TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast ( now on Twitter! ), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Today is our holiday look-back at the year, bringing not only our own Danny and Natasha and Chris and Alex into the mix, but also five venture capitalists who we got to leave us their notes as well. The goal for this episode was to reflect on a year that no one could have ever predicted, but with a specific angle, as always, on venture capital an

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Over the last month or so, I’ve engaged in 100 conversations with female entrepreneurs on Instagram. I was expecting the conversations to skew toward established entrepreneurs, but I quickly learned that new businesses, started by women and minorities, are on the rise. And while many reports show that the pandemic has hit women in business particularly hard , the women I was meeting and networking with had, on the contrary, begun their businesses during the pandemic over the last two to six mont

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

As the United States entered its first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns, there were wide expectations in startup land that a reckoning had arrived. But the expected comeuppance of high-burn, high-growth startups fueled by cheap capital provided by venture capitalists raising ever-larger funds , failed to arrive. Instead, the very opposite came to pass. Layoffs happened swiftly and aggressively during the early months of the pandemic era.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Experience is certainly a good teacher Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Alex Circei. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Alex Circei is CEO and co-founder of Waydev , a Git analytics tool that measures engineers' performance automatically. The end of the year is looming and with it one of your most important tasks as a manager. Summarizing the performance of 10, 20 or 50 developers over the past 12 months, offering personalized advice and having the facts to back it up — is no small task.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Brightpearl , which allows retailers to streamline their operations thus boosting sales, has raised $33 million in funding to scale its business. This Series C round was led by Sage, which has put $23 million into the U.K. company. Previous backers Cipio Partners, Notion Capital and Verdane also participated, putting in $10 million. The Bristol, U.K.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Use creative fundraising instead of equity or debt? By Dave Berkus. First, my story as an example. Let me tell you the story of how I raised $100,000 to fill a gap needed to purchase a new home for my young family years ago. I had located a beautiful home that would be a stretch to finance and had arranged for a first mortgage from the bank, and a second from the seller.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 24, 2020

I knew that sending an email and tweet to hundreds of thousands of people saying that my father had passed away this week was going to generate a lot of replies. And it did. My inbox, messages, etc are chock full of an outpouring of sympathy and wishes for me and my family and I am so grateful for them. I was talking to my friend Jerry last night and I mentioned to him that I had spent most of the day replying to all of that and had not made much of a dent in it.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Owning a seasonal business has its challenges, especially as a small business. Every decision matters. Recent FedEx grant winner Matt Bliss understands this very well. In fact, in this year of COVID-19, his business Modern Christmas Trees has already set a record for sales this year. Background Story. The origin of Modern Christmas Trees began with Matt's grandfather, Lawrence “Bud” Stoecker.

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