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EO Members Share Takeaways from 2023 WEF in Davos

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In the photo: WEF’s Olivier Woeffray, Julia Devos and Stephan Mergenthaler with EO members John Metcalf, Troy Armour and Nikhil Hirdaramani in Davos, Switzerland. The World Economic Forum (WEF)’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland convened leaders from business, government and civil society committed to driving positive, tangible change for the long-term of our planet and the people who live on it.

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SunFi aims to be the fastest way for Nigerians to find, finance and manage solar

TechCrunch

SunFi , the Nigerian clean tech startup that connects people and businesses who want solar energy access to payment plans that match their needs, has raised $2.325 million in seed funding. The self-described energy financial tech platform received backing from lead investors Nairobi-based Factor[e] and SCM Capital Asset Management and participating investors such as Voltron Capital, Norrsken Impact Accelerator, Ventures Platform and Sovereign Capital.

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2x Billion Dollar Entrepreneur Uri Levine (Waze & Moovit)

OkDork

                                             Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Uri Levine, co-founder of Waze. Uri hated getting stuck in traffic, so he helped start a company called Waze to fix this problem. For those of you that don’t know Waze, it’s a community-based traffic and navigation app.

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Daily Crunch: Apple says it earned $20.8B from 935M subscriptions last fiscal quarter

TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Friday, cha cha cha! Fri-day! Cha cha cha! We’re doing a tiny, joyous, two-person conga line around our virtual Daily Crunch editorial Zoom meeting to celebrate the arrival of the first weekend in February. Yes, it looks ridiculous.

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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What is Content Marketing and Why Does It Matter?

Startup Blogpost

From content marketing being the ‘buy-in’ to many startups failing due to lacking in this area, here are 19 answers to the question, “Why is content marketing crucial for startups?” Content Marketing is The Buy-In Gain a Loyal Following and Community You Stand Out Amongst Competitors Content Marketing Gives You Material for Social Media It is Cheaper and More Efficient Than Traditional PR Content Marketing Can Help With SEO and Organic Reach Content Marketing is Vital for Reaching Wi

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#65. Meet The Inventor of M-PEG5?—? Which Could Reduce Global Energy Usage By 1% w/ Guido Meardi

Entrepreneur's Handbook

#65. Meet The Inventor of M-PEG5 — Which Could Reduce Global Energy Usage By 1% w/ Guido Meardi Learn from a founder of V-Nova Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Today we have with us Guido Meardi, the founder and CEO of V-Nova, a data compression company that has created two international standards in their field. V-Nova is a London-based deep tech company dedicated to improving data compression by game-changing use of AI and parallel processing for data, video, imaging, and point cloud compre

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VC Kerty Levy discusses the Northeast seed market

TechCrunch

Information is power, especially when you’re just beginning your startup journey. Whether you’re in the idea stage or building on the friends-and-family plan or preparing to pitch investors, it’s imperative to understand the shifting VC funding landscape as you plan for future growth. It’s no secret that funding is harder to come by in this economy, and that’s just one reason why we’re thrilled that Kerty Levy, managing director at Techstars, will share her expertise at TechCrunch Early Stage on

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From Pharmacist to Space Investor: Junaid Mian’s Journey to the Final Frontier

Jason Malki

Junaid Mian is a pharmacist, entrepreneur, and investor. He’s currently a General Partner at SpaceFund , where he’s looking to invest into startups that will be commercializing past, present and future space-based research to increase human healthspan, lifespan, and well-being. Thank you so much for joining us! How did you break into tech investing?

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Plant-based Rebellyous is raising millions to ‘rethink the nugget’

TechCrunch

Rebellyous , a startup that’s striving to build “a better chicken,” has raised at least $20 million in fresh funding, TechCrunch has learned. Based in Seattle, the venture-backed company calls its production tech the “most advanced plant-based meat manufacturing system on the planet.” Rebellyous aims to raise as much as $30.7 million in total, according to a public regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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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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What Is A Flyer? – Definition, Purpose, & Components

Feedough

Imagine a college student strolling down the streets of a. Read more The post What Is A Flyer? – Definition, Purpose, & Components appeared first on Feedough.

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Is your startup heading to MWC? TechCrunch wants to hear from you

TechCrunch

Nature is healing, the tech show is returning to in-person events. I’m not sure I’m entirely over CES less than a month after returning from Vegas, but we’re already in full planning mode for TechCrunch’s return to Barcelona. We’ll be sending an extremely scaled down team to this year’s event, but while we’re in Catalonia, we’d like to meet with a few interesting startups.

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Software Outsourcing: Why, When and How It Works Best

StartupNation

It’s 2023, a digital age where remote work attracts the most talented, where location no longer defines a… The post Software Outsourcing: Why, When and How It Works Best appeared first on StartupNation.

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Venture funding has started flooding back in at least one area: Secondaries

TechCrunch

The venture secondaries market has been on the same roller-coaster ride as the broader VC market over the past few years, but it looks poised to break away in 2023. Like venture capital as a whole, the secondaries market was hot in 2021 as a bunch of new players — sound familiar? — entered the space as crossover investors and traditional VCs forayed into buying secondary stakes as a way to get into hot deals they couldn’t access primary shares in.

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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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In-House Development: The Pros And Cons

StartupNation

The definition of in-house developer has shifted over time given the wave of remote work. You can now… The post In-House Development: The Pros And Cons appeared first on StartupNation.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS pricing strategies, 2022 open source report, can Vine regrow?

TechCrunch

I found an old leather jacket in the back of a closet recently. It’s a vintage item in fantastic shape — except for a huge tear in one of the front pockets. Two clothing donation centers rejected it, so I decided to see if it’s worth repairing. It was pricey when new, but with some attention and care, maybe it could find a second life. Vine, Twitter’s shuttered video-sharing platform that launched three years before TikTok, is much like my old jacket: Back in the day, it earned

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Crypto News & Regulatory Roundup: January 13, 2023 – February 03, 2023

Andreessen Horowitz

… The post Crypto News & Regulatory Roundup: January 13, 2023 – February 03, 2023 appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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The impact investor and climate correspondent walk into a bar

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week Natasha Mascarenhas and Becca Szkutak took to their mics to sing a duet about this week’s startup news. Just kidding! But we did highlight some fun companies raising capital and talked through some VC themes that look likely to be relevant throughout 2023.

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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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The Founder’s Secret to Success: Focus on Your Strengths and Delegate the Rest

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Become a better leader by focusing on what you’re good at Credits: Dan Plews As a startup advisor, I’ve had the privilege of working with many successful founders. But one of the most inspiring stories I’ve been a part of is that of Daniel Plews, a world-class triathlon coach, overall age-group course record holder at the world Ironman championship in Kona, and sports scientist.

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Why invest in Ukrainian startups today?

TechCrunch

Dmytro Bilash Contributor Share on Twitter Dmytro Bilash is a managing partner at Digital Future. The EU will invest €13.5 billion in research and innovation for 2023-2024 as part of the Horizon Europe program. For the first time in the program’s history, it will include targeted support for Ukraine. This is one of the first real steps toward Ukraine’s integration with the EU and I can’t be happier that we are becoming a part of European business and science communities.

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