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How a Company Becomes a Pillar of Its Local Community

Revolution

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on October 3, 2022. Hill Street Studios/Getty Images There was never a guarantee that Detroit would become the Motor City. At the turn of the 20th century, any number of American municipalities with similar access to talent, materials, investment, and transportation might have emerged as the beating heart of the automobile industry.

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Nigerian proptech Spleet gets $2.6M led by MaC VC to scale its property management products

TechCrunch

For the average individual living in Lagos — Nigeria’s most populous city, with over 20 million people — apartment hunting is an extreme sport. Not only is rent expensive — low- to middle-income housing can cost between $1,000 and $5,000 yearly — but renters must also pay a year in advance, sometimes even two before moving in.

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Lesson #347: Do Not Apply a 'One-Size-Fits-All' Approach to Your Marketing

Red Rocket

A common mistake that many companies make is using a “one-size-fits-all” approach to its marketing efforts. Said another way, the company comes up with one marketing strategy, uses mass marketing techniques and the same messaging to everyone that sees its advertising. Yes, that is a simple approach, and saves you time and efforts required to customize your messaging to specific sub-audiences.

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GIC backs Indian EV startup Euler Motors in $60 million funding

TechCrunch

Euler Motors, an Indian startup that designs and builds commercial electric vehicles, has raised $60 million in a new funding round as it works to ramp up its production capacity and broaden its offerings. Singapore’s sovereign fund GIC led the New Delhi-headquartered startup’s Series C funding. Blume Ventures, Athera Venture Partners, QRG, ADB Ventures and Moglix also participated in the funding, which values Euler Motors at $200 million.

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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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10 Lessons I Wish I’d Learned Before 10+ Years of Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneur's Handbook

They have cost me hundreds of thousands to learn, but will increase your productivity, profitability, and rate of success Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Impact Hubs and their journey to Net Zero

Impact Hub

The journey to Net Zero is one that is walked collectively by Impact Hubs all over the globe; a journey that will allow us to ultimately co-exist and thrive with nature. Over the past few years, a few Impact Hubs have been leading the way to become Net Zero. . Their main strategy to achieve this goal was to categorise their emissions into Scope 1, 2, and 3 to be able to implement focused initiatives for each scope.

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Accel, BoxGroup, Cowboy Ventures, Pear VC and Yahoo to judge Startup Battlefield at Disrupt

TechCrunch

We’re less than a month away from TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco! Imagine a drumroll, folks, because we’re about to announce the last tranche of investors and thought leaders who will choose which outstanding startup takes the title of Startup Battlefield champion, along with the $100,000 prize and serious bragging rights. Improve your pitch: Startup Battlefield isn’t just thrilling to watch; it’s a masterclass in how investors think.

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Project to Professionalize Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Building Progresses

Ecosystem Builder Hub

The Ecosystem Building Leadership Project (EBLP) is an initiative to advance the entrepreneurship ecosystem building field of practice. It launched in March, and has made some significant progress over the past few months. The goal of EBLP is to collaboratively design, build, test, and validate a field-wide infrastructure that will accelerate adoption of ecosystem building as a practice in economic, community, workforce, and entrepreneurship development in the United States.

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Highnote launches a collaboration platform for musicians and podcasters offering voice notes, polls and more

TechCrunch

Highnote launched to the public today, allowing musicians, podcasters, and other creators to collaborate on audio files by recording voice notes directly over a track, making timestamped reactions, and creating polls to get opinions. Highnote also announced its pre-seed funding round of $1.7 million. The new platform aims to be a space for musicians, podcasters and their collaborators to listen to audio files and have conversations all in one place.

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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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Weekly 17: Rewire how you think about your business

Entrepreneur's Handbook

ICYMI: We’re holding another community event on Oct 11! Meet the team ( Dave Schools , Amardeep Parmar and Stephen Moore ) and top writers of Entrepreneur’s Handbook. Hear tips and stories about Medium. We will recognize top writers with four Writer Awards ($100 bonuses). And give away two courses worth a total of $400 to the most engaged attendees.

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Securiti launches data security cloud and announces $75M Series C

TechCrunch

The combination of rapid data growth and expanding data regulations like GDPR and CCPA is putting a lot of pressure on companies to figure out just what they have and provide the necessary controls that the evolving body of law requires. Enter Securiti , a startup launched in 2019, originally with the idea of focusing on one aspect of data control, data privacy.

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What I’ve Been Up To Lately

Andreessen Horowitz

An Internet news outlet is asking a lot of people I know, and some I don’t, what I’ve been up to lately. Lord knows what they’ll ultimately publish, so I thought I’d just write this instead. We are in my. … The post What I’ve Been Up To Lately appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Duolingo makes its first official acquisition, with more to come

TechCrunch

Duolingo has acquired its first startup, an animation studio that has created art for the language learning app and for Amazon, Dropbox, Spotify and Google. The startup, Gunner, is a Detroit-based business moving from just being a partner with Duolingo to a full-fledged part of the growing language learning business. Duolingo declined to reveal the terms of the deal including the purchase price; but considering the fact that the company went public last year, we’ll likely have the price of the d

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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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Are You a Victim of Quiet Quitting? Look in the Mirror for Answers.

