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How to Create a Great Channel Strategy - Pro Tips from an Expert

Dream It

A channel sales strategy is crucial to scaling a startup. However, most startups fail to launch and execute a successful channel sales program. Securetech Managing Director, Mel Shakir , brought Evan Blair to the Dreamit Dose to share his experience leading global channel sales and partner programs at ZeroFox, Accuvant, and Ciphent over the past decade.

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Singapore-based Nektar.ai gets $6M to help B2B sales team collaborate more effectively

TechCrunch

Nektar.ai founders Aravind Ravi Sulekha and Abhijeet Vijayvergiya. Organizing information about prospective deals is a challenging task for B2B sales teams, since salespeople usually rely on multiple tools (email, Zoom, WhatsApp, etc) to talk with buyer committees. It becomes even more unwieldy when sales teams work remotely. Nektar.ai is a B2B sales productivity startup that wants to help sales team by reducing the amount of time they spend on manual data entry and providing analytics that can

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5 Ways to Encourage More Women Into Careers in VC

Entrepreneur's Handbook

5 Ways to Encourage More Women Into Careers in Venture Capital It’s time to tear open the seemingly impenetrable ‘old boys’ network It’s no secret that founders seek out investors who value diversity and recognize the success that comes from having diverse teams. However, the question of how to make this a reality remains unanswered. What can we do to attract more women investors, and to change the types of startups, products, and services that are funded?

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Newtopia closes first fund of $50M to invest in LatAm startups

TechCrunch

Early-stage venture capital fund Newtopia VC launched Monday with $50 million to invest in tech startups based in Latin America. The fund will invest between $250,000 and $1 million in startups at the seed stage to help them achieve the milestones needed on the path to raising a Series A. Newtopia is led by five major players in the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem: Patricio Jutard, co-founder of MURAL; Mariano Mayer, former national secretary for entrepreneurs and SMEs in Argentina and founde

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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4 Ways to Boost Employee Appreciation and Create a Stronger Company Culture

StartupNation

At 87% of recognition programs , years of service is the most common form of employee recognition. However, employee appreciation can be delivered in various ways. While years of service is not a bad way to recognize and demonstrate employee appreciation, 58% of employees believe receiving recognition from leaders would improve their engagement. Additionally, companies experience 31% lower voluntary employee turnover who utilize recognition programs.

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Venture Capital Investment at Record Numbers in First Half of 2021 (Episode 268)

StartupNation

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff discusses venture capital investment, which was at a record high throughout the first half of 2021 and is experiencing greater gains through all stages in North America, according to Crunchbase. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn more about this surge in venture capital investment and what it means for startups: Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat.

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Novakid’s investors bet $35M that it can teach kids English

TechCrunch

If you’re trying to develop fluency in a non-native tongue, language immersion is a crucial part of the learning process. Surrounding yourself with native speakers helps with pronunciation, context building, and most of all, confidence. But what if you’re an eight-year-old kid in Spain learning English and can’t swing a solo trip to the United States for the summer?

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There Are Consequences to Treating Your Startup Like Your Baby

Entrepreneur's Handbook

What happens when you love your startup too much? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Mixlab raises $20M to provide purrfect pharmacy experience for pet parents

TechCrunch

Pet pharmacy Mixlab has developed a digital platform enabling veterinarians to prescribe medications and have them delivered — sometimes on the same day — to pet parents. The New York-based company raised a $20 million Series A in a round of funding led by Sonoma Brands and including Global Founders Capital, Monogram Capital, Lakehouse Ventures and Brand Foundry.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

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.

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Keep Your Funders Engaged By Flipping the Script

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Six questions to build better investor conversations Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Yaydoo secures $20M, aims to simplify B2B collections, payments

TechCrunch

It’s no secret that the technology for easy business-to-business payments has not yet caught up to its peer-to-peer counterparts, but Yaydoo thinks it has the answer. The Mexico City-based B2B software and payments company provides three products, VendorPlace , P-Card and PorCobrar , for managing cash flow, optimizing access to smart liquidity, and connecting small, midsize and large businesses to an ecosystem of digital tools.

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The Three Mindset Stages That Will Help You Excel as an Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur's Handbook

You are the architect of your business. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Hear Startup Alley companies pitch expert VC judges on the next episode of Extra Crunch Live

TechCrunch

We know how much you love a good startup pitch-off. Who doesn’t? It combines the thrill of live, high-stakes entertainment with learning about the hottest new thing. Plus, you get to hear feedback from some of the smartest folks in the industry, thus learning how to absolutely crush it at your next pitch meeting with a VC. With all that in mind, we’re introducing a special summer edition of Extra Crunch Live that’s all pitch-off, all the time.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

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.

