Wed.Sep 16, 2020

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Building Your Early Startup Core Team

Dream It

In the early stages of startup growth, it is critical to have a balanced and strong core team of founders. Here’s why those two words matter. Your team must be balanced - filling key functional roles necessary to operationalize. It must also be strong - excelling within those functional areas to get the company to the next inflection point. This quote from our recent guest #DreamitDose perfectly encapsulates this thinking.

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The need for diversity and inclusion remains

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Here’s a fact: No matter how diverse or inclusive you believe your organization is, there is always more work to be done. As you hire new staff members , as you assign projects, as you assess salaries, as you engage with potential clients, as you set goals for growth, as you market your services—all the areas of running a business are impacted by how intentionally you advocate for equality, diversity and inclusivity.

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Sensitivity Analysis key in startup financial projections

NZ Entrepreneur

No one can predict the future and it’s especially true in the startup world. The statistics show that even though most founders bet their time and resources that their startups will be the best in the world, 90% of those new startups won’t be in operation in 10-15 years. This means that even though founders invest many years of their life studying markets and building their companies, and even though experienced investors pour billions of dollars into startups every year, 90% of the bets are wro

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Zoho Workplace Reimagines Business Context and Continuity Across Apps

Smart Hustle Magazine

The latest update to Zoho Workplace has brought a focus on business context and continuity to the productivity, collaboration, and communication platform. Zoho Workplace is a suite of nine technology tools, which are integrated to their users’ business processes. It’s essentially a platform that ensures all its component apps are working perfectly with each other.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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The State of Crowdfunding, 2020

EntreWorks Consulting

As small businesses continue the long slog of recovery from COVID-19 impacts, we’re going to need all hands on deck. We are going to need more resources for business technical assistance, more sources of business finance, and a greater focus on local business retention and expansion efforts. There has been an outpouring of new programs to finance small businesses affected by COVID-19 (you can access a useful resource list here ).

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Foster Inclusive Conversations. Fireside Chat 2

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Social Venturers is launching a series of Fireside Chats to discuss what makes ecosystem builders effective. Every two weeks from September 10th until December 3rd, they are hosting peer-to-peer knowledge sharing sessions and you are invited! #2 Foster Inclusive Conversations (September 24, 2020, 2. p.m. EST). In order to move knowledge and resources from the people who have them to the (social) entrepreneurs who need them, we need to create conversations and interactions.

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[DailyPay in New Karala] DailyPay’s CEO Jason Lee Named Innovator of the Year

OurCrowd

DailyPay, the gold standard of the on-demand pay ecosystem, today announced that Chief Executive Officer, Jason Lee, has been named the Gold Winner for Innovator of the Year for this year’s CEO World Awards. Read more here. The post [DailyPay in New Karala] DailyPay’s CEO Jason Lee Named Innovator of the Year appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Understanding Startup Stock Options

Y Combinator

Benjamin Beltzer is an early engineer at Berbix (S18) , a startup building identity verification and fraud deterrence as a service. He previously founded his own company and worked at both Apple and other startups. Ben wrote a great resource on understanding and evaluating stock options. With his permission, we’ve shared an excerpt from his piece covering the basics.

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[Tala in Forbes] Leading Fintech Tala Looks To Develop New Products Designed For A Volatile World

OurCrowd

Shivani Siroya knew that her startup Tala was going to be a success when an early customer told her, “This is the Kenya we want.” Over the past 9 years since the company was founded, it has served 4 million customers and raised $200 million in external capital. Its website is full of customer testimonials. “Tala told me to always dream big and I’m dreaming it.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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6 Things That High Performers [and Achievers] Practice

Smart Hustle Magazine

We all know you can’t control what's happening with COVID-19 or anything else going on in the world right now, so how do you handle this? How can we stay – or become – high performers in our business? Fergus Connolly, bestselling author and sports performance coach, explains six things that high performers regularly practice. 1. Recognizing Where You Can Change.

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[DailyPay in AI Thority] Award-Winning Human Resources Executive, Irene Hendricks, Departs Fortune 500 For Fast-Growing Fintech Leader, DailyPay

OurCrowd

Irene Hendricks, an award-winning Human Resources Executive, who has held critical leadership roles with blue-chip Fortune 500 companies, has been named Chief People Officer at DailyPay, the gold standard in the on-demand pay ecosystem. Read more here. The post [DailyPay in AI Thority] Award-Winning Human Resources Executive, Irene Hendricks, Departs Fortune 500 For Fast-Growing Fintech Leader, DailyPay appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[DarioHealth in Yahoo Finance] DarioHealth Appoints Eric Milledge as Chairman of its Newly Established Scientific Advisory Board

OurCrowd

DarioHealth Corp. (Nasdaq: DRIO), a pioneer in the global digital therapeutics market, today announces that Eric Milledge has joined DarioHealth as Chairman of the company’s newly-established Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Read more here. The post [DarioHealth in Yahoo Finance] DarioHealth Appoints Eric Milledge as Chairman of its Newly Established Scientific Advisory Board appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[BioCatch in Find Biometrics] BioCatch Highlights Need for Better Account Opening Processes on Mobile Channels

OurCrowd

BioCatch is once again calling attention to the challenges that financial institutions face during customer onboarding. The behavioral biometrics specialist noted that there is a growing demand for remote onboarding options, with more than half of millennials and 37 percent of all consumers now preferring to use an online channel to open a new account.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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[DreaMed in HIT COnsultant] Why Remote Medical Solutions Are More Than Just A Pandemic Response

OurCrowd

The health industry has increasingly emphasized convenience these past few decades, with methods developed to seamlessly integrate health management into our daily routines. Gone are the days in which people needed an entire day off just to see the doctor. This same focus has taken on extra meaning as of late, with the pandemic creating a need for treatment options that work around the constraints of social distancing.

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[Varo Money in Forbes] Varo Gets A Banking License And Moves Operations To Temenos Transact Platform

OurCrowd

Varo Bank, which became the first U.S. fintech to earn a national banking license when the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) awarded it a charter last month, will soon move operations to the Temenos cloud banking platform. It received its FDIC approval for deposit insurance in February. Read more here. The post [Varo Money in Forbes] Varo Gets A Banking License And Moves Operations To Temenos Transact Platform appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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