StartupNation

JANUARY 28, 2021

One of the key documents for starting a business is a business plan. A business plan acts as the foundation of your new company and is often used for loan applications. If you’re looking for investment capital, it’s an important document for investors to review to learn more about your company. 2020 was a challenging year for startups and small businesses, as many struggled to stay in business amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Venture Well

JANUARY 28, 2021

For Casey Grage of neurosurgical technology innovators, Hubly, entrepreneurship has taught her to master the art of difficult conversations and strategically identify skills gaps on the team. The post advancing neurosurgical technology: q&a with Casey Grage of Hubly appeared first on VentureWell.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 28, 2021

A number of people have been asking me what I think of the Game Stop situation. This is not really my world. I don’t trade stocks, we hold them. I don’t use Robinhood, though I have an account thanks to my friend Howard. I don’t hang out on Reddit, though I visit it from time to time. So I have not paid enough attention to this one, but it certainly is fascinating.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

The venture potential of a startup that caters to individual students — instead of a slow-moving, small-pocketed institution — has a bullish aura that attracts investors. Add in a pandemic that forced many to embrace remote learning overnight, and it makes sense that we have seen companies like Outschool and ClassDojo turn first profits while startups like Quizlet and ApplyBoard reached $1 billion valuations.

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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

Kate Winkler wasn’t even a year into being CEO when she oversaw the transition to remote work of about 650 people at Ruby. Yet the company completed the task in just 11 days. What’s more, the company didn’t really even have a remote working transition plan set in stone before COVID-19 arrived. How did Ruby manage such a feat in such a short time? Kate tells Ramon Ray two things the company practices made this quick transition to remote work possible.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 28, 2021

And went to live few meters away from murders and kidnappers. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

William Kilmer. Contributor. Share on Twitter. William Kilmer is managing partner with C5 Capital , a venture capital fund investing in the secure data ecosystem. He was formerly an operating partner at Mercato Growth Partners and served as CEO and Chairman of PublicEngines (acquired by Motorola), and Avinti (merged with M86 Security) and served as Chief Marketing Officer/Chief Strategy Officer of M86 Security (acquired by Trustwave).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 28, 2021

Happy New Year! 2020 is finally over. It was somber for many, crazy for some and forgetful for all. Some things to be thankful for since my father was stricken with COVID-19, near death and recovered. Another praise is the first time since my junior high years that I received straight As! Of course, these grades really don’t count since they are self-grades for meaningless predictions.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Indian startup Shopalyst has officially launched a new platform that it calls the Discovery Commerce Cloud, which it says can help brands take full advantage of digital advertising. Co-founder and CEO Girish Ramachandra told me that Shopalyst was created to allow for “one seamless journey for the shopper” across advertising and e-commerce — something he said current systems are not currently designed to support.

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Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

JANUARY 28, 2021

Jack Hamilton, founder of KindredBox.com, discusses the creation of his company's innovative end of life planning software.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

After enduring a day’s worth of taking a beating across social media , government and the various app stores of the mobile world, Robinhood took to its own blog and CEO’s Twitter account to explain why it had halted trading of some stocks earlier today. That Robinhood had restricted trading in a number of securities was bombshell news after the consumer trading platform had become synonymous with not only a rise in retail investing, but also a risky wager by some individual investo

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 28, 2021

Here’s the “what.”. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked away from deals where the entrepreneur insists on a start-up pre-money valuation that is so high, no angel could expect to make a return upon the investment, even with a reasonable sales price for the company down the road. And here’s the “why.”. There is always another attractive deal at the ready, and most have reasonable expectations of valuation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Storetasker is an online marketplace focused on connecting Shopify merchants with developers and other experts who can help grow their business. The product is now owned by the startup previously known as Lorem. Co-founder and COO Charlie Fogarty explained that while Lorem originally had a broader mission of connecting small businesses and developers, “We realized that Shopify and e-commerce was by far our best customer segment … so we basically acquired our main competitor, Storetasker, a

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 28, 2021

My quirkiness in business can be your superpower. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Cybersecurity startup CybSafe , a “behavioral security” platform, has raised $7.9 million in a Series A funding round led by IQ Capital with participation from Hanover Digital Investments (HDI) GmbH and B8 Ventures. The investment round will be used to focus on expanding its enterprise and midmarket client base. CybSafe is a SaaS product with a per-user-based, subscription licensing model.

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Red Rocket

JANUARY 28, 2021

I am sure many of you have used Google Trends in the past. But, for those of you that are not aware of this terrific tool, now is the time to learn how valuable it can be for your business. What is Google Trends? Google Trends is a tool that can tell you how searches for a specific keyword on Google have been trending over time, for whatever date range you are most interested.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Buy now, pay later services — which let consumers finance the purchase of goods online by paying back the total in installments over time — have been growing in ubiquity this past year. Today, Scalapay , one of the companies that’s building a platform to enable buy now, pay later (BNPL) and related features, has raised a round to boost its position in the race for customers against competitors like Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm.

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Impact Hub

JANUARY 28, 2021

Inaugural Survey Report ‘India – An Impact Startup Nation’ released at the TiECon 2021. . 28 January, 2021, New Delhi: Aspire Impact, a social enterprise focused on impact leadership and. ecosystem development in the social and environmental impact space, today announced its. collaboration with Impact Hub, world’s leading network focused on building entrepreneurial communities. for impact at scale.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 28, 2021

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DouxMatok, a food-tech company, pioneering the development of efficient and nutritious flavor delivery technologies, announces today the appointment of Lorraine Niba as VP of Sales NA and Jim Schulok as VP of Applications to its U.S. based team. Read more here. The post [DouxMatok in Business Wire] DouxMatok Appoints a U.S.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Coinbase plans to go public by way of a direct listing, the company announced in a blog post today. The cryptocurrency exchange was founded in 2012 and allows users to buy and trade decentralized tokens like bitcoin and ethereum. The company has raised over $540 million in funding as a private company. Last month, the company shared that it had confidentially filed an S-1 with the SEC.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 28, 2021

Complex writing is losing you sales. Master these basic writing skills. Examples included. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

An early Snapchat employee who once architected the “Our Stories” product, Chloe? Drimal, has now launched her own social app, Yoni Circle. Described as a membership-based community, the app aims to connect womxn using storytelling — including through both live video chat sessions as well as with pre-recorded stories that are available at any time.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

It’s common practice to start the new year by making resolutions. Whether we keep them, however, is another matter. Diets go by the wayside, as do promises to ditch bad habits. But that doesn’t mean resolutions are pointless. In fact, they can be very helpful — as long as you have a plan and the discipline to implement them. One of the easiest things to plan is a budget.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace hopped online for our weekly show, sans GameStop news (which you can find here ) to talk about all the other busy news happening in startup world right now. Here’s a taste of what we got into: Qualtrics IPO pricing , and the future of major acquisition pricing schemes.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 28, 2021

Nexa3D, the maker of ultrafast polymer production 3D printers, announced the immediate availability of NexaX 2.0 Intelligent Software Platform, a comprehensive file-to-part platform that extends the 20X productivity advantage of its ultrafast NXE 400 3D printers. Read more here. The post [Nexa3D in Manufactur 3D] Nexa3D Launches NexaX 2.0 Intelligent Software Platform appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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