Fri.Mar 11, 2022

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Share the mindset of success in EO Accelerator

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Emma Allen is active in the Charlotte, NC chapter of EO Accelerator , which empowers first-stage entrepreneurs with the tools, community and accountability necessary to catapult their business to the next level. EO staff member Cydney Melton asked Emma about her experience. After experiencing insurance and financial services businesses take advantage of people she cared for, State Farm agent owner Emma Allen knew she would go into that industry to support her community.

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A rough draft of the teetering startup landscape heading into Q2

TechCrunch

A series of negative signals about the value of technology companies, the stinging cost of slowing growth at tech concerns, and several ancillary signals from the more speculative regions of the tech market sum to a dramatically changed market. It’s worth remembering just how wild the last two years have been in startup land. Back in early 2020, as the pandemic barreled into a number of sectors, layoffs swept the startup industry.

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SG’s EdTech platform Cialfo raises US$20 million in Series B funding led by Tiger Global

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based EdTech firm Cialfo has further raised US$20 million in its Series B extension round led by the US-based investment firm Tiger Global. This funding follows after January’s fundraise of US$40 million from Square Peg and SEEK Investments.

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How Startups Become Game Changers

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Innovative startups don’t sweat the competition, they change the rules instead Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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SPACs are a four-letter word again

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week saw Equity back on the live-taping game, with Mary Ann , Natasha and Alex gathering with Grace and the TechCrunch video team (shoutout Julio and Yashad!) to chat through the week’s news. Naturally we had to cut like all hell, but we had a simply terrific time traipsing through the following items: AngelList Ventures raising a $100 million roun

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Tested TAM tips, no-code tech survey, writing crypto white papers

TechCrunch

For many first-time founders, determining the size of the market in which they hope to compete is one of their biggest challenges. I haven’t launched a successful startup, but I have helped write several pitch decks. Each time, the team’s collective anxiety increased when we needed to calculate TAM. It was always the last slide we worked on.

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Cold Emails: How Founders Can Gain Early Users & Press

Entrepreneur's Handbook

The strategy has a bad reputation, but when done right, it’s super effective Photo: GettyImages Who says cold emails don’t work? I’ve implemented them into my strategy, and I’ve got : Investment pitches Working with some big brands Building beta list Getting press releases Before diving into best practices for cold emailing, a little background. Last year, when I was building WorkMap , everything was done, and I was approaching the launch date.

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AiFi adds new funding into its cart to expand autonomous retail footprint

TechCrunch

Contactless stores are gaining traction, more so in Europe, but there are some trickling into the U.S., including Atlanta’s Nourish + Bloom Market that opened in January. In that article, we pointed out that the store was entering territory that included Amazon Go , 7-Eleven and Walmart. Behind some of that cashierless technology are startup companies like Sensei , Standard Cognition , Zippin , Grabango and Trigo , which all recently took in venture capital to advance their approaches.

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4 Headline Tips Top Media Outlets Follow To Get Millions Of Clicks

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Without a great headline to lead the way, your posts and emails will never see the light of day. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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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Meet your co-founder or find your next gig at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

Engineers, coders and product designers, lend us your ears! TC Sessions: Mobility 2022 goes big, live and in-person on May 18-19 in San Mateo, California. This two-day deep dive — dedicated to mobility tech, early-stage startups and the investors who fund them — is a prime networking opportunity you don’t want to miss. Looking for a co-founder to help you build your mobility-centric startup?

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Singapore’s e-signature startup EthSign secures US$12 million funding from Sequoia Capital

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based Web3 infrastructure startup EthSign has secured US$12 million in a seed funding round led by all three units of Sequoia VC- Sequoia Capital, Sequoia Capital India , and Sequoia Capital China. This is the first time that all three units of Sequoia have invested together in a funding round in general, and not just in the crypto space.

