Tue.Jun 08, 2021

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Latest Update on the SBA Community Navigator Funding Opportunity

Source Link

The SourceLink team has kept a close eye out for updates since the U.S. Small Business Administration first released the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Community Navigator Pilot Program. The program aims to place significant financial resources into organizations that wish to be hubs or spokes of entrepreneurship support and ecosystem-building efforts in their communities—particularly those organizations with deep roots in targeting underserved communities.

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Market Wagon raises $5M in Series Seed Round

HPA

Hyde Park Angels participated in Market Wagon’s $5M Series Seed round, which was led by Hyde Park Venture Partners. This investment is focused on expanding Market Wagon’s presence to more than 50 markets by the end of the year. Market Wagon is an Indianapolis-based startup that is an online farmer’s market. By deploying an innovative direct supply chain, Market Wagon focuses on helping farmers get their products to local consumers.

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Terraformation gets $30M to fight climate change with rapid reforesting

TechCrunch

Every startup is trying to fix something but Terraformation is tackling the only problem that must matter to all of us: Climate change. This is why it’s in such a big huge hurry. Its mission — as a ‘forest tech’ startup — is to accelerate tree planting by applying a startup-y operational philosophy of scalability to the pressing task of rapidly, sustainably reforesting denuded landscapes — bringing back native trees species to revive former wastelands and shri

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Come Work at YC

Y Combinator

Y Combinator’s legal and software teams, and YC Continuity are hiring. Learn more about the open roles below: Legal Analyst : YC’s newly established Legal Analyst Program has two open positions, starting immediately. The roles are particularly well-suited for recent college graduates who are considering law school. We are especially interested in meeting candidates who are academically accomplished, team-oriented, self-motivated and who possess excellent organizational skills.

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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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business.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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AI pioneer Raquel Urtasun launches self-driving technology startup with backing from Khosla, Uber and Aurora

TechCrunch

One of the lingering mysteries from Uber’s sale of its Uber ATG self-driving unit to Aurora has been solved. Raquel Urtasun, the AI pioneer who was the chief scientist at Uber ATG , has launched a new startup called Waabi that is taking what she describes as an “AI-first approach” to speed up the commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles, starting with long-haul trucks.

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Founders must show investors that sustainability is more than lip service

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Todd Klein. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Todd Klein is a partner at Revolution Growth , a VC fund that invests in growth-stage companies. During his 20-year career, Todd has been involved in financing and building over 150 venture and growth-stage companies in the media, consumer, technology, education and healthcare sectors. Ending years of debates over environmental sustainability, the United States officially declared a climate crisis earlier this year, deeming climate considerations an “es

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Want Happier Customers? A Remote Workforce Could Be the Answer

StartupNation

Working remotely became a way of life in 2020. It went from a privilege that some had to a necessity for large swathes of the workforce. Research shows that more than half of the American workforce moved to remote work over the past year. But what now? As the world inches toward a form of normal we once took for granted, how will the remote workforce fit into the equation?

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A men’s brand, Faculty, launches with nail polish — and seed funding from Estee Lauder

TechCrunch

“It’s not a nail polish company,” says Fenton Jagdeo of Faculty , the startup he cofounded in 2019 with Umar ElBably. Though their Toronto-based company currently sells just three shades of nail polish along with some nail stickers — that’s it — the products are a wedge to something much larger, says Jagdeo. There will be merchandise, according to the former business management consultant.

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Les Brown – Convey With A Story. You’ll Always Win.

Smart Hustle Magazine

Les Brown is one of the all-time best motivational speakers to Fortune 500 CEOs, small business owners, non-profit and community leaders from all sectors of society looking to expand opportunity. I never understand why, until recently. I’ve never taken the time to listen to a Les Brown, talk. However, during Dave Kerpen ‘s Sunday Night Ask Me Anything event, I got to hear over an hour of insights from this master communicator.

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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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Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian is speaking at TechCrunch City Spotlight: Pittsburgh

TechCrunch

TechCrunch is thrilled to announce Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian is speaking at our Pittsburgh event on June 29. You can register here. It’s free to participate and hear President Jahanian’s interview. President Jahanian is an outspoken advocate for science and innovation, making him perfect to headline our event focused on startup activity in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

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7 Lessons I Learned From Spending a Day With a $700 Million Serial Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Who’s bought, sold, and built over 24+ companies and generated billions in sales. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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ISEE brings autonomy to shipping hubs with self-driving yard trucks

TechCrunch

Robotaxis may still be a few years out, but there are other industries that can be transformed by autonomous vehicles as they are today. MIT spin-off ISEE has identified one in the common shipping yard, where containers are sorted and stored — today by a dwindling supply of human drivers, but tomorrow perhaps by the company’s purpose-built robotic yard truck.

