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EmpowHER: How Women Can Get—and Stay—Ahead of the Game in Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed to EO by Abeer Qumsieh, a seven-year EO Jordan member who is the founder of Better Business , the leading organization for management consulting and human capital development in Jordan, and Khibraty , an intelligent digital matchmaking marketplace for expertise seekers and providers. She is also a partner in MakanE , an e-commerce enabler in the Middle East.

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Advice to Rising VCs and Founders Navigating The Correction

Revolution

By Revolution Ventures Managing Partner David Golden and VP Alex Shtarkman Given the tumultuous year in tech and overall market uncertainty, a hot topic among institutional investors right now is the magnitude of potential markdowns in the coming year or two. But what could that look like? To determine approximately how many U.S. VC dollars are at risk, we conducted a historical analysis of top quartile fund managers over the past quarter century (as far back as we could access reliable Cambridg

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8VC raises $880M in new fund that aims ‘to fix a broken world’

TechCrunch

Austin-based venture firm 8VC, led by controversial Palantir founder Joe Lonsdale, has raised $880 million in its fifth fund. In a blog post published today, Lonsdale — who serves as 8VC’s general partner — said that his firm’s mission is “to fix a broken world.” While he did not specify which industries the new fund would target or average check size, Lonsdale did reveal that 8VC now manages “over $6 billion in committed capital” and that it plans to invest “at every stage,” as well

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Animoca Brands’ The Sandbox acquires German game development studio Sviper

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Animoca Brands’ gaming subsidiary The Sandbox has announced its acquisition of Sviper GmbH, a German game development studio that is known for its creative excellence in working with major brand partners and its senior-level talent. Sviper’s acquisition is set to add development, engineering, and creative talent to The Sandbox’s global team.

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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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Culinary marketplace Shef whips up nationwide expansion with new funding, growth ingredients

TechCrunch

In its quest to turn the culinary talents of passionate home cooks into small businesses, Shef , a chef-to-consumer marketplace, is now taking those efforts nationwide. Shef works with local cooks making authentic, homemade dishes and provides them with business tools, like menu formation and pricing, photography, how to create their bios and how to market and promote themselves.

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Qwak raises $12M for its MLOps platform

TechCrunch

MLOps platform Qwak today announced that it has raised a $12 million Series A1 funding round from Bessemer Venture Partners. The startup, which offers a fully managed platform that combines machine learning engineering and data management tools, previously raised a total of $15 million. Existing investors Leaders Fund, StageOne Ventures and Amiti also participated in this round, which doubled the company’s valuation.

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Pulp Nonfiction : What I Learned Writing a Blog Post with ChatGPT

Tomasz Tunguz

Over the past week, I put ChatGPT to the test, enlisting it as copy-editor for a forthcoming blog post. Here was my process: I dictated a blog post outline into a Google document I prompted ChatGPT to revise the post for clarity & pasted the text I copied ChatGPT’s response, edited it some more & consulted ChatGPT for three rounds just like John McPhee So, does a robot copy-editor work in practice?

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Insurtech giant Equisoft lands $125M investment, eyes acquisitions

TechCrunch

Montreal-based Equisoft , an insurance and investment software developer, today announced that it raised $125 million in venture equity. It’s a large amount made more significant by the fact that the investment climate for insurtech vendors is growing increasingly challenging. A recent Gallagher Re report found that quarterly insurtech funding for Q4 fell to the lowest level since Q1 2020, decreasing 57% quarter on quarter from $2.35 billion in Q3 to $1.01 billion in Q4. $70 million of Eq

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The Truth Behind 8 Common Myths on Cofounder Conflict

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Navigating business partner arguments is more difficult when teams can’t separate fact from fiction.

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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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Revolut reports first full year of profit

TechCrunch

The all-in-one fintech app Revolut has released its annual report for 2021. While 2021 ended more than a year ago, this report includes some significant figures as the company nearly tripled its revenue between 2020 and 2021. Because of this explosive growth trajectory, the company reached profitability for the first time. Revolut’s financial success starts at the top of the funnel.

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GCUC Podcast Recap: Chris Davies

GCUC

GCUC Podcast Recap: Chris Davies With a background in property and an eye for opulence, the CEO at Uncommon, Chris Davies, created five buzzworthy spaces that feel luxurious while.

