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When is the Right Time to Launch Your Business?

StartupNation

If you’ve ever aspired to start your own business, you know how exciting the idea can be. It’s easy to get carried away thinking about all of the possibilities of a business you’re passionate about, and how you can develop that business to make those aspirations of running your own company a reality. But smart entrepreneurs know that starting and running a successful business takes a lot more than just a great idea and enthusiasm.

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Address cybersecurity challenges before rolling out robotic process automation

TechCrunch

Alan Radford. Contributor. Alan Radford is regional CTO of One Identity and has a passion for helping organizations solve unique challenges in the identity and access management space. Robotic process automation (RPA) is making a major impact across every industry. But many don’t know how common the technology is and may not realize that they are interacting with it regularly.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten VC

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. . We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.

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How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

TechCrunch

According to Startup Genome , Beijing, London, Silicon Valley, Stockholm, Tel Aviv are some of the world’s best startup ecosystems. The data and research organisation uses factors like performance, capital, market reach, connectedness, talent, and knowledge to produce its rankings. Startup ecosystems from emerging markets excluding China and India didn’t make the organisations’ top 40 list last year.

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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 iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten VC

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? Well, we learn to invest exclusively in men, preferably white or Asian. . We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.

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Five Tips to Activate New Angel Investors

Angel Capital Association

By: Amy Duncan, Fund Manager - San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC) III The number of accredited angel investors in the U.S. has held steady at around 300,000 for the last ten years. Based on the definition of an accredited angel of a net worth of $1 million or more, the potential number of angel investors could be up to four million. As angels are typically characterized as making individual investments between $25,000-500,000 in early-stage companies, it’s likely that many who are qualified have

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YC-backed Pangea discusses growth, fundraising ahead of demo day

TechCrunch

Pangea , a marketplace startup that wants to connect college freelancers and companies in need of digital help, is seeing its growth rate accelerate as it races toward the impending Y Combinator demo day. It’s traditional around this time that startups in the accelerator reach out to say hello. Provided that they are willing to chat growth metrics, we’re willing to listen.

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Learnings From Being The Only Non-Technical Co-Founder

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Yes, you can still be of value to your more technical folk Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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How Rani Therapeutics’ robotic pill could change subcutaneous injection treatment

TechCrunch

A new auto-injecting pill might soon become a replacement for subcutaneous injection treatments. The idea for this so-called robotic pill came out of a research project around eight years ago from InCube Labs —a life sciences lab operated by Rani Therapeutics Chairman and CEO Mir Imran, who has degrees in electrical and biomedical engineering from Rutgers University.

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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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How to Make an Electrifying Job Description in Only 3 Sentences

Entrepreneur's Handbook

A simple yet remarkably useful recipe for elevator small talk and impressing clients Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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The technology selloff is getting to be somewhat material

TechCrunch

Tech stocks are getting hammered today, with previously high-flying shares of software companies taking even more damage. For a sector that has enjoyed a year in the sun , recent trading sessions have punctured a period of market adoration. It is too soon to say that the market is repricing tech stocks, but the selloff has reached the point of materiality and is therefore something we need to note.

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How to expand your business and go global with the largest cross-border e-commerce platform

Smart Hustle Magazine

If you run a profitable business and you’re looking to expand, how about going global? Have you considered it? . While several businesses might be in that stage where they’re ready to go international, the thought might be daunting. How do you start and what if things don’t go according to plan? These are common concerns, however, it might be easier to delve into it than you think.

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A first look at Coursera’s S-1 filing

TechCrunch

After TechCrunch broke the news yesterday that Coursera was planning to file its S-1 today, the edtech company officially dropped the document Friday evening. Coursera was last valued at $2.4 billion by the private markets, when it most recently raised a Series F round in October 2020 that was worth $130 million. Coursera’s S-1 filing offers a glimpse into the finances of how an edtech company, accelerated by the pandemic, performed over the past year.

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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 to Run an Online Course Business with Over 1,000 Students

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Lessons from failing miserably and succeeding wildly Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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SoftBank makes mountains of cash off of human laziness

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. It was yet another crazy week, but did our best to get through as much of it as we could. Here’s the rundown, in case you are reading along with us!

