TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Ten years ago, if you were a scrappy kid somehow making a living off of YouTube ad revenue and brand deals, you were probably told you didn’t have a real job. Now, if monetizing your creative output is how you pay your rent, you’re part of the creator economy, a buzzy new industry. An often-cited landmark report from the venture capital firm SignalFire says that creators are the fastest-growing type of small business.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Here’s exactly how, thanks to Romeo and Juliet. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Koko Networks , a Kenya-based bio-fuel technology enterprise, has extended its business to cover other fast-moving consumer goods through a new tech platform that will capitalize on its established distribution networks in low-income neighborhoods. Koko Club, its new business line, is selling the products directly to consumers through the dukas (small shops) that currently serve as the company’s agents for its bio-ethanol cooking fuel and stoves.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In my life as an early-stage investor, I’ve been closely involved with so many businesses, there were bound to be numerous stories of actual and near failures, hopefully from which to learn lessons for all of us as we go forward. The emotions we feel when “turning out the lights.”. Several times in my investing life, as the final board member making the arrangements to dispose of remaining assets, I have literally been the one to turn out the lights, carry out the documents, books and records t

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 30, 2021

And when you should, too. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 30, 2021

“Twenty years from now, you’ll be able to use your mobile phone app to buy land and print your own home,” says Andrew Logan. “That is the future.”. Read more here. The post [ICON in California News Times] People in 3D-printed houses appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The future of lidar is uncertain unless, as Voyant hopes to do, its price and size are reduced to fractions of their current values. As long as lidars are sandwich-sized devices that cost thousands, they won’t be ubiquitous — so Voyant has raised some cash to bring its smaller, cheaper, more easily manufactured, yet still highly capable lidar to production.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 30, 2021

With two weeks to go before it’s official launch, the AI-based bank is changing its name to ONE ZERO. Read more here. The post [First Digital Bank in Globes] Amnon Shashua’s First Digital Bank announces new name appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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