Tue.Jan 21, 2025

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BE 2.0: Vision Drives Endurance

Paul G. Silva

This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). Check out the previous posts on leadership values and getting the right people. What is Vision? What makes some organizations last while others fade away? Jim Collins found a surprising answer: a clear, compelling vision. Think of vision as your organization’s North Star it guides your team, especially when times get tough.

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The Entrepreneurial Path: Essential Tips for First-time Founders

American Entrepreneurship

Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have. A founders journey when taking on the challenge of launching a startup is filled with highs and lows.Their path to success will have challenges, setbacks, and moments of doubt. However, the rewards of building something from the ground up that is profitableas well as creating jobs, innovating, and solving problemscan be immensely gratifying.

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Is an accelerator still worth doing for your business in 2025?

Founder Bounty

The answer is YES. If its a top tier accelerator like Ycombinator you should definitely do it. I have worked in finance and well as been though Techstars and have seen it all in the world of startups. If you get an offer from YC , take it How to build a $20M fuel business. Lessons learned from Building Europe’s first On Demand fuel station from its COO Before Shell tap-up and Cafu and others, we built Europe’s first on demand fuel station.

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Fintech Startup MoneyHash Gains Global Funding for Middle East and Africa Payments Platform

American Entrepreneurship

A diverse founding team finds an opportunity to address fragmented services in these two major regions. Headquartered in New York City, MoneyHash is on a mission to simplify and optimize payments across the rapidly growing markets of the Middle East and Africa (MEA). In these regions, payment infrastructure has often been underdeveloped and fragmented.

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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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East Ventures Completes First GP-Led Secondary Deal with Coller Capital

AsiaTechDaily

East Ventures, a prominent venture capital firm in Southeast Asia, has completed its first-ever general partner-led (GP-led) secondary transaction.

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GCUC Podcast Recap: Drake Rankin, Green Hive Spaces

GCUC

GCUC Podcast Recap: Drake Rankin, Green Hive Spaces Drake Rankin – Transforming Workspaces for Entrepreneurs In an era where the coworking industry is booming, Drake Rankin stands out not just as a.

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[Cyfirma in Cyfirma] MDI Ventures Invests in CYFIRMA, Seek to Enhance SEA’s Cyber Security

OurCrowd

JAKARTA, 21 January 2025 MDI Ventures, a multi-fund venture capital firm under PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom Group), today announced a strategic investment in CYFIRMA, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company specializing in threat intelligence and external threat landscape management.

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[Peak in Retailtech Innovation Hub] Eurocell overhauls and boosts inventory management process by deploying Peak AI powered solution

OurCrowd

The post [Peak in Retailtech Innovation Hub] Eurocell overhauls and boosts inventory management process by deploying Peak AI powered solution appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[Databricks in PR Newswire] Databricks expands presence in ASEAN amid a 70+% annualized growth, announces plans to enter Indonesia  

OurCrowd

JAKARTA, Indonesia and SINGAPORE , Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Databricks, the Data and AI company, today announced plans to expand its investment in the ASEAN region amid more than 70% annualized growth over the past three years, driven by a surge in demand for data intelligence. To meet the data, AI and governance demands of Indonesian enterprises, the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform will be available in the AWS Asia Pacific ( Jakarta ) Region in early 2025.

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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 EVERY Company in Business Wire] The EVERY Company taps Evan Geisert as Chief Financial Officer

OurCrowd

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The EVERY Company(EVERY), a leader in bio-based protein ingredients, has named Evan Geisert as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Evan joins EVERY at a key inflection point as the company makes its foray into the mass market.