Fri.Sep 20, 2019

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The Role of Middle Management in Your Company

Entrepreneurs' Organization

From EO Melbourne , we share the skills of a great middle manager. “Middle management” is the level in a corporate structure that bridges the senior executives and the junior ranks. While most startups are working with a lean configuration of staff members and flatter organizational chart, many larger organizations find benefits in layers and hierarchy.

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Can Magic Help You Grow Your Business? Maybe, But Differentiation Definitely Can

Smart Hustle Magazine

Mark Levy is the founder of Levy Innovation LLC , a positioning and branding firm that helps thought leaders grow their personal brand and business. Mark says he typically works with 2 types of clients. . The first: those who are already famous before they reached out to Mark, and he helped them differentiate and refine things to help them grow. . The second: people who share ideas for a living who deserve to be famous but aren’t quite famous yet. .

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CONGRATULATIONS TO FIVE STARTUPS THAT RECEIVED BEN FRANKLIN FUNDING

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

STATE COLLEGE, PA – At the September 2019 Board of Director’s meeting the largest early-stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin Technology Partners added five additional startups to its portfolio of funded clients. Below are brief descriptions of the innovations developed by the companies. Argolytics, LLC, located in State College , developed a web-based software solution, Trendable , that helps manufacturers assess the quality of their product during actual production.

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Oklahoma-based Kirrhos Pharmaceuticals tackles fatty liver disease known as NASH

Innovation 2 Enterprise

By Scott Meacham. Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. When a looming medical problem exists, people usually hear about it — so much so that even lay people become familiar with the scientific names — angina, arrhythmia, blastoma, lymphoma, hepatitis and the like. Cirrhosis, the condition of scarring and permanent damage to the liver, often from alcohol, is another liver condition often in the public eye.

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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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YC Summer 2019 Batch Stats

Y Combinator

At our 29th Demo Day, 175 companies presented over two days. You can read more about the companies on TechCrunch ( day one and day two coverage of S19 Demo Day), Forbes , and Crunchbase. Below are stats about the S19 batch. As a reminder, the application deadline for YC W20 is coming up next week on September 25. Apply here. Total companies that presented at YC S19 Demo Day : 175.

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GCUC Sweden

GCUC

The news is out! We are headed to Sweden to chase the Northern Lights. We heard your requests when we hosted our retreat in Banff and we aim to please. We have created a GCUC Mastermind retreat and boondoggle (look it up-it’s a southern thing) so you can get a little work, while also crossing some things off of your bucket list. This event will be different from our other events in the sense that it will be much smaller and more curated.

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Funding Friday: The Truth Has Changed

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

On the day of a massive climate strike here in NYC and elsewhere around the world, I thought it appropriate to highlight this film/tour project from Josh Fox which I have backed.

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[Beyond Meat in Reuters] Beyond Meat names former Tesla executive as COO

OurCrowd

Beyond Meat Inc (BYND.O) said on Thursday it has named former Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) executive Sanjay Shah as chief operating officer, effective Sept. 18. Read more here. The post [Beyond Meat in Reuters] Beyond Meat names former Tesla executive as COO appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Beyond Meat in CNBC] Barclays initiates coverage of Beyond Meat, saying it’s ‘not your typical meat company’

OurCrowd

Barclays initiated coverage of Beyond Meat on Thursday and said the company was “well-positioned” with the “potential” to capture a large share of the alternative meat market. Read more here. The post [Beyond Meat in CNBC] Barclays initiates coverage of Beyond Meat, saying it’s ‘not your typical meat company’ appeared first on OurCrowd.

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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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[BioCatch in Nextgov] IRS Testing Behavioral Analytics to Verify Online Users

OurCrowd

The IRS announced a sole-source contract to BioCatch for a proof-of-concept that would incorporate behavioral analytics for the agency’s eAuthentication system. BioCatch’s technology tracks how a user interacts with their device and the agency’s apps to continually verify their identity. Read more here. The post [BioCatch in Nextgov] IRS Testing Behavioral Analytics to Verify Online Users appeared first on OurCrowd.