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5 ways to convert digital customers to a sale this Black Friday (and every day)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

With many brick-and-mortar stores closed this Black Friday, businesses are gearing up for a digital shopping weekend unlike any in previous years. . Black Friday holds additional pressure—and opportunity—this year after the challenges many small businesses have experienced due to the pandemic. Traffic to the top 100 shopping sites increased by 137 percent on 2019 Black Friday and companies will be looking to capitalise on this surge in traffic and convert customers to make a sale.

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Tiger Global invests in India’s Unacademy at $2 billion valuation

TechCrunch

Unacademy, an online learning platform in India, has added two more marquee investors to its cap table. The Bangalore-based startup, which focuses on K-12 online education, said on Wednesday it has raised new funds from Tiger Global Management and Dragoneer Investment Group. The funding round, which is between $75 million to $100 million in size (according to a person familiar with the matter; Unacademy has not disclosed the figure), valued the four-and-a-half-year-old startup at $2 billion, up

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How a Merger of Salesforce and Slack Would Change the SaaS Landscape

Tomasz Tunguz

The rumor mill churns with whispers Salesforce will acquire Slack. This combination would be strategic for both involved for three reasons. First, Salesforce and Slack share Microsoft as their most significant competitor. Microsoft Teams' rapid assault and consequent market power into the corporate instant messaging market transformed the market dynamics in less than 12 months.

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Enterprise investor Jason Green on SPAC hopefuls versus startups bound for traditional IPOs

TechCrunch

Jason Green has a pretty solid reputation as venture capitalists go. The enterprise-focused firm he co-founded 17 years ago, Emergence Capital , has backed Saleforce, Box and Zoom, among many other companies, and even while every firm is now investing in software-as-a-service startups, his remains a go-to for many top founders selling business products and services.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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.

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6 Recession-Proof Side Hustles You Can Start Today to Bring in Extra Cash

StartupNation

With all of the economic changes underway, you’ve probably been experiencing plenty of uncertainty recently. However, there’s still hope for aspiring entrepreneurs, as the side hustle scene is alive and well. In fact, it’s thriving! StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here. If you’re interested in testing the entrepreneurial waters, consider the following recession-proof side hustles that you can start today: Become a virtual assistant.

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The 5 Lessons I Learned From a NY Times Bestseller and Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur's Handbook

A twenty-minute interview with Peter Shankman that provided a lifetime’s worth of lessons Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Cast.ai nabs $7.7M seed to remove barriers between public clouds

TechCrunch

When you launch an application in the public cloud, you usually put everything on one provider, but what if you could choose the components based on cost and technology and have your database one place and your storage another? That’s what Cast.ai says that it can provide, and today it announced a healthy $7.7 million seed round from TA Ventures, DNX, Florida Funders and other unnamed angels to keep building on that idea.

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Form D: Often Forgotten, Never Optional

The Seraf Compass

When you are a mentor or board director to a company just finishing raising a round, it is tempting to take a breath and do a few high fives. But before you do, make sure someone has made the Form D filing with the federal and state securities regulators. This mandatory set of filings is very easy to do, but also very easy to forget.

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Remote-controlled delivery carts are now working for the local Los Angeles grocer

TechCrunch

Robots are no longer the high-tech tools reserved for university labs, e-commerce giants and buzzy Silicon Valley startups. The local grocer now has access too. Tortoise, the one-year-old Silicon Valley startup known for its remote repositioning electric scooters, has taken its tech and adapted it to delivery carts. The company recently partnered with online grocery platform Self Point to provide neighborhood stores and specialty brand shops with electric carts that — with help from remote teleo

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

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.

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How To Start a Company With Your Spouse And Save Your Marriage

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Building a business together — when done correctly — can create closeness rather than resentment. Here’s how. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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As e-bikes boom, FuroSystems raises its first venture funding round ahead of a new model launch

TechCrunch

With COVID-19 making commuters switch to bikes, and cities wanting cleaner air, the e-bike revolution is only just getting started. Further evidence of this is the news that today British e-bike manufacturer FuroSystems has closed its first institutional venture funding round of £750,000 with participation by TSP Ventures and European impact investment bank ClearlySo , as well as a number of angel investors.

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Exposure Notification Express

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I have New York State’s exposure alerting app on my phone and check it every day. It gives me great statistics about what is going on in my location. You can download it here for iOS and Android. It will also notify me if anyone who is using the app and has been with me gets Covid. I have not gotten any alerts in the month or two since I have had it on my phone.

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Join us for a live Q&A with Sapphire’s Jai Das on Tuesday at 2 pm ET/11 am PT

TechCrunch

Sure, we’re heading into a holiday weekend here in America, but that doesn’t mean that the good ship TechCrunch is going to slow down. We’re diving right back in next week with another installment in season two of Extra Crunch Live , our regular interview series with startup founders, venture capitalists, and other leaders from the technology community.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

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.

