Wed.Sep 07, 2022

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Defining Priorities: When Fatherhood and Entrepreneurship Collide

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Dhiren Harchandani , an EO UAE member who is a transformation architect, speaker, author, and endurance athlete with over 2,500 hours of coaching experience. He’s the creator of several personal development programs designed to transform each area of life: Superhuman Journey, Master Your Inner Game, Guided Forgiveness, and Recode your Thoughts.

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500 Founders: Luke Campbell, Marta Meszaros, Andy Bowie & Abbe Hyde

NZ Entrepreneur

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Luke Campbell – Cofounder. Vxt. “Startup founders should connect with other founders at similar stages to them, and ones who are a few steps ahead.”.

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Foundations for Successful Fintech Infrastructure (and Several Tradeoffs to Consider)

Andreessen Horowitz

Over the past several years, the field of fintech infrastructure has exploded with venture capital investment and entrepreneurial attention. Between the emergence of Stripe, Plaid, and other category-defining decacorns; the continued launches of financial services offerings from non-banks like Apple … The post Foundations for Successful Fintech Infrastructure (and Several Tradeoffs to Consider) appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Muck Rack, the journalist database, raises $180M in its first outside funding

TechCrunch

For any journalist who has ever googled their name, or for anyone else who have ever googled a journalist’s name, there is a good chance that one of the top hits will be for Muck Rack , a database that trawls social media, online publications, and other expanses of the internet to compile lists of people, and what they cover and where, a tool used by public relations pros, marketers, and others who want to find and connect with them.

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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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Meet the YC Summer 2022 Batch

Y Combinator

For the first time since the Winter 2020 batch, the Summer 2022 batch was in person. The batch kicked off with an in-person retreat followed by weekly meetups in San Francisco and around the world. And soon after Demo Day, we’re hosting an end-of-batch celebration with the entire YC community. The program was still remote friendly with office hours and batch talks online, but we encouraged all teams who could to move to the Bay Area to participate.

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6 Crucial Key Competencies Every Entrepreneur Needs to Master Now

Entrepreneur's Handbook

If you haven’t mastered every single one of these 6 crucial skills, you may be compromising your startup’s future and success. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Countdown Capital raises $15 million to back the next industrial revolution

TechCrunch

In a time when most VCs are acting more cautiously and placing focus on companies with a quick path to profitability, Countdown Capital is instead going all in on hard-to-build, capital-intensive bets. Firm founder Jai Malik told TechCrunch that despite the harder road, these companies may be better bets in the long run. Countdown Capital raised $15 million for its second fund to back companies looking to “rebuild the American industrial base,” Malik said.

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Challenges With The Lean Startup Methodology

Reforge

Table of Contents Challenge #1: The Lean Startup encourages agnostic experimentation instead of starting with a compelling strategy. Challenge #2: The Lean Startup’s focus on MVPs leads to failing too fast. Challenge #3: The Lean Startup leads to incremental products. Challenge #4: The Lean Startup overemphasizes a focus on product over deliberate growth.

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Josys secures $32M Series A for its SaaS management platform 

TechCrunch

Corporations have been dealing with IT operations and security management since the coronavirus pandemic that has changed the way in which people work — remote or hybrid work — and accelerated the market opportunity. Josys , spun off from its parent company Raksul last year, launched its automated management IT devices and SaaS application in September 2021 that reduces IT operation costs and enhances security systems.

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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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SOSV’s Orbit Startups names 10 firms for inaugural cohort

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Orbit Startups , the new accelerator program from venture firm SOSV , has announced a cohort of 10 startups chosen for its inaugural launch. Each of the startups received initial funding of about $180,000 along with an intensive program that supports their growth across emerging and frontier markets.

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Here’s where YC’s latest batch of founders are placing fintech bets

TechCrunch

Y Combinator’s latest cohort of founders have opinions on the future of fintech. One-fifth of the accelerator’s Summer 2022 batch , which spans 240 companies, is working on solving issues in the financial space. The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete.

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The Simple Sales Skills I Wish I Had at the Start of My Online Journey

Entrepreneur's Handbook

“They covered my mouth with duct tape” Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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PolyAI lands $40M to handle contact center calls automatically

TechCrunch

Is it possible to build a voice assistant for the call center that can pick up on indirect questions to figure out the best time to hand calls over to a human? That depends on how high the bar’s set. Generally speaking, customers don’t look forward to any automated experiences over the phone, which means voice assistants have to go the extra mile to create goodwill.