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This e-bike brand by Lime and Didi vets pedals into the US with $12M raised

TechCrunch

The e-bike market in America is getting a brave new player. Off the back of its $7.4 million Series A funding close, Velotric announced this week that it will be doubling down on U.S. expansion with its privately owned e-bikes. The new round boosts the one-year-old startup’s total financing to $12 million. The amount seems paltry compared to the $320 million that more established player Rad Power has raised, taking into account that this is a cash-intensive manufacturing business.

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The best crypto exchanges where to buy and sell crypto in 2023

Founder Bounty

Crypto has been rocky in 2023 so its essential the exchange you choose is secure and wont go bankuptpt. We have put a list together for you. There are many cryptocurrency exchanges available to buy and sell crypto in 2023. Here are some of the popular exchanges: Binance : Binance is one of the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.

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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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Sesamm bags $37M to give corporates ESG insights using natural language processing

TechCrunch

Sesamm , a French startup that helps financial firms and corporates adhere to their ESG goals by using natural language processing (NLP) to generate insights from digital content, has raised €35 million ($37 million) in a round of funding to expand internationally. Despite a growing backlash against ESG efforts from some politicians and vocal executives , companies are still cognizant of the reputational and commercial risks of ignoring their environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG)

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The Value of Women Founders in Combating Short-termism

Entrepreneur's Handbook

How a deep dive into the benefits of gender-diverse founding teams led me on an anti-short-termism crusade Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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Varo, Stripe said to be raising new funds at much lower valuations

TechCrunch

With the market turning so dramatically in 2022, it’s no surprise that many startups are now believed to be raising down rounds. This week alone, it was reported that Varo was raising a $50 million equity round led by Warburg Pincus at a “significantly” lower valuation. According to Fintech Business Weekly , the struggling neobank would be raising the funding at a pre-money valuation of $1.8 billion.

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[Quidnet Energy in Power] New technologies, new sites supporting growth of energy storage

OurCrowd

Advancements in energy storage, including new battery types and longer-duration batteries, are driving innovation in the sector. Retired power generation plants are being repurposed as storage sites, and the residential and commercial and industrial (C&I) sectors are turning to storage for electricity reliability and resilience. Read more here. The post [Quidnet Energy in Power] New technologies, new sites supporting growth of energy storage appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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Savant Labs aims to bring analytics directly to line of business users

TechCrunch

Too often over the last decade, line of business people have been forgotten when it comes to analytics. Even though these folks are the closest to what’s happening with customers, they tend to get left behind when it comes to tools, which are often geared for data scientists or at least people with a deep understanding of data. Savant Labs is looking to bring analytics to line of business personnel and today the startup announced a healthy $11 million seed investment.

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[Oxx in City A.M.] A lesson in patience: venture capital backing start-ups have much to learn

OurCrowd

Venture capital funds have been overly eager to invest in tech start-ups, and now they’re facing the consequences. But market correction can only be a good thing, writes Mikael Johnsson Read more here. The post [Oxx in City A.M.] A lesson in patience: venture capital backing start-ups have much to learn appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Is a Lack of Distribution Channels Stunting Your Business Growth?

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Product-Market Fit is Overrated. Focus on Product-Channel Fit Instead.

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[Alpha Tau in GlobeNewswire] Alpha Tau announces Health Canada Authorization for Alpha DaRT clinical trial for the treatment of liver metastases

OurCrowd

JERUSALEM, March 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. (“Alpha Tau”, or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: DRTS, DRTSW), the developer of the innovative alpha-radiation cancer therapy Alpha DaRT™, announced today that it has received authorization from Health Canada to proceed with a feasibility and safety study of Alpha DaRT in the treatment of liver metastases, subject to final approval by an institutional Research Ethics Board, which the Company expects to receive i

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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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Family Office Investor Profile Series: Donatas Dailide, Chairman and CEO, DOJUS Group

The Seraf Compass

This article is the fourth in a series of interviews highlighting the work of interesting family offices. Donatas Dailide is the Chairman and CEO at DOJUS group, a leading provider of agricultural and heavy equipment in the Baltic region that has been in business for over 30 years.

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8 SEO Tips to Grow Your Business

StartupNation

SEO, or search engine optimization, is one of the most important aspects of online marketing for small businesses.… The post 8 SEO Tips to Grow Your Business appeared first on StartupNation.

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Dear Sophie: What are my options for changing my status from an L-1 visa?

TechCrunch

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: Is there a domestic pilot program for H-1B and L visa stamping?

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Outsourcing 101: When and How to Outsource

StartupNation

As a business owner, you know that you eventually want to scale your business — but how? A… The post Outsourcing 101: When and How to Outsource appeared first on StartupNation.

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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.