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7 Holiday Shipping Tips and Tricks for Online Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

The holiday season is often a busy time for entrepreneurs. With customers buying a tremendous number of gifts, business owners are likely feeling the stress of the shopping rush, and they want their items to arrive on time and in pristine condition. And this year, the pandemic has made online sales even more important for e-commerce entrepreneurs: about 75 percent of those surveyed in a recent Accenture study said they plan to do at least some holiday shopping online, while 43 percent said they

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WeGift, the ‘incentive marketing’ platform, collects $8M in new funding

TechCrunch

WeGift , the London-based startup that has built an “incentive marketing” platform that lets businesses easily issue e-gift cards and other digital rewards to customers, has raised $8 million in new funding. Dubbed a Series A extension, the round is led by AlbionVC. Existing investors including Stride.vc, SAP.iO fund and Unilever Ventures also followed on.

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[data.world in Database Trends and Applications] How to Create a Data-Driven Culture

OurCrowd

At Data Summit Connect Fall 2020, Jon Loyens, co-founder of Data World, explored the question of what creates a data-driven culture and offered ips on how to build one. According to Loyens, a data-driven culture uses the data assets and the ecosystem that they’ve built around it analytics really effectively to drive decisions. Read more here. The post [data.world in Database Trends and Applications] How to Create a Data-Driven Culture appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Insurtech’s big year gets bigger as Metromile looks to go public

TechCrunch

In the wake of insurtech unicorn Root’s IPO, it felt safe to say that the big transactions for the insurance technology startup space were done for the year. After all, 2020 had been a big one for the broad category, with insurtech marketplaces raising lots, rental insurance startup Lemonade going public , Root itself debuting even more recently on the back of its automotive insurance business, a big round to help Hippo keep building its homeowners company and more.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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[Beyond Meat in Fortune] Why Beyond Meat’s CEO chose to fight climate change by going into business

OurCrowd

Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown wasn’t sure what he wanted to do with his life when he was in college. But after a conversation with his dad, he realized that the biggest problem facing the world was climate change, and that the contributions made by a musician or doctor in an environmentally unstable world would be weakened. Read more here. The post [Beyond Meat in Fortune] Why Beyond Meat’s CEO chose to fight climate change by going into business appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Coinbase disables margin trading following guidance from Commodity Futures Trading Commission

TechCrunch

Just a few months after launching margin trading on Coinbase Pro, the company is disabling the feature. Margin trading lets you trade on leverage. But it works both ways — margin trading lets you multiply your gains and your losses. Starting on November 25, 2pm PT, users won’t be able to place new margin trades. Existing margin positions will expire over the coming days and weeks.

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur with Mike Morse (Episode 148)

StartupNation

On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff features Mike Morse, founder of Mike Morse Law Firm , the largest personal injury law firm in Michigan. In the segment below, Morse shares why everyone has to look at their entity like a true business, and how he’s learned to work on rather than in his business: For more information on Mike Morse, visit: Mike Morse ’s Bestselling Book For Law Firm Owners.

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[Klook in Web in Travel] FIVE TOURS & ACTIVITIES OPERATORS ANNOUNCED AS BOOKING PARTNERS FOR SINGAPORE’S DOMESTIC TOURISM CAMPAIGN

OurCrowd

FIVE operators ­– Changi Travel Services, Klook, Trip.com, GlobalTix, Traveloka have been named as authorised booking partners for Singapore Tourism Board’s SingapoRediscovers Vouchers (SRV) scheme following a competitive tender which closed early October. Read more here. The post [Klook in Web in Travel] FIVE TOURS & ACTIVITIES OPERATORS ANNOUNCED AS BOOKING PARTNERS FOR SINGAPORE’S DOMESTIC TOURISM CAMPAIGN appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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How To Package & Price Embedded Analytics

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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Customer Retention Rate: What Is It & How To Calculate It?

Feedough

The economics of modern businesses like telecom, insurance, SAAS and other subscription-based businesses differs considerably from businesses operating on traditional business models. These businesses only work well when customers stay with them for an extended period paying recurring costs. In simple terms, customer retention is the key to modern business survival.

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[DailyPay in QSR Magazine] Fazoli’s Adds DailyPay Option for Employees

OurCrowd

For the first time, Fazoli’s hourly restaurant team members no longer have to wait until pay day to access and spend their earnings. Read more here. The post [DailyPay in QSR Magazine] Fazoli’s Adds DailyPay Option for Employees appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[Highcon in Globes] Two more tech cos file for TASE IPOs

OurCrowd

Aquarius Engines hopes to raise $65 million and Highcon Systems is trying to raise $45 million. Read more here. The post [Highcon in Globes] Two more tech cos file for TASE IPOs appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[Nexa3D in ICN] Nexa3D unveils xCE-White for 20X faster production of parts and injection molding tools

OurCrowd

Nexa3D, the maker of ultrafast polymer production 3D printers, announced the immediate availability of a new photoplastic material called xCE-White, a functional polymer for producing end-use plastic parts and injection molding tools in minutes. xCE-White is the fastest single cure material in the company’s portfolio to date, helping deliver 20X productivity increases in AM and boasting high flexural strength comparable only to dual cure cyanate esters.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.