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We’re looking for a few good volunteers for TC Early Stage

TechCrunch

Our founder-focused summit, TechCrunch Early Stage , is back in-person this April in San Francisco! And we are looking for some incredible volunteers to help us make this event happen. If you are interested in finding out what goes into building tech events, apply to volunteer , and if you are selected, not only will you get a behind the scenes look at how events are produced, you’ll also earn a free pass to experience Disrupt SF on October 18-20.

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How to Use Listening Loops & Episodic Content to Transform your Brand Building

Entrepreneur's Handbook

It’s time to serialize your strategy Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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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Daily Crunch: Byju’s founder chips in toward $800M funding round to reach $22B valuation

TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Friday, March 11, 2022! Oh boy was that a week. It was full and busy and, now, finally, over. We have your full news digest below, but stay hype about TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility , because it’s looking increasingly lit. – Alex.

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What Is Startup Ecosystem? How Does It Work?

Feedough

Startups are the new buzzwords in the business world. These. Read more. The post What Is Startup Ecosystem? How Does It Work? appeared first on Feedough.

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Aument wants to power your next marketing message

TechCrunch

Aument is carving out a niche in marketing automation for e-commerce stores, raising $1.5 million in pre-seed funding just four months after being founded. CEO Emilio Di Marco met his co-founders, Alan Helouani, Sacha Landesmann and Mario Leon Rojas, in Latin America while leading marketing efforts for WeWork. Their experience in working on customer acquisition and retention was the ultimate driver for Aument.

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Info Diet: Modern Fertility CEO Afton Vechery

Andreessen Horowitz

Info Diet offers a peek into the personally curated feeds and media habits of the people shaping the future. In each installment, a different builder spends two days chronicling everything they read, follow, listen to, and watch in order to stay ahead of what’s next. This time: Afton Vechery, co-founder and CEO of the reproductive. Read More. The post Info Diet: Modern Fertility CEO Afton Vechery appeared first on Future.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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Makers Fund-backed virtual social app MEW woos comic fans in the US

TechCrunch

Raven Gao didn’t set up virtual social platform MEW to ride the metaverse wave. He began working on MEW in mid-2019 with a Tencent veteran because he wanted to build a virtual safe haven for socially awkward introverts like himself. MEW’s interface can be perplexing for many people at first glance. The lingo and aesthetics of the app have a clear appeal to fans of the anime, comic and gaming (ACG) subculture, Gao remarked.

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[Taranis in PR Newswire] Taranis named Planet Labs Pbc’s Agriculture Partner of the Year

OurCrowd

The long-term partnership highlights Taranis’ and Planet’s shared commitment to deliver customers precise field health insights for informed decision-making. Read more here. The post [Taranis in PR Newswire] Taranis named Planet Labs Pbc’s Agriculture Partner of the Year appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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For founders who want to launch apps, ‘being non-technical is not a limitation’

TechCrunch

Based in Warsaw, Poland, Intent assists a wide variety of companies with everything from product design and UX to development and deployment of connected devices. It caters to diverse sectors, with customers such as sleep tracker ?URA, trivia game HQ, Tomorrow Health, Samsung, Mercedes-Benz and Nike. To get a look at how Intent tailors its approach to client needs and how the company helps clients get their products from inception to the market, we spoke with Wojciech Borkowski , its head of bus

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After pressure from NYC DOT, Joco pivots to e-bike delivery rentals

TechCrunch

Joco, the docked electric bike service that launched in New York City last April to rival Citi Bike, is pivoting its business away from consumer rides and toward last-mile delivery, the company told TechCrunch. The move comes after Joco was sued by the city for operating a bike share without prior authorization from the NYC Department of Transportation.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

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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Diamond Age picks up $50M to lay the foundation for the future of houses built by robots

TechCrunch

Hot on the heels from its $8 million fundraise just a few months ago , Diamond Age is back for a top-up, with a $50 million Series A financing to continue its mission to make homeownership more affordable by using 3D printing and robotics technologies to make home construction significantly cheaper — a welcome change in a world where there’s a 7-million-home shortage in the U.S. housing market.