TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) offer new ways for consumers to collect, wear and trade fashion online, and now that most fashion shows have scaled back or gone virtual , they may become an important tool for the industry. Because some of the most profitable NFTs are produced by celebrities with teams , it makes sense that music corporations, fashion brands and designers are venturing into the NFT market as well.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
MARCH 22, 2021
The YLAI Alumni Advisory Board is excited to invite you to an upcoming virtual event entitled “ Challenging Gender Bias in Entrepreneurship “, presented in honor of YLAI4All and International Women’s Day. The event was inspired by the 2021 International Women’s Day theme, “I Choose to Challenge.” The event will focus on the importance of women’s businesses around the world in an effort to eliminate gender bias in entrepreneurship.
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TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
Nigerian startup Xend Finance uses decentralized finance (DeFi) to address currency devaluation. DeFi aims to bridge the gap between decentralized blockchains and financial services. Aronu Ugochukwu and Abafor Chima founded the startup in 2019, and Ugochukwu is quite familiar with currency devaluation. . Currency devaluation is a common economic nightmare faced in most African countries and other developing countries worldwide.
StartupNation
MARCH 22, 2021
You’ve decided to take the plunge and start your dream business. You’ve decided what your new company is going to do and have formulated your overall strategy. StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here. Now it’s time to complete a checklist of necessary tasks to set up and structure your business: Name your business.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to people everywhere shopping more online and Latin America is no exception. São Paulo-based Nuvemshop has developed an e-commerce platform that aims to allow SMBs and merchants to connect more directly with their consumers. With more people in Latin America getting used to making purchases digitally, the company has experienced a major surge in business over the past year.
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TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
Sending money from the U.S. to Nigeria can be a painstaking process. For remittance platforms like Western Union, it will cost a transfer fee and take between one to five business days for money sent from a U.S. debit card to enter a Nigerian bank account. . Crypto remittance platforms are rising to the challenge of fixing these cross-border payment issues by reducing time and fees.
Feedough
MARCH 22, 2021
When starting a business, an individual has to make many key decisions. A business owner might choose to branch out, establish different departments and ultimately hire employees. Or they might go solo. Solopreneurship at its core work on a very simple principle – grind and hustle alone. But what makes it different from entrepreneurship ? What dimensions an individual must be aware of before venturing into this field?
TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
Amazon’s Prime Wardrobe has been a key way for the e-commerce giant to expand its reach selling clothing and other apparel: giving shoppers an easy way to try on several items, return what they don’t want and pay for what they keep has helped it cross the virtual chasm by bringing the online experience a little closer to what it’s like to shop for fashion in physical stores.
Smart Hustle Magazine
MARCH 22, 2021
If you run a profitable business and you’re looking to expand, how about going global? T he thought might be daunting. How do you start and what if things don’t go according to plan? These are common concerns, however, it might be easier than you think. We talked to Tony Shan, the head of Alibaba’s cross-border B2C platforms in North America. He shed some light on how to get into global trade.
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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.
TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
Zaver , a Swedish fintech that enable merchants to accept cardless payments and offer buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) as an option, has raised $5 million in new funding. The company, which began life focused on P2P payments for marketplace transactions, is now doubling down on the durables sector (think: automotive, health & beauty, craftmanship etc.) for both online and offline commerce, after claiming to have found product-market-fit.
StartupNation
MARCH 22, 2021
Starting a new business is exciting. For many entrepreneurs, nothing is more thrilling than building a business that solves a big problem in a unique way. Startup founders have to make many decisions in the days, weeks and months after starting a business. One of the most important decisions comes very early—you have to give your new business a name.
TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
In a new S-1/A filing , Coursera set an initial IPO price range between $30 and $33 a share, signaling the market views its edtech business warmly ahead of its impending public offering. Coursera will have 130,271,466 shares outstanding after its IPO, or 132,630,966 including its underwriters’ option. At $30 per share, the low end of the company’s IPO range and a share count inclusive of 2,359,500 shares reserved for its underwriting banks, the firm would be worth $3.98 billion.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 22, 2021
Startup success takes more than just having great ideas Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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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.
TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
Side , a real estate technology company that works to turn agents and independent brokerages into boutique brands and businesses, announced Monday that it has raised $150 million in Series D funding. Coatue Management led the round, which brings San Francisco-based Side’s valuation to $1 billion and total funding raised to over $200 million since its 2017 inception.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 22, 2021
5 practical strategies to deal with naysayers Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
With Y Combinator Demo Day kicking off tomorrow morning, startups in the current batch are hurrying to make a little news before they show off their recent growth to investors. The list includes Runway , Mono , Pangea and Flux. Add Chums to the mix. Chums is a social shopping service that helps friends suggest products to their pals. And the startup has put together a total of $3.5 million across two pre-seed investments.
Feedough
MARCH 22, 2021
There are times when the competitive market scenario leads to companies engaging in what we call “malpractices”, or practices that benefit the business at the consumer’s cost. These could be misleading advertisements – for example, the brand’s promotion calling it a sugar-free snack when it’s not really sugar-free – or even manufacturing a product that contains life-threatening ingredients – for example, excessive amounts of lead were detected in Nestlé’s Maggi noodles, an international noodles
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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.
TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
Purplle, an e-commerce platform for beauty products in India, said on Monday it has raised $45 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its presence in the world’s second-largest internet market. The new round, a Series D, was financed by Sequoia Capital India and existing investors Verlinvest, Blume Ventures and JSW Ventures. The new round values the Indian startup — which has raised $95 million to date — at about $300 million, up from $150 million in its 2019 Series C
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
MARCH 22, 2021
I could not help but use the word Freemium in the headline to this post. For those that don’t know, the word Freemium was invented here at AVC, back in 2006. I am quite proud of that fact, even though I did not come up with the word myself. With that business taken care of, let’s move on to the topic of the day. Our portfolio company Stack Overflow, best know for its massive free knowledge sharing service for programmers , has been building a companion business over the last few year
TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
Dispo is in the midst of a sexual assault controversy, Zoom introduces an SDK and Android owners will have to continue waiting for Clubhouse access. This is your Daily Crunch for March 22, 2021. The big story: Investors back away from Dispo. After a recent story in Business Insider brought allegations to light that a member of David Dobrik’s vlog squad had sexually assaulted an extra during a shoot, Spark Capital announced that it would “sever all ties” with Dobrik’s pho
Continuations
MARCH 22, 2021
The more you know about the climate crisis, the harder it is to not be depressed at least some of the time. The challenges ahead are vast and the will to action still small by comparison. So we already know things will get a lot worse because the physics of the climate crisis are cumulative until we manage to reverse the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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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
TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
It’s clear that automated workflow tooling has become increasingly important for companies. Perhaps that explains why Camunda , a Berlin startup that makes open source process automation software, announced an €82 million Series B today. That translates into approximately $98 million U.S. Insight Partners led the round with help from A round investor Highland Europe.
Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category
MARCH 22, 2021
Ellis McCue, CEO of Territory Foods, a platform that delivers bespoke food experiences.
TechCrunch
MARCH 22, 2021
London-based fintech startup Revolut has announced that it is applying for a bank charter in the U.S. The company has submitted a draft application with the FDIC and the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. If the company manages to get a charter in California, it would let the company operate throughout the U.S. as an independent bank.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 22, 2021
How Shopify’s corporate engineering blog is written Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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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.
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