TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Fashion items are among the most — if not the most — sought after on many e-commerce platforms. In Africa, for instance, fashion has held the top spot in Jumia for the largest category of items sold over the years. This means there’s no shortage of demand for fashion items across the continent, and the supply is picking up steam even in the high-end categories.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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OkDork

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

                                              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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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Forward Cities

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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