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This startup summer could be blistering

TechCrunch

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch , but free, and made for your weekend reading. . Ready? Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. The startup world could be in for a busy summer. Today the economy is improving. Unemployment is falling , while interest rates are staying low.

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A Founder’s Guide to Landing an Enterprise Contract

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Follow these strategies to cut through red tape and increase the odds of a successful corporate partnership Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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The Three Lanes of NYC Mayoral Election Traffic

This is going to be BIG.

I made the mistake of trying to build a ranked-choice voting election model for the NYC Mayoral Race this weekend. To quote Facebook, “It’s complicated.”. That being said, it’s an exercise that forces you down a bunch of rabbit holes relating to ideology, race, gender, and all sorts of other factors that, unfortunately, aren’t well polled. I’ll give away the basics of where I got to with it and some of the biggest questions still left answered.

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Examining the Difficult Emotions around Firing and Letting People Go

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Nobody enjoys this part of business, but sometimes it has to happen Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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[OurCrowd in Khaleej Times] Startups’ engines rev up for pivotal 2021

OurCrowd

The year 2021 will prove to be an exceptional one for regional startups as the sector matures and begins to reap the gains from business-friendly policies launched in the first quarter. The venture capital space has indeed imparted lessons to both startups and venture capitalists to continue mobilising investments in the startup sector. Read more h ere.

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What Is Price? – Meaning & Function

Feedough

When a customer goes to a grocery store to buy some wheat flour or uses a food delivery app to order a burger, the customer is expected to pay for these offerings. The money charged here is the price. But the price that we pay for these offerings has more to it than just that. What exactly is price? What determines the price of an offering? Is it the same as cost?

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The Controversial Statement that Gets Me Invited to Speak at Top 10 Business Schools

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Venture capitalists will pretend to hate this statement, but they’re guilty of it, too. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Local Merchants Talk Return to Main Street on StartupNation Radio

StartupNation

On today’s special edition of StartupNation Radio, we’re talking to several local Main Street merchants about the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the opportunities ahead. Joining StartupNation’s Jeff Sloan in the co-host seat is Julie Sloan of MainStreet Nation (a subset of StartupNation), who is a subject matter expert on the business of Main Street.

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4 Strategies To Navigate A Cutthroat Workplace

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Insert yourself into a linchpin position 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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Newsletter: Robot brain surgery + Reinventing manufacturing

OurCrowd

Startup of the Week: Launchpad. Serial founder Moshe Shoham’s new startup. OC50 Fund joins BNY Mellon Pershing. Ramadan Kareem to our new friends. US health insurers team up with Diagnostic Robotics. SPAC supremo: More unicorns in Israel than all of Europe. Phantom Auto transforms forklift drivers into office workers. Innoviz jumps 10% on Nasdaq debut.

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Let’s talk about gaslighting and fundraising

TechCrunch

“Most of the startups I give advice to about how to raise venture capital shouldn’t be raising venture capital,” an investor recently told me. While the idea that every startup isn’t venture-backable might run counter to the narrative to the barrage of funding news each week, I think it’s important to double click on the topic. Plus, it keeps coming up, off the record, on phone calls with investors!