Thu.Aug 22, 2019

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Strategies for Scaling Your Business Without Sacrificing Your Life

Smart Hustle Magazine

Michele Ruiz is a communication specialist, a bilingual entrepreneur, a bestselling author, and keynote speaker. Michele is also the President & CEO of Ruiz Strategies. She’s started and owned several companies and has a passion for leveraging her expertise to educate and inspire business owners, helping them to scale and grow. For New Entrepreneurs .

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The Virtue Of Patience

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Our portfolio company Duolingo is known for their super popular language learning app. According to Wikipedia over 300mm people all over the world have used Duolingo. Back in May 2014, Duolingo launched something called the Duolingo Test Center. The idea was to compete with expensive and inconvenient foreign language tests like TOEFL. It makes sense.

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Meet YC in São Paulo – Sept 14

Y Combinator

We’re excited to announce that YC will be visiting São Paulo on September 14. YC’s president Geoff Ralston, YC partner Kevin Hale and Director of Admissions Stephanie Simon will host a workshop and Startup School Meetup on September 14. At the workshop, you’ll hear what happens at Y Combinator, what we’ve learned from funding over 2,000 companies, and we’ll be joined by YC alumni who will talk about what it was like going from Brazil to YC.

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[Portfolio companies in TechNode] Uncertainty grows for international startups as US-China decoupling becomes a reality

OurCrowd

Arbe Robotics and Innoviz regularly appear in the media at the top of lists covering the most promising Israeli tech firms. Both make sensors and perception software for smart vehicles, yet they approach the Chinese market differently. Read more here. The post [Portfolio companies in TechNode] Uncertainty grows for international startups as US-China decoupling becomes a reality appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

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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So, your board is dysfunctional. What to do?

Berkonomics

It happens. Boards are elected by the shareholders, sometimes with preferred shareholders holding seats by right of their investment. In that instance, often the investor selects the board member and the CEO goes along with the choice, mostly out of having no alternative at the time. How the board can arrive at dysfunction. Then there comes the first – or better yet the fourth – meeting of the board following the appointment of a new member.

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[Influitive in PR Web] Influitive Responds to Growing Demand for Customer Advocacy Communities by Bolstering Leadership Team with New CMO and SVP of Sales

OurCrowd

Influitive Corporation—a provider of online community and customer advocacy software—today announced the appointment of Dan Cote as the company’s new Chief Marketing Officer, and Rob Merklinger, Senior Vice President of Sales. Read more here. The post [Influitive in PR Web] Influitive Responds to Growing Demand for Customer Advocacy Communities by Bolstering Leadership Team with New CMO and SVP of Sales appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Beyond Meat in PR Newswire] 7-Eleven Canada Introduces Beyond Meat® Pizza in Convenience Stores

OurCrowd

7-Eleven Canada has announced the launch of its Beyond Meat® Pizza to add to their existing Hot to Go menu. Packed with delicious 100% plant-based Italian Sausage Crumbles, Beyond Meat-lovers can now enjoy this pizza 24/7 at 7-Eleven Canada. Read more here. The post [Beyond Meat in PR Newswire] 7-Eleven Canada Introduces Beyond Meat® Pizza in Convenience Stores appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Sight Diagnostics in The Times of Israel] Startup’s blood testing device shifts focus from lab to doctor’s clinic

OurCrowd

Israeli startup Sight Diagnostics has developed a medical device that allows physicians and nurses to get results of a standard blood count test in 10 minutes from a drop of blood, without having to send the samples to a lab for processing. Read more here. The post [Sight Diagnostics in The Times of Israel] Startup’s blood testing device shifts focus from lab to doctor’s clinic appeared first on OurCrowd.