Red Rocket

The past year brought about several post-Covid workforce trends. The first was the Great Resignation, with an estimated 20% of workers planning to quit their jobs in 2022. Most recently the topic of "quiet quitting" has made headlines — it's a concept popularized on TikTok wherein employees do their work but don't go above and beyond. To me, it's clear that these are both problems with the employers, not the employees.

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SingleStore raises $30M more to brings its database tech to new customers

TechCrunch

Months after bagging $116 million in an extension of its Series F round, database vendor SingleStore this week announced that it raised an additional $30 million from investors including Prosperity7, the venture arm of Saudi Aramco. The Series F — or “Series F-2,” technically — now stands at $146 million, bringing SingleStore’s total raised to $412 million (notwithstanding an as-yet unused $50 million credit line from Silicon Valley Bank).

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Removing a ‘once great’ leader

Mark MacLeod

The primary challenge and opportunity for the leaders of high growth companies is to always grow as fast as your company. Tobi Lutke, CEO of Shopify talks about having to re-qualify for his job every year. This is the right […].

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The Startup Battlefield 200: Education, security and space edition

TechCrunch

The collective creativity, ingenuity and technical prowess of the Startup Battlefield 200 presented by Capital Connect by JP Morgan is nothing short of amazing. Out of thousands of applications, only 200 early-stage startups made the final cut, and you’ll find all of them — and only them — exhibiting on the TechCrunch Disrupt show floor on October 18–20 in San Francisco.

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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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ARCADE2BIT, web3-based game platform and Kaching, the rising game NFT marketplace in Indonesia sign MOU

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register ARCADE2BIT, a Web3-based game platform based in Singapore that s publishing games in Southeast Asian countries, announced that they had signed an MOU with Indonesia’s game NFT marketplace, Kaching, on September 23rd. Also, they announced that they will make various cooperations with Kaching to bring a lot of Korean games successfully in Indonesian market.

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Why a Memphis VC is betting $52M on startups selling to complex orgs

TechCrunch

Ridgeline is a new VC firm that invests in B2B companies with a specific goal in mind: helping its portfolio companies sell to complex organizations that are hard to crack, but can be great customers if you break into them. The Memphis, Tennessee-based firm was started in 2020 by Ben Walker, Ryan Clinton and Andrew McMahon — three individuals who each know a thing or two about complicated entities that need better tech solutions from their time working in government orgs.

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My Dad Died. The Way I Think About What I Do Has Changed Forever.

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Don’t wait for a crisis to change your mindset Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Edtech market map, robotics fundraising, getting started with FinOps

TechCrunch

Some purchases provide near-instant time to value (TTV), like buying an umbrella on a rainy day or hiring a glazier to replace a broken window. Cybersecurity startups, however, often experience long TTV, as enterprise customers often require several sales calls and a bespoke onboarding process. To boost adoption and reduce churn, VC Ross Haleliuk shares four steps PLG cybersecurity companies can take to drive growth and reduce churn , along with multiple tactics that will help teams get started.

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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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Xembly raises cash to develop an AI assistant for corporate meetings

TechCrunch

Macroeconomic factors are placing pressure on companies to improve efficiency, and on employees and their managers to do more with less. Amidst all the challenges and tribulations, workers believe a large portion of their work week is unproductive, with the majority of respondents to a recent (2018) Intuit survey saying that they’d get more done with fewer meetings, for one — and with more sleep.

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Edtech’s honeymoon might be over, but expect a second boom

TechCrunch

Rhys Spence. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Rhys Spence is head of research at Brighteye Ventures, a European edtech-focused fund. More posts by this contributor. Despite creaky markets, European edtech is showing its resilience. European, North American edtech startups see funding triple in 2021. Carla Napoleão. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Carla Napoleão is an edtech analyst at Dealroom, where she is responsible for producing custom research related to edtech and global startup ecosystems.

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Humaans raises $15M to simplify HR tasks like onboarding

TechCrunch

The role of HR professionals grew in scope during the pandemic as companies were forced to navigate major workplace changes, like working from home. Unsurprisingly, those professionals have had some of the highest burnout rates over the past two years, particularly as HR departments remain under-resourced. According to an August survey from Workvivo , an employee collaboration app, 95% of HR workers say that they’ve felt overwhelmed in the last six months while 73% felt under-valued by the

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Slovenia’s Bunny.net raises a $6M round to offer a ‘developer-friendly’ CDN

TechCrunch

It might be a little early to say ‘look out Cloudflare!’ especially given it’s $20B valuation, but a Slovenian startup thinks the web security giant has missed a trick in the market, as developers become more ignored in favor of large corporate clients. Bunny.net has now raised a $6 million funding round led by Runa Capital and Capital Genetics to prove that if companies relying on only one provider is a mistake.

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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.