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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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Unicorn India Ventures leads $4m Series A funding in retail tech startup Daalchini

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indian retail tech startup Daalchini has raised $4 million in a Series A funding round, the largest in this round in the smart vending segment, led by Unicorn India Ventures. The funding round was also backed by existing investors such as Artha Venture Fund, former Dominos India CEO Ajay Kaul, and VSS Investco.

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Polychain puts its money on HotStreak to streamline sports betting using blockchain

TechCrunch

In the world of sports betting, instant payments and reliable custody are key to the user experience. HotStreak , a web3 platform for daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests, is wagering that the decentralized nature of the blockchain makes it an ideal solution for DFS platforms. The sports betting market in the US has grown rapidly as states begin loosening regulations around the industry.

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How can I sell my cooked food from home and make an extra income?

Founder Bounty

There are a number of ways you can start making money and passive income cooking from your kitchen with platforms like Chefr that allow you to sell your food from home and get it picked up with delivery. You have to make sure have the correct licenses (which is pretty easy to do) To sell your food from home Make sure you have the correct licenses In the Uk, you need to have the FSA licenses and in the USA (You can obtain a food vendor's license application from your local health department,

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Hebbia raises $30M to launch an AI-powered document search tool

TechCrunch

Hebbia , a startup developing AI-infused search tools, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Index Ventures with participation from Radical Ventures. Of note, among the investors was Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang (full disclosure: Yahoo! is TechCrunch’s parent company) and Raquel Urtasun, a former head of AI research at Uber.

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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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On-chain trusted setup ceremony

Andreessen Horowitz

… The post On-chain trusted setup ceremony appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Localyze, a SaaS for staff relocation, gets $35M as it gears up for US launch

TechCrunch

Hamburg-based Localyze is gearing up to launch in North America in the coming months — powered by a fresh raise of $35 million in Series B funding that’s being announced today, a little over a year after it disclosed a $12M Series A. The Series B is led by US VC fund, General Catalyst. Other investors in the round include Visionaries Club, Web Summit Fund and Frontline Ventures, along with Job van der Voort (CEO of Remote) and the founding team at Taxdoo.

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This Entrepreneur's Wellness Tech Platform Was Inspired By His Grandma's Garden

Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

Michael Heinrich, CEO and founder of Garten, discusses the launch and growth of this powerful wellness platform.

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Edda wants to be the Bloomberg Terminal for private markets

TechCrunch

Anyone who has worked in a role even tangentially connected to the public markets will at least have heard of Bloomberg Terminal , an industry standard platform used by professionals to gain real-time data and insights into the financial markets. Indeed, Bloomberg Terminal is an incredibly useful — if expensive — tool for traders, brokers, analysts and others concerned with the public markets.

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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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Doing more with less

Mark MacLeod

All markets are cyclical. They go up and down. Expand and contract. The startup funding market is no exception. After the longest bull run on record, CEOs got used to a world where capital felt free. It was abundantly available […].

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Carbyne snaps up $56M to speed up emergency services

TechCrunch

Emergency services, long run on legacy platforms, are now getting a big boost of technology, and today one of the bigger players in that space is announcing a round of funding to better target the opportunity. Carbyne , a startup that designs systems used by emergency services to handle calls for medical, public safety, transportation and other urgent needs, has raised $56 million — a Series C that’s coming on the heels of the company growing revenues 400% in the last year.

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HK’s Wada Bento raises $2.8m for bento machine that delivers meals in 17 seconds

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Wada Bento is a Hong Kong-startup that has developed a bento machine that provides quick meal delivery in 17 seconds. And investors are excited at its potential. The startup said it has raised HK$22 million (about $2.8 million) in pre-Series A funding from a host of investors, including Golden Resources Development Limited, Cyberport Macro Fund, EthAum Capitals in Singapore, Hong Kong

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Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 1

TechCrunch

Y Combinator is back, this time with a slightly smaller batch of startups. Still, the massive accelerator has two days’ worth of upstart tech companies to show off. TechCrunch is tuned in, as always, and in keeping with our historical coverage, we compiled a list of our favorites from the first day’s pitches. For more on Y Combinator’s latest batch, TechCrunch examined the cohort’s diversity makeup , looked into fintech bets from the group , and examined what’s going on in seed-stage crypt

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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.