Fri.Nov 25, 2022

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Crypto VCF’s Mellett is Excited About the Transition from Web2 to Web3

Jason Malki

I had the pleasure of interviewing Brian Mellett. Over his 30 year career, Brian has built a very unique combination of successful experience as a venture capital investor, strategic advisor, exited tech entrepreneur, and international growth strategist. He is an experienced technology consultant with a keen eye for scaling profitable companies in a variety of industries.

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Has the FTX mess iced venture interest in crypto?

TechCrunch

It hasn’t been a kind year for blockchain-based startup activity. In addition to an asset-price correction during a general venture capital slowdown, web3-focused tech upstarts have also had to deal with a series of intra-industry crises that have, at times, dominated technology headlines. The Terra/Luna mess comes to mind. As does the meltdown of Three Arrows Capital.

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Mattress Mack Net Worth: The Furniture Salesman Who Built a $200 Million/Year Empire

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Jim McIngvale, also known as Mattress Mack, is a 71-year-old Houston-based entrepreneur with a net worth of $300 million. Besides being well-known for his philanthropy (he does a bunch of things around the Houston area to give back to people in need) he’s well-known for making INSANE million-dollar bets on various sports games. You might think he has a crazy gambling problem.

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How to run data on Kubernetes: 6 starting principles

TechCrunch

Sylvain Kalache. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Sylvain Kalache is the co-founder of Holberton , an edtech company training digital talent in more than 10 countries. An entrepreneur and software engineer, he has worked in the tech industry for more than a decade. Part of the team that led SlideShare to be acquired by LinkedIn, he has written for CIO and VentureBeat.

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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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Betterworks’ Marinovich Turned a College Project Into a Succesful Career in SaaS

Jason Malki

I had the pleasure of interviewing Justin Marinovich, VP of Sales at Betterworks, a modern HR technology that develops best-in-class performance management solutions that enable exceptional results and put employee experience at the heart of how companies align, motivate, retain and develop their people. Thank you so much for joining us! How did you break into your tech career?

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[Classiq in VentureBeat] Q-Ctrl and Classiq partner to help developers build faster and more efficient quantum algorithms

OurCrowd

. Much of the excitement surrounding quantum computers stems from the possibility of using quantum algorithms to solve problems that are intractable with standard, or “classical,” computers. Several notable examples of quantum speedups have been discovered, particularly with applications to cryptography and chemistry. Read more here. The post [Classiq in VentureBeat] Q-Ctrl and Classiq partner to help developers build faster and more efficient quantum algorithms appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Juro’s $23M Series B deck

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Back in January, Natasha covered Juro’s Series B round, which added $23 million to its coffers. Juro aims to put an end to contract negotiation madness, moving the workflows out of Microsoft Word and a handful of other sub-par tools to an all-in-one, web-based platform for contract negotiation-to-signature workflow. It seems like a very good idea.

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[Cyabra in iNews] Pro-Qatar World Cup social media posts pumped out by ‘bot farm’ in Bangladesh, analysts say

OurCrowd

EXCLUSIVEAnalysts discovered 69 ‘inauthentic accounts’ on Facebook and Twitter in Bangladesh, with 18 concentrated in a suspected network in the capital of Dhaka. Read more here. The post [Cyabra in iNews] Pro-Qatar World Cup social media posts pumped out by ‘bot farm’ in Bangladesh, analysts say appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Now, Next, and At Exit: The Three Ways To Evaluate Compensation Before Accepting That New Startup Job. Salary Benchmarks Are Just a Single Piece of Data.

Hunter Walk

‘Sell calls.’ That’s what a conversation between a job candidate and a VC are called. We’re supposed to help seal the deal, get the person to sign on the line which is dotted [insert Glengarry Glen Ross gif]. Now, I LOVE these conversations with possible new team members, but take a very different approach. I don’t sell them. Instead I try to understand what they’re looking for in an opportunity and help confirm that this would be a great career move, if the match makes sense.

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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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[C2A Security in Worldakkam] C2A Security Brings Full Lifecycle EV Security Protection to Asian Markets

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The growing adoption of EVs puts cybersecurity at risk. In addition to vehicles, charging stations can also be targeted by hackers. Based in Israel, C2A Security focuses on developing cybersecurity solutions to manage the entire EV ecosystem, making the process cost-effective. Read more here. The post [C2A Security in Worldakkam] C2A Security Brings Full Lifecycle EV Security Protection to Asian Markets appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.