Sun.Oct 24, 2021

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Why Founders Have No Clue How They Raised (Or Failed To)

This is going to be BIG.

Sometimes it all seems like magic. In the beginning of my venture career, I knew of a firm that was involved in a highly competitive funding round that they ultimately failed to win. It was a clearly hot space and they felt like they had missed out on an opportunity to place their bet in it—and worst of all, they lost the deal to what they considered a rival firm.

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Brazilian insurtech Justos raises $35.8M in Ribbit Capital-led Series A

TechCrunch

Justos , a startup that says it will be the first insurance company in Brazil to use data when determining rates, has raised a $35.8 million Series A round of funding led by Ribbit Capital. SoftBank’s Latin American Fund and GGV participated as new investors, in addition to existing backers Kaszek, BigBets, Nubank CEO David Velez and Kavak CEO Carlos Garcia Ottati.

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Entrepreneurial Closers Don’t Let Perfection Stand in the Way of Completion

StartupNation

Closers aren’t just the attention getters who make the deal. I want to talk about the real deal: Closers who get things done. Everyone is in awe of closers. However, we all associate “closers” with sales. I have always loved watching the ease and grace some people seem to have in the sales process. People who are so confident in their product or service that the “ask” just flows out of their mouth.

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Discover (Exactly) Why You Keep Procrastinating and Avoiding, Even Though You Wish You’d Stop

Smart Hustle Magazine

By Erin Pheil, founder of The MindFix Group. As entrepreneurs, we regularly run into roadblocks along our journeys. Our job is to identify them, determine strategies to move past them, then move past them. Quite linear and logical, eh? With strategic challenges, this simple formula of “find a fix, and do it” is how we move forward and grow, incrementally.

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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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Automation Technologies Companies Should Focus on in Q4

StartupNation

Q4 is shaping up to be incredibly busy for virtually all industries. Even though it’s crunch time for exceeding quarterly and annual goals, it’s critical to spend adequate time positioning your company for greatness in Q1. Successful leaders find ways to spend their valuable time on the things that matter most. In order to spend the time you need on business-critical efforts, start by identifying the 10% of so of your job that only you have the ability and tools to do.

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Life of Purpose: Teacher Kiarra Ambrose Thrives by Humanizing Education

StartupNation

A s a lifelong entrepreneur, nothing motivates me to be all I can be more than the stories of fellow Detroiters who exemplify what it means to live a life in which there’s a driving sense of purpose. Given the times in which we currently live, I can’t think of anything worthier than recognizing the amazingly dedicated educators to whom we entrust our children to help them learn and grow.