its Olo analyzer certainly will reduce the flow of future patient tears and fears as the system requires just two drops of blood to conduct a range of tests. Read more here. The post [Sight Diagnostics in Mass Device] FDA clearance positions Sight Diagnostics to deliver on two-drop blood testing promise appeared first on OurCrowd.
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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.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 3, 2019
ClimaCell, the private weather forecasting company based in Boston that has pioneered “microweather” forecasting based on sensors in smartphones, vehicles and other sources, is spinning off a nonprofit arm that will seek to close the gap in weather and climate information between developing nations and the industrialized world. Read more here. The post [ClimaCell in Washington Post] Private weather company ClimaCell to spin off nonprofit to tackle weather forecasting, early warnings in Africa a
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Zebra-Med’s AI1 introduces the new “all-in-one” bundle with a growing portfolio of AI solutions. The AI1 2020 version offers a wide range of products in three categories with the highest medical impact and patient outcome. Read more here. The post [Zebra in Business Wire] Zebra Medical Vision’s Solutions Now Available on Philips IntelliSpace AI Workflow Suite, Enabling More AI Capabilities for Radiologists appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 3, 2019
DailyPay, the leading provider of the daily pay benefit — a secure benefit offered through employers delivering financial wellness options to employees through instant access to their earned wages — today announced the appointment of Scot Parnell as Chief Financial Officer. Read more here. The post [DailyPay in PR Newswire] DailyPay Doubles C-Suite in 90 Days Amid High Growth for On-Demand Pay Leader appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 3, 2019
BriefCam, a provider of video content analytics solutions, announces the availability of the BriefCam RapidReview Starter Kit for Genetec Security Center. Read more here. The post [BriefCam in Security Sales & Integration] BriefCam Integrates Video Analytics With Genetec Security Center appeared first on OurCrowd.
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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
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Morphisec, a leader in Moving Target Defense, today announced that the company has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Competency status for its Unified Threat Prevention Platform that is now installed across four million endpoints. Read more here. The post [Morphisec in PRWeb] Morphisec Achieves AWS Security Competency Status for Cloud Server Workload Protection appeared first on OurCrowd.
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