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Boulevard Launches New Capital Program Designed Specifically for Self-Care Businesses 

American Entrepreneurship

Boulevard Capital delivers fast funding to help salons, spas, barbershops, and medspas accelerate business growth LOS ANGELES – March 20, 2024 – Boulevard ( www.joinblvd.com ), provider of the client experience platform purpose-built for appointment-based, self-care businesses, today announced the launch of Boulevard Capital. This new financial offering gives Boulevard-powered salons , barbershops , spas , and medspas access to essential growth funding without the challenges of traditional lendi

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Your board should protect you!

Berkonomics

All other board functions are secondary. Even venture capitalists who sit on boards where they have significant investments often forget this point. They write in their investment documents that they will occupy a seat on the board for as long as they are invested in the company, thinking of this as a protection for their investment and tool for them to influence growth.

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Building AI Models is faster and cheaper than you probably think

Y Combinator

If you read articles about companies like OpenAI and Anthropic training foundation models, the press tends to focus on the huge amount of money and computation involved. It would be natural to assume that if you don’t have a billion dollars or the resources of a large company, you can’t build AI models of your own. At YC, we’re seeing the opposite, and we wanted to highlight 25 examples of YC companies training their own foundation models or fine-tuning them.

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Ant Group’s CTO Envisions a Marathon Towards AGI at the Fortune Innovation Forum

AsiaTechDaily

“The journey towards AGI is a marathon, not a 100-meter dash. You need to be incremental, you need to keep doing the hard work and keep investing,” said Ant Group’s Chief Technology Officer, Zhengyu He, at the Fortune Innovation Forum in Hong Kong on March 27, 2024.

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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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Cloverleaf Secures $7.3 Million Series A Extension Led by Advantage Capital

American Entrepreneurship

Automated Workplace Coaching Platform Triples Revenue, Expands Services to Further Help Organizations Maximize Employee Talent Cincinnati, OH – March 27, 2024 – Cloverleaf , the leading automated coaching technology designed to bring out the best in workers and teams, announced today that it has secured a $7.3 million Series A extension funding round.

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Defense Startup Picogrid Raises $12M to Connect Defense Systems

American Entrepreneurship

El Segundo, CA – March 26, 2024 – Picogrid , a defense technology startup, announces a $12 million seed round led by Initialized Capital with participation by Starburst Ventures, Credo Ventures, Giant Step Capital, Domino Ventures, and Alumni Ventures. Picogrid builds a unified platform for autonomous systems, creating an open ecosystem of defense technology suppliers.

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Decoding Investment in Tech Sectors in Southeast Asia with Weisheng Neo: Qualgro’s Journey and Insights

AsiaTechDaily

Qualgro (Quality & Growth), a leading venture capital firm in Singapore, focuses on tech startups excelling in Data/AI, Software, and B2B sectors at Series A and B stages.

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Impact Hub Ljubljana: Emerging tech-driven entrepreneurs in Slovenia

Impact Hub

Impact Hub Ljubljana: Emerging tech-driven entrepreneurs in Slovenia Four outstanding winners of the Social Impact Award (SIA) Slovenia are cultivating social entrepreneurship and driving positive change through innovative tech solutions aimed at tackling diverse environmental and social challenges. Co-organized by Impact Hub Ljubljana, these initiatives are paving the way for a brighter future in Slovenia.

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[VidMob in ADWeek] Matt Young Joins Vidmob as Chief Revenue Officer to Shape Sales Strategy

OurCrowd

Vidmob, The Creative Data Company, today announced a key addition to its leadership team to strengthen its go-to-market strategy and drive continued growth.

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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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AI in the Hands of Software Buyers

Tomasz Tunguz

AI will transform software sales. Most of the discourse so far has focused on how AI upends the sellers’ worldview. But the buyers’ process will also evolve. When researching software, operational buyers & procurement teams alike will use AI to research different offerings. Typing “Compare Salesforce & Hubspot for a 10 person sales team. which is better?

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KL20 Summit 2024: Elevating Kuala Lumpur to the Global Startup Elite

AsiaTechDaily

Malaysia Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli has announced the upcoming launch of the Kuala Lumpur 20 (KL20) blueprint, scheduled for April 22 and 23 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. The event will primarily focus on startups, aiming to bring together various stakeholders in the startup ecosystem, including investors, developers, and company owners.

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13 Customer Service Email Tips (and Example)

The Groove Blog

A well-written customer support email can make all the difference between refund and a cross-sell (or long-term customer loyalty.) While you will of course have your own special style, in this post, we will cover tips that you should keep in mind for your Expressing Gratitude and Empathy In customer service, your words can shape […] The post 13 Customer Service Email Tips (and Example) appeared first on Groove Blog.

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Putting Data in a Corner: LLMs and Financial Services Data

Andreessen Horowitz

Nobody puts Baby in a corner — especially if Baby happens to be fragmented financial services data. Historically, the key to building a successful financial services data company has been to extricate and analyze valuable but difficult-to-access resources like public filings, diligence materials, research reports, conference call notes, and news. Now, with the advent of large language models, such previously shackled information might soon be easily and widely available to everyone, ushering in

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

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.

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SolidRun Unveils Hailo-15H System-on-Module (SOM): A Breakthrough in Edge AI Processing

OurCrowd

With the first market-ready SOM based on the powerful and efficient Hailo-15H AI vision processor, SolidRun is empowering the quick development of AI Vision applications with unprecedented performance and efficiency Read more here.

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[Beyond Meat in Beyond Meat] Beyond Meat® unveils new and expanded line of Beyond Crumbles, now certified by the American Heart Association’s Heart-check program and the American Diabetes Association’s Better Choices for Life program

OurCrowd

The post [Beyond Meat in Beyond Meat] Beyond Meat® unveils new and expanded line of Beyond Crumbles, now certified by the American Heart Association’s Heart-check program and the American Diabetes Association’s Better Choices for Life program appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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C2A Security’s EVSec risk management and automation platform gains traction in automotive industry as companies seek to efficiently meet regulatory requirements

OurCrowd

The post C2A Security’s EVSec risk management and automation platform gains traction in automotive industry as companies seek to efficiently meet regulatory requirements appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[BioncHIVE in Interesting Engineering] Behind the ‘Elon Musk-hailed’ SqUID bots automating warehouses with AI engines

OurCrowd

The post [BioncHIVE in Interesting Engineering] Behind the ‘Elon Musk-hailed’ SqUID bots automating warehouses with AI engines appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

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.

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[Tailor Brands in MSN] Why aspiring business owners are obsessed with this entrepreneurial “Guidance Engine”

OurCrowd

The post [Tailor Brands in MSN] Why aspiring business owners are obsessed with this entrepreneurial “Guidance Engine” appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[BioncHIVE in The Christian Science Monitor] Israeli reconstruction near Gaza lacks a key building block: Trust

OurCrowd

The post [BioncHIVE in The Christian Science Monitor] Israeli reconstruction near Gaza lacks a key building block: Trust appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[Carrar in The Christian Science Monitor] Israeli reconstruction near Gaza lacks a key building block: Trust

OurCrowd

The post [Carrar in The Christian Science Monitor] Israeli reconstruction near Gaza lacks a key building block: Trust appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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