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Why Your Company May Be Failing at Team Building

Smart Hustle Magazine

By Les Pardew, founder of Mystery Escape Room. Many businesses are struggling to find the best way to move forward as some employees return to the workplace while others will continue to work at home or a combination of both. A Gartner Inc. survey finds one-third of business leaders are most concerned with maintaining corporate culture while 13% worry about providing parity between the remote and in-office workers.

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Egypt’s ILLA raises $2M to diversify its offerings to FMCG value chain

TechCrunch

Most FMCG brands rely on a combination of owned and outsourced assets to carry out delivery operations. The variety of both models brings about a fragmented logistics cycle and FMCGs can lose significant value in the process. ILLA is an Egyptian startup that provides full-stack delivery solutions to corporates and small businesses in the FMCG sector.

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Hex - The Best Product for the Technical Analyst

Tomasz Tunguz

We believe the 2020s are the decade of data. The trends are ubiquitous and plain. The number of data teams is growing as more companies rely on data for daily operations. In addition, the sophistication of these teams has progressed meaningfully in the last five years. During this period, there have been three main categories of data work: business intelligence, machine learning, and exploratory analytics.

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MagniLearn uses AI to help students learn new languages, raises $2.8M

TechCrunch

There’s nothing easy about learning a language, and so it’s also maybe no surprise that there are plenty of startups that want to make life easier for students. But while some mostly focus on individual learners and bypass the school systems, others are trying to make inroads in schools, too. One of the latest entrants to this market is MagniLearn , an AI-centric startup that provides students with individualized lessons based on their progress.

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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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Advanced Techniques to Speed Up The Scaling Phase For Startups

StartupNation

Once a startup has successfully launched, it can move onto the scaling phase. This can be a perilous time for a fledgling company, with only 1 in 200 startups becoming successful scaleups. There are many reasons for this fairly low success rate. For example, a startup’s product could be inadequate, failing to address its target market’s actual needs.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners Job Link Program

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

With funding support from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Ben Franklin Technology Partners has launched a Job Link initiative to help companies in Central and Northern PA find talent. We plan to create ‘win-win’ opportunities for local talent to find relevant meaningful job opportunities that match company needs. Ben Franklin’s Job Link AIMS to create a talent pipeline that connects students, graduates and alumni to area technology and manufacturing companies.

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SOC Prime lands $11M Series A to become ‘Spotify for cyber threats’

TechCrunch

SOC Prime , a Boston-based early-stage startup that claims to have built the world’s largest threat detection marketplace, has secured $11 million in Series A funding. The company will use the investment, led by DNX Ventures with participation from Streamlined Ventures and Rembrandt Venture Partners, to scale and accelerate the adoption of its marketplace that allows researchers to monetize their threat detection code to help security teams defend against cyberattacks.

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Using the Reversal Mental Model to Invest Better

Tomasz Tunguz

Reversing a problem is a common mental model for thinking about a challenge in a novel way. Especially in investing. Google’s share price is $2863.55 as I write this. Is it a good price to buy? The traditional way of thinking would lead one to build a bottoms-up model with a few assumptions and compare the output to the price. But that approach ignores some critical information: the price.

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Biden’s QSBS tax plan would have unintended consequences for startups

TechCrunch

Vieje Piauwasdy. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Vieje Piauwasdy is the director of equity strategy at Secfi , an equity planning platform for startup executives and employees. Buried deep in President Joe Biden’s 2021 tax plan are new amendments to the United States’ Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) program, which, if passed, will directly impact early-stage startup employees, founders and investors.

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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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The Right Entry-Level Servers for Your Small Business

StartupNation

Entry-level servers can help small businesses manage expenses, improve productivity and reduce organizational complexities. Dell is here to help with the challenges your unique business might be facing and guide you to the right server technology solutions and assist with reaching your IT goals — no matter how big or small. Dell’s one-socket PowerEdge servers are built to process data quickly and enable everyday business applications to. run faster and reduce interruptions.

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The future of remote work is text

TechCrunch

It’s impossible to talk about Automattic without talking about remote work. The company is a role model and innovator in this area: It has been entirely remote since 2005, and at 1,700 employees, it has helped prove that a remote workplace culture can succeed at scale. But “remote” has taken on a different meaning than it denoted two years ago. Since COVID-19 began, companies that never planned on working remotely have moved millions of employees online.

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What Makes an Impact Player and How You Can Be One, Too

StartupNation

Modified excerpt from “Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact” by Liz Wiseman. Copyright © 2021 by the author and reprinted by permission of Harper Business. While everyone brings capability and intelligence to their jobs, much like a card game, some people seem to play their hand better than others. These people develop a reputation as the impact players within an organization.

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Patron, a new fund from former Riot Games colleagues, locks down $90 million

TechCrunch

If you follow tech press, you’ve probably noticed more outlets covering the blockchain-based, play-to-earn trend, wherein individuals playing crypto-powered games can ostensibly earn a living off their gaming skills if they earn assets within the game or tokens that they can then sell for “real” money. A Vietnam company called “Axie Infinity” has been driving the current conversation.

