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Why there are so few women in tech (and what you can do about it!)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed to EO by Natalie Kaminski, an EO New York member and co-founder and CEO of JetRockets. In observance of the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February, we asked Natalie to share her view on women in STEM careers, and specifically in her field of computer science. Here’s what she shared: I immigrated to the US from Israel at the age of 18 with US$500 in my pocket.

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How to think about your business model as part of a VC pitch

TechCrunch

Startups usually run at a deficit while designing and building the product. But companies are designed to make money, and over time, as unit economics and customer acquisition costs improve, you’ll probably tip into the blue. Maybe. Hopefully. At the very least, that’s what your investors will be betting on. So that means your business model slide needs to paint a picture that shows where you’re at now and how the business can grow over time.

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How Can I Use Artificial Intelligence at My Startup?

Startup Blogpost

From optimizing your sales funnel to getting a head start with sales/marketing copy, here are 9 answers to the question, “How can a startup (with limited capital and resources) utilize artificial intelligence in their business?” Optimize Your Sales Funnel Incorporate Predictive Analytics Leverage Customizable SaaS Products Or APIs Automate Routine Tasks and Focus On Broad Strategy Use AI For Search Engine Optimization Latch Onto Cutting-edge Chatbot Functionality Applying AI With a L

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For startups, ‘we haven’t spent a penny on marketing’ isn’t always a good thing

TechCrunch

My heart sinks when I talk to a startup founder who proudly declares having a customer base that’s grown to 1,000 people organically. Being scrappy and frugal are great qualities to have as a startup, but your investors will want to see that you know how to scale rapidly when necessary. If all of your growth so far has been organic, you might not know how to accelerate the business.

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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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The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021 Part 2 • 2022 From a Startup Equity Seller’s to an Equity Buyer’s Market

Angel Capital Association

This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of the state of the startup capital market during the past two years. For Part 1 on The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021, click here to access the ACA Data Insights Archive. 2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital.

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#66. How To Find The Right Investors From A Founder Who Has Raised $40m+ w/ Jason Kirby

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Learn from a founder of Thunder VC Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Today we have with us Jason Kirby. Jason is the managing director and founding partner of Thunder VC. For his own startups in the past, he raised over 40 million. Thunder.VC is a tech-enabled investment banking improving on the grueling process of raising capital. We hope you enjoy the episode and don’t forget to share it with others.

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Daily Crunch: Sources say Times Internet plans to sell Indian streaming platform MX Player to Amazon 

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. It’s Friday, and we’re slumping back in our office chairs with a hot cup of coffee after a week that’s been as slow as mid-winter molasses. For Black History Month, we are in awe of the story of Sojourner Truth, who was an American abolitionist and women’s rights activist.

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Meet Hassan Bazzi

Forward Cities

“Entrepreneurship is a common thread that rises above the things that divide and separate us. It is a common theme across time, history, culture, economic systems, and people.

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Can You Tell What This Entrepreneur Does from Their Style?

StartupNation

There are many types of entrepreneurs out there, and each approach comes with its own style and identity.… The post Can You Tell What This Entrepreneur Does from Their Style? appeared first on StartupNation.

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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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From shipping container to table: Adapt brings urban mushroom farms to US

TechCrunch

Canadian vertical farming startup Adapt AgTech is partnering with Reef Technology to bring its mushroom-growing shipping containers to major cities across the United States, starting with Austin. Reef transforms urban real estate like parking lots into mobility and logistical hubs and currently operates over 8,000 locations across hundreds of cities.

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6 NFL Players Who Became Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

Even for most athletes skilled and fortunate to make it to the National Football League, a long career… The post 6 NFL Players Who Became Successful Entrepreneurs appeared first on StartupNation.

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ISTQB syllabus to aid engineers and AI professionals in upgrading AI testing methodologies

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register The global AI software market size is expected to experience rapid growth, expanding from $87 billion in 2021 to an estimated $1.597 trillion in 2030, according to a report by Precedence Research released on April 19, 2022. And with the advancement of AI technologies, AI models will also start to be used in more applications, some where the predictions made by the AI are critical to th

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How to manage third-party cybersecurity risks that are too costly to ignore

TechCrunch

Jon Siegler Contributor Share on Twitter Jon Siegler , co-founder and chief product officer of LogicGate , has over a decade of experience in designing customer-centric enterprise risk and compliance systems. Many cybersecurity professionals, if not all, have experienced that “after the breach” feeling — the moment you realize you’ll have to tell your customers their personal information may have been compromised because one of your vendors had a data breach.

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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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How Lenny Rachitsky Makes $500K/Year Living a Happy Chill Life

OkDork

                                              Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Lenny Rachitsky, creator of the #1 business newsletter on Substack. Lenny has a REALLY interesting career path. He started off as an engineer, then decided to start his own business, which got acquired by Airbnb, where he stayed and worked for over 7 years until he quit to be his own boss again!

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Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia backs cross-border payments startup Tazapay

TechCrunch

The rise in open banking and payment services like India’s UPI and Singapore’s PayNow means lower costs for businesses, as well as new payment options for hundreds of millions of customers in emerging markets who don’t own credit cards. Tazapay was created to combine both card and real-time payment methods as a full-stack service for merchants who sell across borders, so they only need to use one payment platform.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs

Forward Cities

Congrats to our February E3 Durham Entrepreneur of the Month! Read more about Kestra Jeri Travel below!

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Ryse Aero’s one-person eVTOL is like a flying ATV

TechCrunch

Air taxis make up most of the hype surrounding eVTOLs — electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles — despite their long path to market, steep upfront costs and plethora of regulatory hurdles. Ryse Aero Technologies , an Ohio-based startup building aircraft that are akin to flying ATVs, thinks eVTOL tech could be put to better use in a nearer-term market.

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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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Can your startup survive the economic downturn?

TechCrunch

All startups have to navigate the turbulent economic climate of 2023. But whether your company can survive depends on a lot of factors, including the viability and originality of your idea and the amount of cash you have in the bank. There are ways to merely survive, of course, to hunker down and weather the bad economic cycle. Companies with a long runway can ride out fluctuations in the market, but you have to have an idea that solves a real business problem to truly grow and thrive.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Africa investor survey, biz model basics, video marketing tactics

TechCrunch

If your marketing plan doesn’t include TikTok, YouTube Shorts or Instagram Reels, well, can you really call it a marketing plan? Video content is vital for driving early engagement, which is why growth expert Jonathan Martinez (formerly of Postmates, Uber and Chime) shares four tactics for getting started: Leverage creator marketplaces. Produce short-form videos.

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Wait a secondary

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, Mary Ann Azevedo and Rebecca Szkutak got on the mic Our deals of the week included a look at a large new fund focused on Africa, a startup raising big bucks to address the nursing shortage and Rebellyous raising in a crowded and struggling space toward its effort to ‘rethink the nugget.’ We took a few to chat t

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