Entrepreneurs' Organization
MARCH 7, 2023
In March, EO recognizes and celebrates women entrepreneurs with its second annual EmpowHER virtual conference , which focuses on the specific challenges women in business experience. In each one-hour session, women entrepreneurs will learn from experts how to navigate the three pillars of every woman entrepreneurs’ life: business , family and self.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
The global downturn has impacted every sector, but fintech bore the brunt of it as public-market valuations fell off a cliff last year. However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category.
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Y Combinator
MARCH 7, 2023
YC Group Partner Surbhi Sarna has written a book called Without a Doubt , and today it goes on sale. Without a Doubt tells the incredible story of Surbhi Sarna's company, nVision Medical, which started with a health scare when she was 13 and ended 20 years later in a $275M acquisition. It's a must-read for anyone interested in healthcare. But it's also a must-read for any founder who feels underestimated, or anyone who isn't sure if starting a startup is for them.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
Soci (pronounced “soh-shee”), a marketing automation platform with customers including Ace Hardware, Jersey Mike’s, Pet Supplies Plus and Ford, today announced that it raised $120 million in a financing round led by JMI Equity with participation from Vertical Venture Partners, Blossom Street Ventures and Renew Group Private Limited.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 7, 2023
In this week’s edition, we discuss The value of women founders in combatting short-termism, How hate mail can be an entrepreneur’s secret weapon. P.S. If you’re deep in the entrepreneurial trenches and have a story to tell, we’d love to read it (and publish it). The value of women founders in combatting short-termism Short-termism is often the root cause of most startup failures.
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Andreessen Horowitz
MARCH 7, 2023
There is a moment of wonder in every great game that makes you sit back, take a breath, and really appreciate what it is that you’re experiencing: stepping out into the world of Zelda, overcoming Margit for the first time … The post Investing in Believer appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
Matheus Tavares Dos Santos Contributor Share on Twitter Matheus is a hedge funds investment analyst for a major global investment manager and technology provider. In prior roles, he was an associate at a LatAm-focused venture capital firm and worked in corporate venture with regional banks and the Brazilian stock exchange. More posts by this contributor US-listed SPACs have a new target: Latin American tech companies Will Brazil’s Roaring 20s see the rise of early-stage startups?
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 7, 2023
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TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
Late last month, Artifact , a personalized news reader built by Instagram’s co-founders, opened to the public. The launch was a surprise to many consumers, who wondered why the team behind one of the world’s most iconic social apps would return to startups to focus on one of the toughest areas instead: news. It’s an ecosystem where publishers are failing left and right and misinformation is rampant, as the founders surely saw themselves while working at Facebook.
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 7, 2023
It’s harder than you think, and not everybody will tell you that.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
It takes a special kind of gumption to wake up in the morning and say ‘you know what? I can do better than Airbnb,’ but that’s what Andreas King-Geovanis did with Roami. The company added a $14 million of equity and venture debt, bringing its funding to a total of $29 million. The company used to be called Sextant Stays, and focuses on short-term rentals with apartment-style units.
Derek Sivers
MARCH 7, 2023
I'm pretty bad at bowling and frisbee. I roll the ball or throw the disc straight at the target, but away it curves. After this happens a couple times, I adjust. I stop aiming straight, since that's not working. If it always curves to the left, I aim to the right. It feels wrong to aim away from the target. But it curves back to the center. It works.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
The enterprise is about to get hit by the generative AI hype train, as Salesforce prepares to invest in startups developing what it calls “responsible generative AI.” The cloud software giant, via its Salesforce Ventures VC off-shoot, today announced a $250 million generative AI investment fund, which it said has already invested in four startups: search engine upstart You.com, which introduced generative AI smarts a few months back; Anthropic, a heavily VC-backed AI startup from for
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CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.
StartupNation
MARCH 7, 2023
Over 420,000 business applications were submitted in January. We’ll likely see just as many more in the coming… The post How To Successfully Launch a Startup with No Previous Experience appeared first on StartupNation.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Matt Rogers , the founder and CEO of Mill, a startup that helps its customers turn their food scraps into farm feed. The former founder of Nest talked about what compelled him to jump back into entrepreneurship after years of investing, why he decided to focus on food waste, and how they built the startup’s closed-loop system.
