Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 18, 2021

People invest in those who invest in themselves Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 18, 2021

In early June, I wrote this post explaining that I and we need to do more to reduce the inequality issues for Black people in tech, venture capital, and startups. I think MLK day is a good time to talk about what has happened since that post. We have identified a number of areas where we must do better: Increase the number of Black founders we back Increase the number of Black team members at USV Increase the number of Black VCs we work with and support Increase the number of Black board members

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Darwinbox, which operates a cloud-based human resource management platform, has raised $15 million in a new financing round as the Indian startup looks to further expand in the country and Southeast Asian markets. The new round — a Series C — for the Hyderabad-headquartered startup was led by Salesforce Ventures, the venture arm of the American enterprise giant.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 18, 2021

And cracked Top 10 on Substack Literary charts. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Once overlooked, agritech startups are beginning to have a moment in India. On Tuesday, DeHaat , an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers, said it has raised $30 million in a new financing round as the Indian firm looks to maintain its accelerated growth despite the pandemic. Prosus Ventures, formerly known as Naspers Ventures, led Patna and Gurgaon-based startup’s Series C financing round.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Bustle Digital Group — owner of Bustle, Inverse, Input, Mic and other titles — could eventually join the ranks of startups going public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). During an interview about the state of BDG and the digital media industry at the end of 2020, founder and CEO Bryan Goldberg laid out ambitious goals for the next few years. “Where do I want to see the company in three years?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2021

Adam Mark Smith went from being a CFO to being on food stamps after protesting at a Chick-fil-A. The viral video cost him his career, reputation and sense of self. Author of “ Million Dollar Cup of Water ,” Smith shares his personal journey from rags to riches, back to rags, and eventually to true wealth. Smith is an executive, author, motivational speaker, corporate workshop facilitator, and mindfulness-based coach.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Volopay , a Singapore-based startup building a “financial control center” for businesses, announced today it has raised $2.1 million in seed funding. The round was led by Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen, and included participation from Soma Capital, CP Ventures, Y Combinator, VentureSouq, the founders of Razorpay and other angel investors.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2021

If you’re an entrepreneur with a fantastic new product or service, there’s often nothing more tempting than wanting to release it into the world in its full glory. But, from a business perspective, this is rarely the right thing to do, for a number of reasons. Primarily, it’s important to ensure that you’ve honed your value proposition, tested it effectively on your target audience, and built the most effective and useful version of your product.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 18, 2021

OncoHost, a company developing AI technology to characterize, analyze, and predict patient response to treatment, today announced it raised $8 million. Read more here. The post [OncoHost in Venture Beat] OncoHost raises $8 million to develop AI that predicts cancer treatment responses appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2021

We all know that the COVID pandemic has created a massive wave of job losses in the U.S. over the last year. So, with all of this economic hardship, one would reasonably assume that the rate of new businesses is at a standstill, right? Wrong! Over the past three months, more new businesses have been launched in the United States than in any other quarter in our history: Between June and September of 2020, nearly 1.4 million startups were founded.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 18, 2021

Carmakers are racing to meet new high-tech safety standards, such as automatic emergency braking systems, that are expected to take effect across Europe and the United States next year. Read more here. The post [Brodmann17 in The Times of Israel] Tel Aviv startup offers clear route for car computer vision appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2021

Sindhya Valloppillil. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sindhya Valloppillil is the founder and CEO of Skin Dossier, a venture partner at Next Gen Ventures, a freelance writer and formerly a beauty industry executive and marketing professor. Last week, Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced that it was terminating plans to acquire razor startup Billie following a U.S.

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