Revolution
AUGUST 8, 2023
In the following series, I’ll examine the current status of “work” and how it impacts lives — from where people are moving to how they are spending their time — and various business models that support these new habits. First up: Where are people spending their time now compared to pre-pandemic? For decades, most people’s existence revolved around a 9-to-5 workday with a lengthening two-way commute, (hopefully) bookended by some family time.
Paul G. Silva
AUGUST 8, 2023
A few years back Google published research on what made their teams thrive. By far the most important attribute was Psychological Safety. Psychological safety refers to an individual’s perception of the consequences of taking an interpersonal risk or a belief that a team is safe for risk taking in the face of being seen as ignorant, incompetent, negative, or disruptive.
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AsiaTechDaily
AUGUST 8, 2023
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Japan unveiled its latest development on its “Startup Development Five-year Plan” started in November 2022. The program comes through a collaboration with Kansai. The plan aims to boost the Japanese startup ecosystem by investing 10 trillion yen, creating 100,000 new startups, and nurturing 100 unicorns by 2027.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 8, 2023
Back in 2021 and early 2022, there was a flurry of VC interest in Southeast Asian investment apps. One of them was Singapore-based Endowus , which raised two rounds in rapid succession: a Series A in June 2021 followed just seven months later by $25.6 million in follow-on funding. Now two years later, despite a much different funding environment, especially for fintech startups , Endowus is announcing another round.
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.
Startup Blogpost
AUGUST 8, 2023
How to Lead Through Uncertainty and Change Navigating uncertainty and change is a common challenge for startup leaders. To shed light on this, we’ve gathered ten insightful strategies from CEOs and Founders. From embracing agility amidst market shifts to planning for the long game, these leaders share their experiences and lessons learned in successfully steering their startups through uncertain times.
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
AUGUST 8, 2023
No, entrepreneurship isn’t supposed to be like this.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 8, 2023
Rivian gained positive momentum in the second-quarter and beat Wall Street expectations as the company ramped up EV sales, narrowed losses, reduced costs and shored up its supply chain. The company struck a confident tone in its second-quarter earnings, which was released after markets closed Tuesday , even raising its production guidance for the year from 50,000 to 52,000 vehicles.
GCUC
AUGUST 8, 2023
From Ironman Training and Coworking: Harnessing the Power of Laser-Like Focus Guest post by Kane Willmott of IQOffices.com One late evening in May of 2021, I left my desk, where I had been sitting for.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 8, 2023
Sendy , a Kenyan logistics startup that enabled retailers to purchase FMCGs directly from manufacturers, among other services, is shutting down its operations and exploring a sale of its assets, TechCrunch has learned. Meshack Alloys, Sendy co-founder, confirmed the sale to TechCrunch without offering more details, saying: “We are in the middle of an acquisition process.
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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.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
AUGUST 8, 2023
There are too many shiny distractions that burn a hole in your pocket and leave you with skid marks Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »
TechCrunch
AUGUST 8, 2023
Sanjay Aggarwal Contributor Share on Twitter Sanjay Aggarwal is a venture partner at F-Prime Capital focused on frontier technology investment opportunities. Throughout the late 2010s and early 2020s, the autonomous vehicle industry captured the imagination of the startup community and the public. However, the category’s meteoric rise preceded an even more meteoric fall over the last 18 to 24 months.
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 8, 2023
Everyone starts their fundraising the same way: 1) Open a shared Google Sheet. 2) List all the VCs you've ever heard of. 3) Ask a bunch of people who they know. 4) Find out very quickly this isn't very effective. First off, most people in the world can't name any VCs. I suppose if you're reading this post, you can name at least one--but I'm not even active anymore, so even if you could name a few, you might quickly find you have a relevancy problem.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 8, 2023
It wasn’t the first, but for more than 10 years, Kickstarter has been synonymous with crowdfunding. We’re excited to announce that CEO Everette Taylor will join us on the Hardware Stage , September 21, at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. In a session called “Crowdfunding the Future,” we’ll discuss Taylor’s vision for the company.
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OurCrowd
AUGUST 8, 2023
Greenlight Financial Technology has long provided financial education and debit cards to its child and teen customers since 2014; however, today the company launched the Greenlight Family Cash Mastercard to help those same customers build their credit before they reach adulthood. Read more here.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 8, 2023
Social app IRL shut down in June, but SoftBank — which led the platform’s $170 million Series C in 2021 — is now suing the company for $150 million. IRL told the world it had 20 million monthly active users, but an internal investigation later revealed that 95% of them were fake. According to SoftBank, those “impressive user numbers” encouraged them to invest, hence the fraud lawsuit.
OurCrowd
AUGUST 8, 2023
Jumpcloud inc. today announced that Midsize Enterprise Services (MES), a brand of the channel company , has recognized JumpCloud on its 2023 mes midmarket 100 list.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 8, 2023
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said today that the company had made an existential business decision in 2018 that few realized would redefine its future, and help redefine an evolving industry.
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OurCrowd
AUGUST 8, 2023
The post [ReWalk in GlobeNewsWire] ReWalk Robotics to acquire AlterG; acquisition builds commercial scale and accelerates path to profitability appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 8, 2023
Verizon dropped hundreds of millions on BlueJeans at the height of the pandemic lockdowns. Three years and some change later, the lesser-known video-conferencing app is done for, the telecom giant told users today. In a mass email, Verizon wrote that it “made the difficult decision to sunset our suite of BlueJeans products.” 9to5Google first reported the news. ( Verizon is TechCrunch’s former parent company.
Hunter Walk
AUGUST 8, 2023
Ok, this is the “For VCs, There’s More Pain Coming” post that I promised earlier (while also suggesting it’s actually a GREAT time to start a company). Obvious caveats to my POV here, most specifically: exposure is limited to largely the US/SiliconValley ecosystem, driven by our own portfolio, my friends and co-investors, the funds I’m a LP in, and our institutional LP relationships.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 8, 2023
WeWork is struggling to survive in a post-pandemic world. In announcing its earnings today, the flexible space provider said that “substantial doubt exists about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.” WeWork has faced a number of challenges for years now, and with so many companies abandoning office space and more people being able to work remotely, demand for its co-working spaces has steadily declined over time.
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OurCrowd
AUGUST 8, 2023
The post [Airobotics in Unmanned Airspace] Airobotics and Saudi Excellence open local office to support development of drone infrastructure appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 8, 2023
Lyft has been cutting fares in order to secure more riders, and it’s working. But that success has come with a (literal) cost. The ride-hail company reported Tuesday during its second quarter 2023 earnings an increase in riders and decrease in revenue per active rider. That discrepancy was fueled by a decision by the company to “price in line with the market,” according to CEO David Risher.
OurCrowd
AUGUST 8, 2023
The post [Arcadia in The Business Wire] Standard Solar acquires Community Solar Project from New Columbia Solar; bolsters ownership portfolio in Maryland appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 8, 2023
Micromax Informatics once had a firm grip on the local mobile phone market in India, for a time passing stalwarts like Samsung, icons like Apple and many more to be the biggest handset maker of them all. But a mix of stronger (and cheaper) competition, coupled with the rapid pace of technology development and the ongoing market slowdown , have left it spinning.
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