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5 Qualities to Look for in a Remote Employee

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Kaelee Nelson, writer and content specialist. There are now over 1 million novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases worldwide. In an effort to stop the spread and “flatten the curve” through social distancing, much of the world has been on a stay-at-home order. Many nonessential businesses have been forced to close their doors to the public during this pandemic.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Podcasts have emerged as a major new category in media/entertainment/news/education etc. We have seen huge deals for big podcast hosts like Bill Simmons and Joe Rogan, both of whom did transactions with Spotify for nine-figure amounts. But as Spotify (and surely others to follow) lock-up top podcast content to strengthen their subscription offerings, we stand to lose something awesome about podcasts which is the ability to listen to them for free on any platform we choose.

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The Power of Creativity To Help Your Business Grow and 5 More Tips

Smart Hustle Magazine

The world is passing through a very tough time in the aftermath of COVID-19 pandemic. As we know, nobody remains unaffected from the attack of the deadly virus. And the world has been burning the midnight oil to find a solution for yet another growing major concern, an uncertain future. The power of creativity (and more) can help. Businesses are crumbling, unemployment is on the rise, liquidity crisis deepens in all the countries, and the world has slipped into recession.

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Selling your company for less than expected?

Berkonomics

How about outside investors? Sometimes the end game or sale of the company is not a happy event. Especially when outside investors, venture capitalists, or angels, have put in substantial money and the sales price is less than the value of their investment. Most all experienced VC and angel investors have found themselves in such a situation, since it is the unfortunate truth that half of their investments fail, on average, within the first several years of the investment.

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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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Advanced Pitching Skills - Avoiding The 9 Worst Pitching Thin Spots

The Seraf Compass

If you want to help an entrepreneur get through a demo day or pick up a few seed investors, you can do it by covering the basics. But if you want to help an entrepreneur raise serious money, you are going to have to dig deeper into your bag of tricks and address some of the advanced issues. These are the critical areas where pitches are almost always too shallow.

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5 Steps to a Killer Pitch

Angel Capital Association

By: Lance Cottrell, North Bay Angels Editors Note - The following article shares points from one investor to founders. ACA wants to know – does your group have similar expectations? Or, do you have additional advice for founders who pitch to your group? I answer more questions and provide more coaching about investor pitches than anything else. Once you decide that you need investment to grow your company, your task as a founder is to convince investors to give it to you.

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[Honeybook in Forbes] Three Cheers For Event Industry Freelancers! Adapting To A New Normal

OurCrowd

How have events professionals fared during COVID 19? According to Honeybook, Covid-19 rapidly and severely impacted the freelance economy. By the end of March 2020, service providers in the events industry were only transacting at only 50% of February 2020 levels. Then it stopped all together. Read more here. The post [Honeybook in Forbes] Three Cheers For Event Industry Freelancers!

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[SixGill in PR Newswire] Cyware Partners with Sixgill to Deliver Proactive Threat Intelligence Solution

OurCrowd

Cyware, the leading provider of threat intelligence and cyber fusion solutions, today announced a new partnership with Sixgill, a leading threat intelligence company, to offer Cyware customers industry leading automated intelligence through its Darkfeed™ This new partnership is a force multiplier in Cyware’s unique virtual cyber fusion centers, adding Sixgill’s contextual and actionable insights and empowering security teams to proactively anticipate and block threats.

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[RealView Imaging in CTech] Israeli medtech startup RealView Imaging raises $10 million for medical holograms system

OurCrowd

OurCrowd and Kobi Richter lead series C round in effort to put real time 3D images at physicians’ fingertips. Read more here. The post [RealView Imaging in CTech] Israeli medtech startup RealView Imaging raises $10 million for medical holograms system appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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.