OurCrowd
MARCH 7, 2023
During the recent NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, customers spent an average of 87 seconds in Vivint Arena’s Zippin-powered, American Express-sponsored store, Shop at Vivint. Read more here. The post [Zippin in Sports Business Journal] AmEx’s shop at Vivint a hit at NBA All-Star Game appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
Businesses dependent on the physical supply chain face a number of potential roadblocks. Customers expect fast deliveries with visibility into each step, but costs — including transportation and raw materials costs — are rising thanks to inflation and other factors. Meanwhile, there’s a talent shortage, particularly in areas like logistics and operations management, and technical barriers to keeping track of inventory.
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Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.
OurCrowd
MARCH 7, 2023
SAN MATEO, Calif., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Armory, the Continuous Deployment (CD) company, has released several plugins for Spinnaker (the powerful open source, multi-cloud Continuous Deployment tool) that are designed to make Spinnaker faster and more secure. Read more here. The post [Armory in PR Newswire] New Armory plugins extend the power of open source Spinnaker for continuous deployment appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
When it comes to sustainable infrastructure development, technology is making terrific leaps and bounds. The money to make it happen, however? That leaves a thing or two to be desired. For one thing, the processes remain largely manual, with financing in this sector remaining reliant on emails, spreadsheets and documents in a variety of formats. Streamlined, and indeed sustainable, it ain’t.
OurCrowd
MARCH 7, 2023
HUB Cyber Security Ltd (Nasdaq: HUBC), a developer of Confidential Computing cybersecurity solutions and services (“HUB” or the “Company”), today announced a unique cyber security solution for Google Cloud that leverages HUB’s core technologies – isolation, governance, and tight access control. The solution is a potential paradigm shift in cyber security, providing protection for data at rest, data in transit and data in use; a time when data cannot be encrypted and
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
The economy is a bit better — kind of, maybe, sort of? While things appear to be trending in the right direction, it’s going to be a long road. Besides, if you’re unable to find work, positive macroeconomic trends are cold comfort. One of the nice things about having a platform like TechCrunch is the opportunity to help people in that difficult position.
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OurCrowd
MARCH 7, 2023
NEW YORK, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Apploi, the leading hiring platform for healthcare employers, has announced a new partnership with Accurate Background, the largest privately held global provider of compliant background checks and screening solutions. Accurate is a leading provider of healthcare screening solutions helping clients make quick, compliant, and informed hiring decisions to meet the demands of a highly complex and competitive healthcare labor market.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
Local governments in the southwestern U.S. are putting up $150,000 to back what they say is a pioneering effort to “turn air into concrete at scale.” The funds will help cover the cost of the “reference project,” a collaboration between two climate tech startups and a masonry firm in Flagstaff, Arizona. The firms expect construction to kick off later this year, when the two startups install their tech within Block-Lite ‘s existing facility.
OurCrowd
MARCH 7, 2023
ABERDEEN, Wash., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Olympic Area Agency on Aging (O3A) and Intuition Robotics have announced a new program to provide ElliQ, the AI-driven care companion robot, to older adults who are in need of additional support in Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties. Read more here. The post [Intuition Robotics in PR Newswire] O3A Project brings ElliQ companion robots to older adults in Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MARCH 7, 2023
Amazon rules the roost when it comes to e-commerce, with its marketplace outpacing everyone else when it comes to gross merchandise value , reach and market capitalization. That fact inevitably makes it a big part of how millions of brands and retailers sell goods online. Threecolts , a London startup founded by an ex-Amazon exec that builds software for brands and retailers to manage their Amazon sales channel, has picked up some 22,000 customers since it first set up shop in 2021.
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Just by embedding analytics, app owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework from Software Pricing Partners explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. You’ll learn: How to take a disciplined approach to pricing The three elements of the Packaging Decision Framework Ways to structure your new embedded analytics offering Download the White Paper to learn about How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics.
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