Wed.Jan 13, 2021

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How e-commerce entrepreneurs can fight fraudulent actors

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Matt Shealy, president of ChamberofCommerce.com. In 2019, the United States’ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) received more than 650,000 reports of identity fraud. Of these, 45 percent stemmed from credit card fraud: Scammers opening up accounts or taking over accounts to make fraudulent purchases online. These are just the cases that were reported to the FTC.

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5 Things VC Associates Wish Founders Knew Before Their Call

Dream It

The venture capital screening call is an important step to get right in due diligence. To get to partners, often you’ll have to go through the associate first. In this Dreamit Dose, associates Alana Hill and I, Elliot Levy , offer five things we wish founders knew after screening over 1,000 startups in the last year.

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The Work-Life Balance Revolution

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Yesterday, I had a gap in the middle of the day. So the Gotham Gal and I took an hour-long walk with our dog Ollie. It cleared my head and when I got back to work, I was full of energy and clarity. I’ve been working exclusively from home since the end of November 2019 when we left NYC to go to LA. It has been a stretch of incredible productivity for me.

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What You Learn at a Startup that Grows from $0 to $2 Billion Valuation in 1 Year

Entrepreneur's Handbook

We were six people this time one year ago. No revenue. Now we’re 300 people, profitable, and just made a $250 million acquisition. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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Pace launches out of private beta with a plan to scale virtual group therapy

TechCrunch

One in five people have a mental health illness. Pace , a new startup founded by Pinterest and Affirm executives, wants to pay attention to the other four in that statistic. “Nobody is perfectly mentally healthy all the time,” said Jack Chou , Pace co-founder. “It’s a non-existent idea, everyone is sort of swimming in between being clinically mentally unhealthy and perfectly mentally happy.”.

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Numbers Protocol’s blockchain camera Capture App safeguards the integrity of photos

TechCrunch

The spread of misinformation and fake news online has a dangerous impact on public well-being. Misinformation is difficult to fight, and 73% of Americans surveyed by Pew Research ahead of the presidential election expressed little or no confidence in the ability of major tech companies to keep their platforms from being misused. The open-source Starling Framework for Data Integrity was launched to protect the veracity of online content using blockchain technology, creating “birth certificates” f

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3 ways to set up new senior-level hires for success in a hypergrowth start-up

Entrepreneur's Handbook

3 Ways to Set up New Senior-Level Hires for Success in a Hypergrowth Start-Up How we’re doing it at monday.com Created by the author Successfully retaining senior managers is challenging in hypergrowth start-ups like monday.com. While we always strive to promote people from within, we also need to look outside our organization for senior talent as we scale.

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Drata raises $3.2M for its compliance audit platform

TechCrunch

Drata , a startup that helps businesses get their SOC 2 compliance, today announced that it has raised a $3.2 million seed round led by Cowboy Ventures and that it is coming out of stealth. Other investors include Leaders Fund, SV Angel and a group of angel investors. Like similar services, Drata helps businesses automate a lot of the evidence collection as they prepare for a SOC 2 audit.

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Minority-Owned Small Businesses Especially Impacted by COVID-19, Can Get Free Help From SCORE

StartupNation

COVID-19 has had a major impact on U.S. small businesses, especially Main Street establishments, such as retail stores and restaurants. Recent data published in the “ SCORE Megaphone of Main Street: The Impact of COVID-19 ” data report suggests that while nearly every business has been impacted by the pandemic in some way, minority-owned small businesses, specifically Hispanic- and Black-owned businesses, have been disproportionately impacted due to numerous factors including more direct contact

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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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Openbase scores $3.6M seed to help developers find open source components

TechCrunch

Openbase founder Lior Grossman started his company the way that many founders do — to solve a problem he was having. In this case, it was finding the right open source components to build his software. He decided to build something to solve the problem, and Openbase was born. Today, the company announced a $3.65 million seed round led by Zeev Ventures with participation from Y Combinator and 20 individual tech industry investors.

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The Stock Market Crashed Shortly After I Invested $10,000: Here’s What I Learned

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Painful yet powerful lessons learned from a year of investing Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Human.ai nabs $3.2M seed to build personal intelligence platform

TechCrunch

The last we heard from Luther.ai, the startup was participating in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield in September. The company got a lot of attention from that appearance, which culminated in a $3.2 million seed round it announced today. While they were at it, the founders decided to change the company name to Human.ai , which they believe better reflects their mission.

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5 Lessons From the Guy Who Threw 55,000 Bitcoins Out the Window

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Malmi would’ve started 2021 with $2.2 Billion in his bank account Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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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Iziwork raises $43 million for its temporary work platform

TechCrunch

French startup Iziwork has raised a $43 million funding round. Cathay Innovation and Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund are participating in this funding round. The company has been building a platform focused on improving temporary employment. While it’s a relatively large funding round, the startup is quite young. It was founded in September 2018 and it has raised $68 million overall.