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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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I Published the Same Course on Udemy, Skillshare, and Gumroad?—?What I Learned

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Unexpected traffic, expected conversion rates, and randomness Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Electric, the IT platform for SMBs, raises $90 million Series D

TechCrunch

Electric , makers of IT infrastructure software for SMBs, has been on a tear lately. The company announced the close of a $90 million Series D financing round today. GGV, an existing investor, led the round, with participation from other existing investors Bessemer, Primary Venture Partners, Greenspring Associates, 01 Advisors, Atreides Management, Vintage Investment Partners and Slack.

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What Is DeFi? – Decentralised Finance Explained

Feedough

Imagine living in a world with no banks! You don’t. Read more.

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Mage aims to be the ‘Stripe for AI;’ raises $6.3M for developer tools to build AI into apps

TechCrunch

Mage , developing an artificial intelligence tool for product developers to build and integrate AI into apps, brought in $6.3 million in seed funding led by Gradient Ventures. Founder Tommy Dang started the company at the end of 2020 after working together to build internal low-code tools at Airbnb. While collaborating with product developers, Dang and Wang saw that while product developers wanted to use AI, they didn’t have the right tools in which to do it without relying on data scientists.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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SoftBank, Amazon, Accel and others put $108M in Brazilian banking and payments infra provider Pismo

TechCrunch

There is no question that fintech has exploded in recent years. But along with that, we have also seen a related surge in funding into companies that provide the infrastructure that financial institutions — incumbents and fintechs alike — need in order to operate faster and more competitively. São Paulo-based Pismo is one of those infrastructure providers.

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Mexico’s fintech success: How tech is driving the population to banking

TechCrunch

Jen Laloup. Contributor. Jen Laloup is CEO of Mobile Growth Association. More posts by this contributor. Current and upcoming trends in Latin America’s mobile growth. Earlier this month, Citibanamex — Mexico’s second-largest bank — announced that it is building new APIs to allow fintech companies real-time access to information like its services and ATM locations.

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Vertical Oceans aims to grow sustainable shrimp in huge ‘aqua towers’ inside cities

TechCrunch

John Diener, the CEO of an aquaculture nutrition and genetics company, would visit hundreds of shrimp farms as part of his job. But gradually he became frustrated by some of the environmentally unsustainable practices used in many locations. One night, his wife bought some frozen shrimp to cook for dinner and he realized the industry he was involved in was poised to affect the health of his own family.

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Can social and e-commerce transform the future of the open web?

TechCrunch

Despite Automattic’s respected position, awareness of its myriad businesses tends to be spotty. “I spend a lot of time with investors, press and research analysts, and I’m always stunned that people say, ‘We know WordPress.’ But they don’t know Woo,” says Mark Davies, Automattic’s chief financial officer, referring to the company’s WooCommerce subsidiary.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Automattic TC-1, federal startup grants, ‘getting s done day’

TechCrunch

If you’re interested in writing a post for TechCrunch or TechCrunch+, please join the Twitter Space I’m hosting today at 3 p.m. PDT/6 p.m. EDT. I’ll explain our editorial guidelines, the editing process and most importantly, the criteria we use to determine whether a post creates value for readers. This Space is not a forum for pitching an article — if you’d like to submit your post for consideration, please email guestcolumns@techcrunch.com.

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Caffeinated, Coatue, Gradient back RevOps to build modern sales stack for startups

TechCrunch

Building internal sales agreement software, often known as quote-to-cash, is an expensive and time-consuming process that RevOps wants to take off the plate of fast-growing startups. Today, RevOps announced an oversubscribed $5 million follow-on seed round led by Caffeinated Capital, Coatue Management and Gradient Ventures. Angel investors, including Twilio’s Jeff Lawson and executives from Airtable, GitHub and Twilio, also participated.

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Check out the outstanding speakers joining us on TechCrunch Live in November

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Live (formerly Extra Crunch Live) has been incredibly educational over the past few months. We’ve learned how Rec Room’s pitch landed investment from Sequoia , how Wheel crafted a pitch deck that hooked Tusk Venture’s Jordan Nof , how Retail Zipline ticked every box for Emergence Capital and how Coda made their pitch doc sing for Madrona Capital.

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Republic may build a secondary exchange for digital securities, fueled by $150 million in new funding

TechCrunch

There’s plenty of frustration in the world of startups over when a digital asset does and does not constitute a security in the eyes of the Securities & Exchange Commission. Where many see regulatory murkiness, the five-year-old, New York-based investing platform Republic sees opportunity. Indeed, while many outfits grapple with whether to distance themselves from certain digital assets, Republic — whose CEO, Kendrick Nguyen, started his career in securities litigation with Goodw

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.