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Putting clichés into action: What I learned on an EO Forum retreat

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Damon Finaldi, an EO New Jersey member and president of Tele-Data Solutions. When it comes to leadership training, you hear a lot of clichés: To achieve success, everyone must row in the same direction. To arrive at your destination, you have to know the direction you’re headed. If you don’t know your destination, you can’t make an effective plan to get there.

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Early-stage investor Mayfield shows how to scale up your biotech startup at TC Early Stage in April

TechCrunch

Founders in the earliest stages of startup life face a hefty learning curve. Just some of the core competencies you need to lock down include how to raise VC funding, recruiting the right people, finding product-market fit and building a killer go-to-market team. The list goes on and on…and on. You’ll learn about all those topics and more at TechCrunch Early Stage Operations & Fundraising taking place on April 1-2. .

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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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Funding Friday: Watch Now From Kickstarter

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

My normal practice on Fridays is to post a Kickstarter project that I have backed that I think is interesting and that others might want to back. But today, I want to talk about Kickstarter’s Watch Now on iTunes offering. If you are like us and have watched so much TV during the pandemic that you are now struggling to find new things to watch, click on over to Watch Now and find amazing independent films that were funded on Kickstarter and are available to watch on iTunes.

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Deep Science: AI adventures in arts and letters

TechCrunch

There’s more AI news out there than anyone can possibly keep up with. But you can stay tolerably up to date on the most interesting developments with this column, which collects AI and machine learning advancements from around the world and explains why they might be important to tech, startups or civilization. To begin on a lighthearted note: The ways researchers find to apply machine learning to the arts are always interesting — though not always practical.

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Power of Social Media Storytelling at Smart Hustle Marketing Conference 2021

Smart Hustle Magazine

Social media stories are a powerful tool to connect with prospects and customers on a deeper level. This is because good social media stories evoke emotions, inspire actions, add value, and connect with our memory. However, telling captivating social media stories is a challenging task because you have to grab your audience’s attention in just a few seconds.

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Eco raises $26M in a16z-led round to scale its digital cryptocurrency platform

TechCrunch

‍Eco, which has built out a digital global cryptocurrency platform, announced Friday that it has raised $26 million in a funding round led by a16z Crypto. Founded in 2018, the SF-based startup’s platform is designed to be used as a payment tool around the world for daily-use transactions. The company emphasizes that it’s “not a bank, checking account, or credit card.”.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Definition, Roles, & Responsibilities

Feedough

Think about how one instantly associates Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon with Jeff Bezos. They are their respective companies’ faces, and they approve every major decision that the company announces. Being the chief executive officer or the CEO, these individuals set the vision and lead the company. The CEO is the highest-ranking individual in a company making up the corporate ladder’s top rung.

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How and when to hire your first product manager

TechCrunch

In the world of early-stage startups, job titles are often a formality. In reality, each employee may handle a dozen responsibilities outside their job description. The choose-your-own-adventure type of work style is part of the magic of startups and often why generalists thrive here. However, as a company progresses and the team grows, there comes a time when a founder needs to carve out dedicated roles.

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Chief Executive Officer (CTO) – Definition, Roles, & Responsibilities –

Feedough

Think about how one instantly associates Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon with Jeff Bezos. They are their respective companies’ faces, and they approve every major decision that the company announces. Being the chief executive officer or the CEO, these individuals set the vision and lead the company. The CEO is the highest-ranking individual in a company making up the corporate ladder’s top rung.

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Dan Siroker’s new startup Scribe automates Zoom note-taking

TechCrunch

Optimizely co-founder Dan Siroker said the idea for his new startup Scribe goes back to a couple of personal experiences — and although Scribe’s first product is focused on Zoom, those experiences weren’t Zoom-related at all. Instead, Siroker recalled starting to go deaf and then having an “epiphany” the first time he put in a hearing aid, as he recovered a sense he thought he’d lost. “That really was the spark that got me thinking about other opportunities to

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.