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[Kryon in Thomas] Kryon Wins 2021 BIG Innovation Award

OurCrowd

Automation leader recognized for innovative approach to Full-Cycle Automation, cloud-based delivery model. Read more here. The post [Kryon in Thomas] Kryon Wins 2021 BIG Innovation Award appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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UK on-demand supermarket Weezy raises $20M Series A led by NYC’s Left Lane Capital

TechCrunch

Weezy — an on-demand supermarket that delivers groceries in as fast as 15 minutes — has raised $20 million in a Series A funding led by New York-based venture capital fund Left Lane Capital. Also participating were U.K.-based fund DN Capital, earlier investors Heartcore Capital and angel investors, notably Chris Muhr, the Groupon founder. Although the company hasn’t made mention of a later U.S. launch, the presence of U.S. investors would tend to suggest that.

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[DarioHealth in PR Newswire] Diabetes and Behavioral Health Global Experts Join DarioHealth Scientific Advisory Board Expanding Innovation Leadership in Digital Therapeutics for Chronic Care D

OurCrowd

Dr. Marilyn Ritholz, psychologist at Joslin Diabetes Center, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, and Dr. David Horwitz, former Global Chief Medical Officer of Johnson and Johnson Diabetes Institute, will help guide strategic and development roadmap. Read more here. The post [DarioHealth in PR Newswire] Diabetes and Behavioral Health Global Experts Join DarioHealth Scientific Advisory Board Expanding Innovation Leadership in Digital Therapeutics for Chronic Care D appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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E-commerce optimization startup Tradeswell raises $15.5M

TechCrunch

After launching in October, Tradeswell is announcing today that it has raised $15.5 million in Series A funding. Co-founder and CEO Paul Palmieri previously led digital ad company Millennial Media (now owned by TechCrunch’s parent company Verizon Media), and he said the e-commerce market today is similar to the online ad market when he was leading Millennial — ready for more optimization and automation.

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How to Turn Your Side Hustle Into a Six-Figure Business

StartupNation

After the Great Recession, many individuals (including myself), started doing anything they could to make extra money. I went six months without a job in 2010, and in those six months, I Googled “how to write for money” and secured my first freelance client. Even after I secured regular employment, I kept freelance writing on the side. It was, in essence, my side hustle before side hustles were really a thing.

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Loop launches out of stealth to make auto insurance more equitable

TechCrunch

Car auto-insurance from legacy providers has structural bias built into it. It uses metrics such as credit score, income, marital status and education to figure out insurance rates, which eventually disproportionately hurts low-income individuals through high rates and low protection. Loop, co-founded by John Henry and Carey Anne Nadeau, hopes to launch an alternative model that is equitable for all communities.

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What Is Loss Leader Pricing? – Characteristics & Examples

Feedough

High competition has made it hard for businesses to sustain and thrive in the market for long. Besides marketing strategies, businesses today develop various predatory pricing strategies to attract more customers and increase sales. Sometimes, such pricing strategies can become so aggressive that the businesses even price their goods below the cost price to get more customers.

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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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Venture capitalists react to Visa-Plaid deal meltdown

TechCrunch

Congratulations, you’re no longer selling your company for billions of dollars! As strange as it sounds, that’s the leading perspective from venture capitalists concerning Plaid, now that its much-touted sale to Visa has fallen apart. The $5.3 billion deal would have seen banking API startup Plaid join consumer payments and credit giant Visa.

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: E-Commerce Success Tips (Episode 160)

StartupNation

As we know, the COVID crisis has dramatically increased the movement of businesses from a primary brick-and-mortar focus to the online world. There’s no doubt that e-commerce is where the action is today. Jason Junge, founder and CEO of PointerTop, a leading provider of online marketing and website sales conversion tools, shares how to best optimize your customer’s user experience by making it convenient and efficient.

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Zocdoc founder returns with Shadow, an app that finds lost dogs

TechCrunch

Every year, around 10 million pets go missing in the U.S., and millions of those end up in shelters where they aren’t always reunited with their owners, due to their lack of identification or a microchip. A new mobile app, Shadow , aims to tackle this problem by leveraging a combination of a volunteer network and A.I. technology to help dog owners, in particular.

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[JumpCloud in Fortune] The biggest unicorn in Europe

OurCrowd

JumpCloud, Denver, Colo.-based identity access company, raised another $25 million to its $100 million in Series E funding. BlackRock led the round and was joined by investors including H.I.G. Growth Partners, OurCrowd, and General Atlantic. Read more here. The post [JumpCloud in Fortune] The biggest unicorn in Europe appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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.