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innovating menstrual care: q&a with Chante’ Knox of DelivHer FemCare

Venture Well

Chante' Knox of E-Team DelivHer FemCare attributes early-stage support for fast-tracking her innovative menstrual care product. The post innovating menstrual care: q&a with Chante’ Knox of DelivHer FemCare appeared first on VentureWell.

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3 Effective Revenue Strategies to Use When Starting a Business

StartupNation

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman once said that starting a company is like jumping off a cliff and assembling the airplane on the way down. Indeed, founders and their teams often have to navigate multiple complex realities, from selecting a business model to learning to prioritize the most effective marketing approaches — all while it feels like they are falling from the sky.

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8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors

TechCrunch

The U.K. is gaining in popularity as a great place to start a tech firm. The country is quickly catching up to China on the tech investment front, with VC investments reaching a record of $15 billion in 2020, according to TechNation. A global health crisis notwithstanding, London remained a favorite for investors. U.K. cities made up a fifth of the top 20 European cities, with names such as Oxford, Dublin, Edinburgh and Cambridge rising to the fore in 2020.

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Global Entrepreneurship Congress Aims to Fuel Healthier Ecosystems

Angel Capital Association

By: Linda Smith, ACA Chair Emeritus This November, the Global Business Angels Network (GBAN) Annual Meeting will participate as part of the global effort to unify people and ideas to rebuild our economies by empowering healthier entrepreneurship ecosystems around the world. ACA members are invited to join the Global Business Angels Network (GBAN) Annual Meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from November 14-17, 2021!

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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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Kaszek Ventures leads a $15 million round in Chilean asset management startup, Fintual

TechCrunch

Like other financial sectors in Latin America, the retail investing space is getting a facelift by local tech startups that are cashing in on the untapped potential for democratizing asset management in the region. One of those startups is Chilean-based Fintual, which today announced a $15 million round led by Kaszek Ventures, the largest fund in Latin America.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Unpacking BuzzFeed’s SPAC, curb your meeting enthusiasm, more

TechCrunch

Meetings should have a clear purpose, but instead, they’ve become a way to measure status and reinforce what is colloquially referred to as CYA culture. There’s a kernel of truth in every joke, so whenever someone quips, “This meeting could have been an email!” you can bet that some small part of them meant it sincerely. Few people know how to run meetings effectively and keep conversations on track.

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Terrell Owens – from Athlete to Entrepreneur

Smart Hustle Magazine

Dave Kerpen , entrepreneur, best-selling author, father, and dad, interviewed NFL athlete, Terrell Owens. The interview was part of the Celebrity Ask Me Anything show in the Likeable Business Club, which is part of Listening and Beyond , founded by Dave and Randi Zuckerberg. Sign up for the “clubhouse” first in-person, here . Here’s an overview of their discussion – tips for life, business and beyond.

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Musculoskeletal medical startups race to enter personalized health tech market

TechCrunch

As the pandemic unevenly roars on, Emily Melton , founder and managing partner of Threshold VC , is reflecting on a previous public health crisis: the Spanish flu. She says the response just over a century ago prompted the rise of interventional medicine — treating illness through surgery or medicine only after symptoms manifest. Today, interventional medicine is the dominant mindset in Western healthcare.

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Spotlighting Local Startup Rebel Nell (Episode 247)

StartupNation

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff talks to Amy Peterson, the CEO and co-founder of Rebel Nell , a Detroit-based jewelry business that seeks to employ women with barriers to employment. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn more about Rebel Nell and its worthy cause: Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat.

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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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Like the US, a two-tier venture capital market is emerging in Latin America

TechCrunch

Earlier this week, The Exchange wrote about the early-stage venture capital market , with the goal of understanding how some startups are raising more seed capital before they work on their Series A, while other startups are seemingly raising their first lettered round while in the nascent stages of scaling. The expedition was rooted in commentary from Rudina Seseri of Glasswing Ventures , who said abundant seed capital in the United States allows founders to get a lot done before they raise a S

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How Expectation Management Can Save Your Startup

Entrepreneur's Handbook

What I discovered from analysing 1,294 failed startups Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Equity Live: This is what leadership smells like

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we did something fun and different and good: a live show! A good number of people came, and asked questions, and altogether, it was a blast. Danny, Natasha , and Alex had a lovely time with the regular work, while Grace and Chris and Kevin made the whole operation function.

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Work With Us

Forward Cities

Forward Cities is a dynamic organization with a diverse and highly collaborative team of professionals committed to authenticity, trust, equity & inclusion, humility, growth, joy, and building a legacy that removes barriers to entrepreneurship for current and future generations.