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Leaving Well

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I have watched countless companies and leadership teams manage transitions over the years and I have come to believe that companies and leaders should do everything they can to promote “leaving well.” What I mean by “leaving well” is a smooth transition of a leader out of a role/company. This typically means that a departing leader gives a company a heads up that they are planning to transition out, that news is shared broadly internally, allowing for a transparent proces

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Why Square is shelling out $29B to snag BNPL player Afterpay

TechCrunch

Shares of Square are up this morning after the company announced its second-quarter earnings and that it will buy Afterpay , an Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) player in a $29 billion deal. As TechCrunch reported this morning, Afterpay shareholders will receive 0.375 shares of Square in exchange for their existing equity. Shares of Afterpay are sharply higher after the deal was announced thanks to its implied premium, while shares of Square are up 7% in early-morning trading.

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A Modern Digital Workplace Strategy: Why Working and Learning from Anywhere Matters

StartupNation

With work now being a thing people do instead of a place where they go, your ability to deliver a best-in-class digital workplace experience is critical to your future success. Today’s visionary CIOs recognize the incredible value in a do-anything-from-anywhere culture; it’s only with a truly digital workforce that organizations can push relentlessly through challenges and pivot to greater opportunities and success.

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BoxGroup closes on $255M across two funds to back startups at their earliest stages

TechCrunch

BoxGroup has quietly, yet diligently, been funding companies at the early stage for over a decade. The 11-year-old firm in fact was the first investor in Plaid, a fintech company that nearly got sold to Visa last year for billions of dollars. It has seen a number of impressive exits over the years, proving an eye that can detect winners before the winners themselves may even realize it.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

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

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Zomato Statistics, Facts, & User Counts

Feedough

Founded by Deepinder Goyal and Pankaj Chaddah in 2008, Zomato. Read more.

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Demand Curve: Questions you need to answer in your paid search ads

TechCrunch

Stewart Hillhouse. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Stewart Hillhouse writes actionable growth marketing insights as senior content lead at Demand Curve. By night, he interviews marketers and creatives on his podcast, Top Of Mind. Before getting into marketing, Stewart was a semi-professional lumberjack. He also writes at stewarthillhouse.com. More posts by this contributor.

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[RealView Imaging in Fierce BioTech] FDA clears 3D hologram tech for ‘science-fiction’ surgical planning

OurCrowd

The FDA has cleared a system that creates accurate, three-dimensional holograms of a patient’s organs, giving surgeons a new opportunity to interact with their anatomy and orient themselves prior to any procedure. Read more here. The post [RealView Imaging in Fierce BioTech] FDA clears 3D hologram tech for ‘science-fiction’ surgical planning appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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The tale of two edtech IPOs

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Last week, Natasha and Alex jumped on Twitter Spaces to discuss the tale of two edtech IPOs: Duolingo, the consumer language learning company , and PowerSchool, the enterprise K-12 software platform. It was a rare moment in the sun for the recently revitalized sector, which saw two companies list on the stock market on the same dang day.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

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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[SaNOtize in Economic Times] Glenmark inks deal with SaNOtize for COVID treatment spray in India, other Asian markets

OurCrowd

Glenmark said in early July 2021, the company presented a proposal to the subject expert committee of CDSCO for emergency approval for import and marketing of the nasal spray. Read more here. The post [SaNOtize in Economic Times] Glenmark inks deal with SaNOtize for COVID treatment spray in India, other Asian markets appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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MGA Thermal raises $8M AUD led by Main Sequence for its modular energy storage blocks

TechCrunch

MGA Thermal co-founders Erich Kisi and Alex Post. Image Credits: MGA Thermal. MGA Thermal wants to help utility companies transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources with shoebox-sized thermal energy storage blocks. The company says a stack of 1,000 blocks is about the size of a small car and can store enough energy to power 27 homes for 24 hours.

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[Sufresca in Far Eastern Agriculture] Nine AgriTech scaleups to take part in GRAFT Challenge Vietnam 2021

OurCrowd

Nine leading AgriTech scale-ups will enter the Vietnam market, through the Aus4Innovation development assistance programme, initiated by the Australian government. Read more here. The post [Sufresca in Far Eastern Agriculture] Nine AgriTech scaleups to take part in GRAFT Challenge Vietnam 2021 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Planted raises another $21M to expand its growing plant-based meat empire (and add schnitzel)

TechCrunch

Swiss alternative protein company Planted has raised its second round of the year, a CHF 19 million (about $21 million at present) “pre-B” fundraise that will help it continue its growth and debut new products. A U.S. launch is in the cards eventually, but for now Planted’s exclusively European customers will be able to give its new veggie schnitzel a shot.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.