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JULY 29, 2021

The science is clear… and so are the economics. Vaccines prevent the spread and severity of the COVID-19 virus with side effect rates at well below the instance levels of lots of other drugs people commonly take for things like birth control, erectile dysfunction or to keep their cholesterol in check. Yet, somehow, things like masks and vaccines have become a political hot potato—dividing the country in two on how to avoid a four (fifth?

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Venture Well

JULY 29, 2021

Lauren Choi of The New Norm is protecting the environment by transforming plastic Solo cups into an innovative wearable fabric for the fashion industry. The post weaving sustainability into fashion: q&a with Lauren Choi of The New Norm appeared first on VentureWell.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Today we’re wrapping our multi-week exploration of the global venture capital market’s second-quarter performance. We’ve gone around the world, working to better understand the geyser of cash flowing into today’s startups. But we’ve saved the best for last: Latin America. At a glance, the Latin American venture capital and startup market appears similar to what we’ve seen from other growing ecosystems.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

Hannah Perry is the founder of The Giggling Pig Art and Party Studio , located in Connecticut (USA). She owns one studio, with a second studio, as of July 2021, franchised. Join Hannah, and Ramon Ray, founder of SmartHustle.com, on this new series of the Smart Hustle Podcast , Hannah’s Journey! We’ll follow Hannah on her journey through the hustle, the Smart Hustle of business growth.

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StartupNation

JULY 29, 2021

The market looks vastly different than it did a year ago, which means new opportunities — for better or worse. As businesses reopen, they offer clues to which industries proved to be pandemic-proof, meaning they were hit hard but show strong promise of recovery, and which ones appear gone forever. If you were already researching businesses to buy as well as methods on buying a business before the world went on hiatus or you find yourself looking at a brand-new career landscape post-pandemic , yo

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 29, 2021

It’s about personality, personal service, and a middle finger up to poor big-business practices Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

There is no authoritative playbook for marketing these days. Every company must find its own voice, and as it grows and evolves, its marketing needs to evolve as well. Relying on proven tactics and measurable metrics isn’t enough — today, the most effective marketers constantly study and learn from innovative approaches while exploring new avenues.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 29, 2021

Your game-changing idea isn’t going anywhere Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Aron Solomon. Contributor. Aron Solomon, J.D., is the head of Strategy for Esquire Digital and the editor of Today’s Esquire. He has taught entrepreneurship at McGill University and the University of Pennsylvania, and was the founder of LegalX, a legal technology accelerator. More posts by this contributor. If you don’t want robotic dogs patrolling the streets, consider CCOPS legislation.

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The Seraf Compass

JULY 29, 2021

It might be hard to believe, but it’s not very difficult for an early stage company to run into all sorts of legal issues before they even start to ship product. The good news is that most legal issues at this stage are confined to just a few areas. With just a little research, you can ascertain whether the company has any legal cleanup needed before you are ready to sign the check and close the deal.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

One year after voice-based AI technology company ConverseNow raised a $3.3 million seed round, the company is back with a cash infusion of $15 million in Series A funding in a round led by Craft Ventures. The Austin-based company’s AI voice ordering assistants George and Becky work inside quick-serve restaurants to take orders via phone, chat, drive-thru and self-service kiosks, freeing up staff to concentrate on food preparation and customer service.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 29, 2021

I am heartened to see both sides of the political aisle in the US came together yesterday to agree to move forward on a $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill. There are parts of the bill that I don’t like (asking blockchain smart contracts to send 1099s to the IRS seems nuts to me) and parts that were taken out that I think are critical (like building a nationwide EV charging network).

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Culture Amp was founded in 2009 to let companies conduct anonymous employee surveys, but since then, its focus has expanded to helping employers turn the data they collect into action. The company announced today it has raised $100 million in Series F funding, led by returning investors Sequoia Capital India and TDM Growth Partners. The round bumps Culture Amp’s valuation to $1.5 billion, more than double what it was after the company’s Series D in 2019.

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OurCrowd

JULY 29, 2021

There needs to be collaboration between the healthcare professional and the patient as opposed to the “carwash model” of healthcare, says Medisafe CMO Dr. Danny Sands. Watch more here. The post [Medisafe in Mobi Health News] Improving digital therapeutics in non-visit based care appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Pangea , a Providence, Rhode Island-based startup that connects youthful talent and businesses in need of freelance labor, announced this morning that it has closed an oversubscribed $2 million seed round. Pangea CEO and co-founder Adam Alpert told TechCrunch that his company had set out to secure $1.5 million, but wound up raising more. We’re hearing that somewhat often these days.

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HPA

JULY 29, 2021

Congratulations to HPA Member Jason VandeBoom for being recognized as the EY 2021 Entrepreneur of the Year! As the Founder & CEO of ActiveCampaign, Jason embodies EY’s “human spirit of unstoppable ambition”. This award highlights ActiveCampaign, a leader in customer experience automation, and the accomplishments made in the past year toward transforming the way businesses of all sizes interact with their customers.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Prashant Pandey. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Prashant Pandey is the head of engineering at Asana , a leading work management platform for teams. Prior to Asana, Prashant started and led the Bay Area team building Amazon DynamoDB, a fully managed NoSQL database service. Startups and SMBs are usually the first to adopt many SaaS products. But as these customers grow in size and complexity — and as you rope in larger organizations — scaling your infrastructure for the enterprise becomes critical

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StartupNation

JULY 29, 2021

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff chats with Michael Spath , client executive and small business advisor at Kapnick Insurance Group and StartupNation’s insurance expert, on the importance of small business insurance for entrepreneurs. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn what types of small business insurance you should consider to best protect your company: Contact Michael Spath with any of your insurance questions.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Developers can be a tough crowd. They typically hate being marketed to and are often short on time, which sets a particularly high bar for any content marketing aimed at them. Coming up with relevant content that developers find interesting takes specific know-how, and this is where Draft.dev comes in. Its Chicago-based founder and CEO Karl Hughes describes the firm as “a superniche content marketing production company, producing technical content for companies that want to reach software

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 29, 2021

What do you do with terrible, high performers? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Merqueo , which operates a full-stack, on-demand delivery service in Latin America, has landed $50 million in a Series C round of funding. IDC Ventures, Digital Bridge and IDB Invest co-led the round, which also included participation from MGM Innova Group, Celtic House Venture Partners, Palm Drive Capital and previous shareholders. The financing brings the Bogota, Colombia-based startup’s total raised to $85 million since its 2017 inception.

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Feedough

JULY 29, 2021

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JULY 29, 2021

Digital comics platform INKR’s team. INKR is a digital comics platform that crosses cultural and language divides, enabling creators to reach global audiences with its proprietary localization technology. Previously bootstrapped, the company announced today that it has raised $3.1 million in pre-Series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures, with participation from manga distributor TokyoPop founder and chief executive Stu Levy and VI Management managing director David Do.

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Red Rocket

JULY 29, 2021

I was recently interviewed by the Atlanta Small Business Network (ASBN), an online "television network" serving the small business community, about the various paths to revenue growth. I thought this video turned out great, and I wanted to share it with all of you, to see if it can be helpful with your own growth efforts. I hope you like!! The embedded video player didn't give me the option to change the size of this video.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Air taxis may still be pie in the sky, but there’s more than one way to move the air travel industry forward. Craft Aerospace aims to do so with a totally new vertical-takeoff and landing aircraft that it believes could make city-to-city hops simpler, faster, cheaper, and greener. The aircraft — which to be clear is still in small scale prototype form — uses a new VTOL technique that redirects the flow of air from its engines using flaps rather than turning them (like the well-known, infam

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