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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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Veo CEO Candice Xie has a plan for building a sustainable scooter company, and it’s working

TechCrunch

Startups are the embodiment of frenetic action. The rush to grow, outrun, and disrupt runs in the lifeblood of today’s entrepreneurs, driving their fervor and enabling them to capture markets from giants of industries too big to maneuver in a quickly changing landscape. That has been truer for the mobility landscape than most other industries.

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Rebooting the workparent operating system

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Daisy Dowling, an executive coach and full-time working parent to two young children who helps working parents lead more successful and satisfying lives. She is the author of WORKPARENT: The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids. We asked Daisy about the challenges “parentrepreneurs” face.

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[Nexa3D in Plastics Technology] Nexa3D Wins Innovation Award at AM Tech Forum

OurCrowd

During two talks presented by the company at the same event, Nexa3D demonstrated its additive manufacturing end-to-end solutions. Read more here. The post [Nexa3D in Plastics Technology] Nexa3D Wins Innovation Award at AM Tech Forum appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Mercuryo raises $7.5M for crypto-focused, cross-border payments after crossing $50M in ARR

TechCrunch

Mercuryo , a startup that has built a cross-border payments network, has raised $7.5 million in a Series A round of funding. The London-based company describes itself as “a crypto infrastructure company” that aims to make blockchain useful for businesses via its “digital asset payment gateway.” Specifically, it aggregates various payment solutions and provides fiat and crypto payments and payouts for businesses. .

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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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What Is Customer Experience? – Importance & Strategies

Feedough

Let’s go back to the last time you wanted to. Read more.

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Why is Didi worth so much less than Uber?

TechCrunch

Years ago, U.S. ride-hailing giant Uber and its Chinese rival Didi were locked in an expensive rivalry in the Asian nation. After a financially bruising competition, Uber sold its China-based business to Didi , focusing instead on other markets. The two companies are coming head-to-head again, however, as Didi looks to list in the United States. The company’s IPO filing was big news for the SoftBank Vision Fund, Tencent and Uber, thanks to its stake in Didi from its earlier transaction.

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[Virgin Hyperloop One in EIN Presswire] Josh Giegel and Christina Lawrence Sit Down with Fotis Georgiadis

OurCrowd

GREENWICH, CT, USA, June 25, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Fotis Georgiadis, owner of the blog by his namesake, is a branding and image consultant specialist with a robust background and is a visionary interviewer. With a knack for pulling out a well-rounded interview, not only covering cutting edge technologies and corporate directions but also bringing out the personal side of the interviewee.

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5 companies doing growth marketing right

TechCrunch

Mark Spera. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Mark Spera is the head of growth marketing at Minted. He's the co-founder of growth marketing blog Growth Marketing Pro and content generation tool GrowthBar. What do all companies, regardless of industry, say they want? Growth. Lighting-fast, continuous growth. The good news is you can quickly learn which growth marketing strategies work by studying other companies’ success and adapting it to your own business.

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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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[DailyPay in American Banker] PNC helps deliver pay advances even faster

OurCrowd

Many fintechs specialize in giving workers some or all of their earnings ahead of the traditional two-week pay cycle, but DailyPay is using real-time payments as a differentiator. DailyPay recently became the first to add the feature via partnership with PNC Bank and The Clearing House’s RTP network. Read more here. The post [DailyPay in American Banker] PNC helps deliver pay advances even faster appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Edge Delta raises $15M Series A to take on Splunk

TechCrunch

Seattle-based Edge Delta , a startup that is building a modern distributed monitoring stack that is competing directly with industry heavyweights like Splunk, New Relic and Datadog, today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A funding round led by Menlo Ventures and Tim Tully, the former CTO of Splunk. Previous investors MaC Venture Capital and Amity Ventures also participated in this round, which brings the company’s total funding to date to $18 million. “Our thesis is

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[Polarisqb in Forbes] This Startup Is Using Quantum Computing And AI To Cut Drug Discovery Time From 3 Years To 4 Months

OurCrowd

Polaris Quantum Biotech is reinventing drug discovery, reducing the time it takes to find candidate molecules for drug development from the typical three years to just four months. As with other successful efforts to redesign established processes, Polaris is betting on scalability and automation. The startup, co-founded by Shahar Keinan and Bill Shipman, came out of stealth a year ago, revealing the first-ever drug discovery platform using a quantum computer, cost-efficiently scanning billions

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Circle wants to help companies access DeFi lending markets with new API

TechCrunch

Cryptocurrency company Circle has announced that it plans to launch a new API for companies using Circle accounts to manage crypto assets — and in particular USDC stablecoins. The new API will let companies access decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols starting with Compound lending pools. Circle is better known as one of the founding members of the Centre consortium with Coinbase.

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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.