Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
The process of selling a business is complex and multifaceted : It involves working with multiple stakeholders who sometimes have conflicting priorities. While only you can decide when to sell your business , you also must rely on these other stakeholders in order to have a successful sale. It’s your job to make sure their decisions align with your own goals.
Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
It’s no surprise that remote work will persist way into the future, especially with most professions being able to collaborate and achieve office levels of productivity virtually. For example, a recent remote work survey by the PWC revealed that business executives expected a massive 55% of their employees to work from home at least one day a week even after the pandemic.
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TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Melonn , a Colombian startup that provides fulfillment and software services to small and medium-sized e-commerce companies in Latin America, has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by QED Investors. The round comes less than a year after Melonn raised a pre-seed round from NFX. Interestingly, according to NFX General Partner Pete Flint, Melonn got its Series A pre-empted by QED “after getting competing offers from other top funds.”.
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
If there is one thing that is true, it is that change is the only constant. According to Gartner, the average organization has implemented about five significant business changes over the last three years. However, only 34% of such changes are deemed a clear success by the organization. It can be hard to cope with change, both on the technical front and on account of the psychological fear of the unknown.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Vegetable oils like canola and palm oil have become a major part of our diet, whether we like it or not, and while they’re useful substances, they’re not exactly good for you and are a major cause of deforestation. Zero Acre Farms is a new company aiming to provide an improved alternative, produced by microorganisms and fermentation, and just raised $37 million to do it.
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Though the COVID-19 pandemic almost immediately devasted the business of travel booking startup Headout , the company has been able to return to growth as domestic travel rebounded in recent months. The service, which helps consumers book tours, events and other experiences and activities in cities around the world, delivered 800% growth since January 2021 by catering to domestic travel and local demand, as opposed to international.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
And why any innovation should begin with a complete immersion into the user experience Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
The explosion of software — many companies use at least 100 SaaS applications — has made the world of managing that software more decentralized and more complex than in the past. Enter Torii , a SaaS management tool that brings entire businesses together around the cloud apps they use so they can not only discover all of the apps they have, but automatically take action on those most appropriate for return on investment.
Tomasz Tunguz
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
I remember the first time I spoke with Frank Slootman. Beforehand, I read his book Tape Sucks , watched some of his videos on YouTube, and read his blog posts. After few minutes, I couldn’t deny his unique passion for growth and scale. I called him on a Sunday in the summer. Frank told me most companies don’t focus enough; that there’s only one priority for him: growth.
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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.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Waldo has raised $15 million for its ‘no code’ automated testing tool. Mobile development teams using Waldo can set up tests without writing a line of scripting code. It then seamlessly integrates in your continuous integration (CI) pipeline. Joshua Zelman from Insight Partners is leading today’s Series A round with participation from Matrix Partners and First Round Capital.
Angel Capital Association
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
By: Ben Schrag, SBIR/STTR Program DIrector and Policy Liaison, U.S. National Science NSF helps companies move innovative technology out of the lab Supporting the most innovative ideas in science and engineering, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded technologies like LASIK eye surgery, Doppler radar, bar codes, magnetic resonance imaging, 3D printing and tissue engineering that spur economic activity and improve the quality of life for all Americans.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Scale AI’s path to becoming a $7.3 billion company was paved in real data from images, text, voice and video. Now, it is using that foundation to get into the synthetic data game, one of the hotter and emerging categories in AI. They announced Wednesday an early access program to Scale Synthetic , a product that machine learning engineers can use to enhance their existing real-world data sets, according to the company.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Spoiler alert: this is not an overnight success story Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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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.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
As the automotive industry inches slowly ahead on the road to self-driving vehicles, we’re seeing the emergence of startups aiming to fill in some of the technical gaps in autonomous systems as they exist today. In the latest development, Annotell , a startup out of Sweden that makes software to assess the performance of autonomous systems’ perception capabilities, and how to improve that, is today announcing that it has raised $24 million to expand its business.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Breaking up with a business partner is hard to do — but are they better off without you? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Last summer, Hayward-based Abundant Robotics abruptly closed up shop. Plenty of startups fail , a phenomenon that certainly applies in the notoriously difficult world of robotics. But the pandemic has proven a boon for robotics funding, particularly in fields like agriculture, where employees continue to have difficulty filling roles, two years in. Clearly Wavemaker Labs saw potential in the firm’s apple-picking technology.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Virgin Hyperloop wants to accelerate the global supply chain using battery-powered pods gliding through sealed tubes at speeds of up to 670 mph. The company is in discussions with airports and port facilities around the world to create a pilot program for cargo shipment services, said Ryan Kelly, Virgin Hyperloop’s vice president of marketing and communications.
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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.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Graham & Walker , an accelerator and venture fund focused on helping female and non-binary founders, has announced the latest batch of companies to enter its accelerator program. I hopped on a call with G&W founder Leslie Feinzaig to hear what’s new with the program and what these six new companies are up to. If you’re unfamiliar with Graham & Walker, you might know it better by its former name: Female Founders Alliance.
The Seraf Compass
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
This profile is the third in a series of interviews highlighting the work of interesting small funds. James Hart is the Executive Director of Appalachian Investors Alliance.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has come a long way from being run out of a garage in Phoenix to now a 120-person company, valued at $1.5 billion , that’s expected to grow to over 300 people by year-end as its business explodes. To aid on that front, Whatnot is making two key hires, one of which involves the acquisition of Pastel Labs, a company founded in 2020 by Jeff Chang , previously the technical lead for Pinterest’s growth team and a well-known growth advisor.
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
The process of filing taxes may be intimidating and difficult, and if you’re not cautious, you might make a mistake that costs you. Every year, it’s the little things that cause taxpayers to pay more than they should. 5 tax mistakes people frequently make and how to avoid them. Filing your taxes late. You don’t want to miss the deadline for submitting your taxes.
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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
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
RudderStack , a platform that focuses on helping businesses build their customer data platforms to improve their analytics and marketing efforts, today announced that it has raised a $56 million Series B round led by Insight Partners, with previous investors Kleiner Perkins and S28 Capital also participating. In total, RudderStack, which was founded in 2019, has now raised $82 million.
Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Made In the USA is still popular says a recent study from Alibaba, according to their 2021 year in review and 2022 outlook report. According to their press release, the company’s just-released report, 2021 in Review and 2022 Outlook , shows demand for “Made in the USA” products between January and December 2021 was driven by the following categories*: 1) Food & Beverage; 2) Agriculture; 3) Beauty and Personal Care; 4) Health and Medical; 5) Consumer Electronics.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
We wear sunglasses to keep the sun out of our eyes, but they have always been a piece of fashion. Stoggles co-founders Max Greenberg and Rahul Khatri think the fashion label should also apply to protective eyewear. Both were working together at another fashion eyewear company when the global pandemic hit. Seeing how saturated the market was, they saw an opportunity to make protective eyewear a similar and sexy space, initially targeting the healthcare industry.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
Cybersixgill is one of the hot names currently in the world of cyber crime and defence. From helping their clients to save themselves from phishing, data leaks and even frauds, their cyber intelligence company has been successfully doing all of it. Read more here. . The post [Cybersixgill in Digital Journal] Cybersixgill is changing the world of cyber threat intelligence appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
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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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