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Founder Led Companies

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I remember about fifteen years ago, a well-known VC said to me “you need to sell a company within a few years of the founder leaving. Companies can’t sustain their innovation after a founder leaves.” I told that VC that my experience has been different on that measure and that I did not agree. I have seen leadership teams take over great businesses from founders and get them to the next level.

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Juicy Marbles gets $4.5M to sizzle up plant-based steaks

TechCrunch

Convincing meat eaters to adopt a climate-friendly diet might get a little easier thanks to Slovenian startup Juicy Marbles , which has come up with a way to create plant-based whole meat cuts, if that doesn’t sound too oxymoronic. ‘Fancy Plant Meat’ is its pithier pitch for a product that aims to provide a vegan alternative to eating a filet mignon steak or other ‘prime’ cuts of (animal) flesh.

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How to practice rigorous authenticity by surrendering what others think

Entrepreneurs' Organization

. Contributed by Michael Brody-Waite , a recovered addict of 18 years who uses his incredible experience with addiction and recovery to benefit leaders and entrepreneurs who want to step into their own authentic leadership style. He’s the author of Great Leaders Live Like Drug Addicts: How to Lead Like Your Life Depends on It and was a recent EO 360 podcast guest.

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India’s Spinny valued at over $1.75 billion in $280 million funding

TechCrunch

Spinny, a Gurgaon-based startup that operates a platform to facilitate the purchase and sale of used cars , is the latest firm to become a unicorn in the world’s second-largest internet market. Spinny has raised more than $280 million in its Series E financing round, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The round, which is co-led by Tiger Global and Abu Dhabi Growth Fund, values Spinny at over $1.75 billion post-money, the source said.

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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Woman Investor Profile Series: Gina Tedesco, Managing Member, Amala Ventures

The Seraf Compass

This profile is the second in a series of interviews highlighting the work of interesting female investors. Gina Tedesco is Managing Member of Amala Ventures, Managing Director and NJ Chapter Lead of Golden Seeds, and a member and board trustee of Jumpstart NJ Angel Network.

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Amilya Antonetti- Leading Human Behavior Expert- Shares Nuggets to Be a Successful Solopreneur

Smart Hustle Magazine

Starting a solo business is one thing, but making it a success is another. From marketing to customer handling to accounting, you have to be good at multiple tasks to succeed in your endeavor. Also, you have to practice a lot of self-discipline to separate work and home life. If you fail to do one thing right, and it can head south fast. Now a question comes – how to be a successful solopreneur?

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Tiamat Sciences cooking up plant-based proteins for cheaper production of cellular meat

TechCrunch

Cellular growth medium is a component of cellular agriculture that enables lab-grown meat to be made at a lower cost. However, the traditional ways of making these growth factors, or reagents, are costly themselves, which makes large-scale manufacturing difficult. On average, reports show that lab-grown meat costs about $50 , but that new technologies could bring that down to a more reasonable $3 per pound by 2030.

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Does co-founder matching work? It did for these three YC companies.

Y Combinator

“Co-founder matching saved my life.”. In August of 2021, Christina Czap, co-founder and CEO of Seer (YC W21), found herself badly in need of a technical co-founder. Seer, which raised $2.3M to help retail salespeople create shoppable Lookbooks, was receiving incredible customer interest and couldn’t keep up with the inbound demand. At the suggestion of her group partners at YC, Christina made a profile on YC’s co-founder matching platform.

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In a crowded global market, Canadian AI startups’ fundraising results stand out

TechCrunch

It’s boom times for startups building with or atop AI functionality: The Exchange explored the rise in venture capital dollars for AI startups last week, noting that investment into the business niche set all-time records in Q4 2020, and then successively in quarters one, two and three in 2021. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.

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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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How to Eliminate Imposter Syndrome Stress With One Simple Phrase, According to These First-Time Founders

Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

Mina Park and Ricardo Marquez of Crispy Chicken social media agency discuss the launch and growth of their business.

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TabTrader raises $5.8M for a mobile app that aggregates crypto exchange data

TechCrunch

As many of the top cryptocurrencies seem to temporarily stabilize near all-time highs, users looking to speculate on tokens that are a bit more volatile are searching across exchanges to find deals. Amsterdam-based startup TabTrader has been capitalizing on this search with a platform that aggregates prices and token availability across dozens of exchanges.

