Entrepreneurs' Organization
JANUARY 13, 2020
Contributed by Angela Fernandez, vice president of community engagement, GS1 US. Today, maintaining steady revenue growth can be difficult without the right help and mindset. GS1 US, an information standards organization that helps brands identify their products for commerce, recently surveyed more than 500 entrepreneurs to identify best practices to achieve sustained success.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
JANUARY 13, 2020
I used this title for possibly the most regrettable blog post I have written on AVC back in 2011. My friend Alex’s post on the topic this weekend has made me revisit my thoughts on the subject of marketing. Alex starts off his post with this assertion: 2019 was the year when VCs and startup founders soured on paid acquisition. I am not sure if that is true, but if it is, it suggests a dramatic change in the startup playbook.
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Forward Cities
JANUARY 13, 2020
This interview is part of the “Ecosystem Builders” series. More information about the ESHIP Communities program can be found here. Q: What is something that’s happening in KC right now that you are excited about? A: The ESHIP buzz is exciting not only for the Kansas City entrepreneurship community as a whole, but it’s also providing light to the underserved communities and helping to increase the conversation about inequalities and what’s needed to level playing fields as it relates
GCUC
JANUARY 13, 2020
The US Government is going in BIG on Coworking. Will you answer the call? Just so you can grasp the size of the government… The federal government owns about 270,000 buildings and 2.8B SF. In the U.S., 95,000 governments, special authorities and special districts own more than 3 million buildings and 650 acres of commercial real estate, which includes offices, stadiums, warehouses, hospitals and parking lots.
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Forward Cities
JANUARY 13, 2020
Editor’s note: This article is part of a larger series called Solution Stories, which illuminates how Forward Cities is helping to guide in cities across the country. For background on the specific approach taken in communities like New Kensington, please visit the first article in the series here , and Kim’s previous post, Rustbelt Renaissance: The Case of New Kensington, PA.
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Tomasz Tunguz
JANUARY 13, 2020
Go to market questions are some of the most common questions startups discuss in board meetings. This is especially true around the end of year because many companies develop their financial plans. To help startups understand how their go to market teams compare to peers, Redpoint has constructed a survey. You can find the survey here. The survey will answer questions like: How does the sales team structure differ by stage?
OurCrowd
JANUARY 13, 2020
Online flower delivery service The Bouqs Co. left the Tank in 2014 without an investment, but Robert Herjavec kept them in mind three years later when he was planning the flowers for his wedding…Co-founder and CEO John Tabis said that there were several days in 2017 when the company sold $1 million in flowers in a day. It’s now valued at $43.1 million.
Haystack
JANUARY 13, 2020
Earlier today, the news leaked that Visa was to acquire fintech startup Plaid for $5.3B. Plaid is known within the startup and VC community as a strong company, but it is also a relatively quiet company in terms of its own PR and social media chatter. Startup exits are rare, and as the number of startups increase, large exits will become even more rare percentage-wise.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 13, 2020
Yulife wants to directly incentivise life insurance through a reward scheme – with customers able to earn ‘yucoins’ by walking, or completing mindfulness challenges with partner apps like Calm. These can be exchanged for airline miles or discounts with major retailers like Amazon. Read more here. The post [yulife in TechWorld] Can yulife breathe new life into life insurance?
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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.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 13, 2020
For an ordinary Joe or Jane, Google’s Chrome OS is usually all the operating system you need and it’s easy to use. If you can use a web browser, you can use a Chromebook. But Google doesn’t offer a ready-to-run version for ordinary PCs. Enter Neverware. Read more here. The post [Neverware in ZDNet] How to switch from Windows 7 to Chrome OS CloudReady appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 13, 2020
Zebra Medical Vision, the deep-learning medical imaging analytics company, announces today that Ohad Arazi has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Co-Founder Eyal Gura, who will continue as Chairman of the board. Read more here. The post [Zebra in Business Wire] Zebra Medical Vision Expands Its Footprint in North America and Appoints a New CEO appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 13, 2020
“2020 is shaping up to be a year of testing the new cybersecurity defenses and strategies that enterprises have deployed over the last five years,” says Jerry Gamblin, principal security engineer at Kenna Security. Read more here. The post [Kenna Security in The Enterprisers Project] Security 2020: 4 trends to watch appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 13, 2020
I especially like Toyota’s AI-driven in-car agent, which is being developed in partnership with Israeli startup Intuition Robotics), or even for game-changing power tech like supplemental solar roof charging for electric vehicles. Read more here. The post [Intuition Robotics in Forbes] At CES, A CASE For The Future of Mobility appeared first on OurCrowd.
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OurCrowd
JANUARY 13, 2020
Agtech startup CropX Inc. has acquired Nebraska-based precision irrigation startup CropMetrics LLC, the former announced Monday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read more here. The post [CropX in CTech] Smart Farming Startup CropX Acquires CropMetrics appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 13, 2020
Immigrants are a growth engine for developing countries, according to Guy Kashtan, founder and CEO of mobile banking startup Rewire Ltd. Kashtan spoke Monday at Calcalist’s The Future of Money conference in Tel Aviv. Read more here. The post [Rewire in CTech] Migrant Workers Are a Growth Engine for Developing Countries, Says Rewire CEO appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 13, 2020
CB4 today announced it was included on Built In NYC’s list of Best Places to Work in 2020. Companies are selected based on data submitted by companies and their employees. Read more here. The post [CB4 in PR Newswire] CB4 is Honored in Built In NYC’s Prestigious Best Places to Work List in 2020 appeared first on OurCrowd.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 13, 2020
CropX, a leading global soil sensing and agricultural analytics company, today announced the acquisition of Nebraska-based CropMetrics, a prominent provider of cloud-based, precision-irrigation tools. Current CropMetrics and CropX partners and customers will now have access to an unmatched combination of in-soil data, advanced farm management analytics and decision-support tools.
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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
JANUARY 13, 2020
Are you with us this week at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco? Meet OurCrowd’s medical portfolio, including 16 startups creating revolutionary solutions in areas including cancer treatment, blood testing, wound care, diabetes management, medical cannabis, care for older adults, and more. Schedule a meeting. Venture capital has been perhaps the best performing asset class over the last 25 years.
OurCrowd
JANUARY 13, 2020
Alpha Tau Medical CFO Raphi Levy spoke with Proactive at the Biotech Showcase 2020 in San Francisco. The Israel-based company is looking to treat solid tumor cancer with its interstitial radioactive seed technology that continually releases short-lived alpha-emitting atoms into the tumor. Read more here. The post [Alpha Tau in Proactive] Alpha Tau Medical launches first US cancer trial appeared first on OurCrowd.
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