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I Used to Think Anyone Could Be an Entrepreneur?—?I Was Wrong

Entrepreneur's Handbook

“I wish I could do that too, but it’s just too hard.” 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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Blendoor data lets you know if companies are living up to diversity pledges

TechCrunch

Many companies talk the talk when it comes to diversity, but it’s harder to know if a firm is actually going the extra mile to hire more qualified people from underrepresented groups, or if they just make noise about it. Blendoor , a six-year-old startup, wants to put data to work on the problem by giving companies a score based on publicly available data to let the world know just how diverse a company actually is.

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Restaurant Business Forever Changed by the Pandemic (Episode 236)

StartupNation

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff discusses some major concerns that consumers have with the restaurant business going forward due to the pandemic. A new report from PYMENTS in collaboration with Paytronix finds that 27% of the population is concerned about spending money, and 39% are still worried about health issues related to COVID-19. Tune in to Business Beat, below, to learn more about how the restaurant business has been forever changed: “And if you want to stay in business today,

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EV startup Fisker sets moonshot goal of making a climate-neutral EV by 2027

TechCrunch

Electric vehicle startup Fisker Inc. has set a moonshot goal of creating its first climate-neutral car by 2027. Fisker has yet to bring a vehicle to market — climate neutral or not — making this an ambitious target. The all-electric Fisker Ocean SUV, which is still on track to go into production in November 2022, will not be climate neutral, according to CEO Henrik Fisker, who laid out the target as part of a broader update Tuesday to investors.

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Digital Asset Mining In New York State

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Digital Asset Mining is shorthand for “proof of work consensus validation of public blockchain infrastructure” Thankfully we have the shorthand. But it is important to understand what digital asset mining is. Public blockchains, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, store data securely but publicly in a cooperative ecosystem that is not controlled by any company or government.

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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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Croatia’s Gideon Brothers raises $31M for its 3D vision-enabled autonomous warehouse robots

TechCrunch

Proving that Central and Eastern Europe remains a powerhouse of hardware engineering matched with software, Gideon Brothers (GB), a Zagreb, Croatia-based robotics and AI startup, has raised a $31 million Series A round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), the venture and growth arm of Koch Industries Inc., with participation from DB Schenker, Prologis Ventures and Rite-Hite.

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[Stellar Cyber in IT Security Wire] Stellar Cyber Brings First Open XDR Platform to Ingram Micro Channel Partners

OurCrowd

Stellar Cyber, the innovator of Open XDR, the only intelligent, next-gen security operations platform, announced today it has expanded its channel market reach through a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc. The new go-to-market relationship amplifies Stellar Cyber’s presence within the U.S. IT channel for its innovative security operations platform.

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Lifted raises $6.2M Series A round led by Fuel Ventures for its long-term social care platform

TechCrunch

As people live longer and longer and have long-term health issues like cancer and dementia, caring for elderly relatives is becoming a huge societal and political issue. Right now this care is antiquated and run by incumbents, many of which still run off paper and Excel. We are now seeing a new wave of startups turn up to tackle this space by applying Apple’s age-old model of owning the experience end-to-end and running everything on a platform.

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How to Increase Sales using Email Marketing (YES!)

Smart Hustle Magazine

Surprisingly, email marketing is still relevant as one of the most effective tools in the digital arena. One might assume, in a world full of social media and ever-evolving platforms and apps, email marketing might have died years ago. However,as evident by the data , it is not going obsolete anywhere near soon. In this post, we will focus on one of the most important things that “email marketing” should do – increasing sales to unimaginable heights.

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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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BuyerAssist launches with $2M in funding to help B2B sales team keep their buyers engaged

TechCrunch

BuyerAssist founders Shyam HN, Amit Dugar and Shankar Ganapathy. Selling enterprise software is much more complicated than convincing a potential customer that your solution is the best and signing a contract. A recent Gartner study found that buying groups for B2B solutions can involve up to six to 10 decision makers, and that the majority of buyers said their most recent purchase was “very complex or difficult” as they came to a consensus while negotiating with vendors.

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How Their Childhood Dog Inspired Two Brothers to Create the Fastest-Growing Pet Company in America

Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

Chris Masanto discusses the creation and growth of Petlab Co, a direct-to-consumer pet supplement company.

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Kafene raises $14M to offer buy now, pay later to the subprime consumer

TechCrunch

The buy now, pay later frenzy isn’t going anywhere as more consumers seek alternatives to credit cards to fund purchases. And those purchases aren’t exclusive to luxuries such as Pelotons (ahem, Affirm) or jewelry someone might be treating themselves to online. A new fintech company is out to help consumers finance big-ticket items that are considered more “must have” than “nice to have.” And it’s just raised $14 million in Series A funding to help it advance on that goal

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[SmartAsset in CBS] Philadelphia Suburb Ranked Among Best Places To Retire In United States, Study Finds

OurCrowd

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — One of Philadelphia’s suburbs is among the best places to retire in the United States. SmartAsset ranked Media as the sixth-best city to retire in the country. Read more here. The post [SmartAsset in CBS] Philadelphia Suburb Ranked Among Best Places To Retire In United States, Study Finds 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.