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WJR Business Beat: Hottest Consumer Market Today is Age 70 Plus (Episode 325)

StartupNation

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff Sloan talks about the fastest-growing population segment and its buying power. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn more about why marketers need to pursue this demographic group: . Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat. Listeners outside of the Detroit area can listen live HERE.

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Longevica takes in $2.5M as it launches open research resources to examine life extension

TechCrunch

Life science company Longevica said Wednesday it is launching an open research tool so scientists and research institutions can access a data set that tracks the effects of more than 1,000 pharmacological compounds for testing drugs. This is the latest effort from the biotechnology company, which is researching mechanisms of healthy aging and life extension.

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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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What Is Bitcoin? How Does It Work?

Feedough

From 10 cents in 2010 to $66,000 in October 2021, Read more.

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As human capital grows scarce, flexible compensation can help attract and retain talent

TechCrunch

Boyd Davis. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Boyd Davis is the CEO and co-founder of Compright , a cloud-based compensation planning tool. Previously, Boyd helped organizations deploy solutions that leveraged data and AI. The Great Resignation is among the most significant events in recent U.S. history. We are seeing a post-COVID-19 generation refusing to work under the same conditions as they did before.

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Does co-founder matching work? It did for these three YC companies.

Y Combinator

“Co-founder matching saved my life.” In August of 2021, Christina Czap, co-founder and CEO of Seer (YC W21), found herself badly in need of a technical co-founder. Seer, which raised $2.3M to help retail salespeople create shoppable Lookbooks, was receiving incredible customer interest and couldn’t keep up with the inbound demand.

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Afterpay unveils BNPL subscription offering for US customers

TechCrunch

“Buy now, pay later” company Afterpay announced Wednesday that it was going after the $1.5 trillion global subscription payments market by offering to its U.S. customers payment installments for subscriptions, like gym memberships, entertainment subscriptions and online services. The service will launch in both the U.S. and Australia beginning early in 2022 and will be free for customers who pay on time.

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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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[Klook in TTRW] Klook ramps up insurance offers

OurCrowd

Klook travel and leisure booking platform is partnering with ZA Tech Global Limited to provide travel-related insurance to consumers worldwide. The joint venture agreement will ensure consumers will have seamless access to travel-related insurance policies at competitive prices. Read more here. The post [Klook in TTRW] Klook ramps up insurance offers appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Dear Sophie: How long does International Entrepreneur Parole take?

TechCrunch

Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor. Dear Sophie: Any advice on visa issues for new hires?

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[Stellar Cyber in Enterprise Security] True Digital chooses Stellar Cyber platform for enhanced security awareness

OurCrowd

. Read more here. . The post [Stellar Cyber in Enterprise Security] True Digital chooses Stellar Cyber platform for enhanced security awareness appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Attio wants to build the CRM for the Airtable generation

TechCrunch

Meet Attio , a new CRM for people who are familiar with modern collaboration tools, such as Airtable , Notion and Zapier. The startup wants to create a product that can hold all important information about your customers, suppliers and partners, but that is also flexible so that you can organize, view and manipulate data easily. Attio raised a $7.7 million seed round led by Point Nine with participation from Balderton Capital and Headline.

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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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[ThetaRay in The Fintech Times] Money 20/20 USA Meetups: Trulioo, ThetaRay, Coinflip and Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions

OurCrowd

Money20/20 USA took place in Las Vegas during October 2021. With this year marking the 10th anniversary of the event, during the show, The Fintech Times caught up with a number of companies to discuss what the last 18 months looked like for them and what their key focus is moving forward. Read more here. The post [ThetaRay in The Fintech Times] Money 20/20 USA Meetups: Trulioo, ThetaRay, Coinflip and Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Financial flash mobs meet fundraising memes

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 is our Wednesday episode when we niche down to a single topic, looking to expand our understanding of one particular technology trend or another. And this week, it was all about the ConstitutionDAO. For those who weren’t online last week, here’s what you missed: a not-so-subtle group of strangers on the internet banded together to try to buy on

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[Insightec in The Australian Jewish News] Israeli treatment for tremors

OurCrowd

ONE of only two current providers in Australia of a groundbreaking Israeli-invented, non-invasive treatment for involuntary shaking has described its non-inclusion in the Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS) to date as “borderline scandalous”. Since 2017, Israeli startup Insightec’s Exablate Neuro world-first incisionless treatment to alleviate shaking associated with essential tremor, and also Parkinson’s disease, has been performed successfully on more than 4000 patients around the world.

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