StartupNation
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Many new entrepreneurs start their businesses with funds from their own personal savings, or by getting friends and family to help them get off the ground. But that’s not an option for everyone. What do you do then? Your first inclination is probably to try to get a bank loan. But it can be very difficult for a brand new business to get a small business loan from a bank.
Venture Well
DECEMBER 1, 2020
VentureWell Faculty Grants recipient, John Hadjimarcou from The University of Texas at El Paso encourages his students to take the risks on their innovation and entrepreneurship journey. The post teaching students the power of innovation and courage: Q&A with John Hadjimarcou of The University of Texas at El Paso appeared first on VentureWell.
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TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
James Sutcliffe. Contributor. James Sutcliffe is the founder and CEO of The Founding Network , a collaboration platform for high-growth founders. If I were to pick one thing that unites the global tech scene in terms of culture I would point to the respect and reverence accorded to startup founders. After all, creating your own company is an ambition many of us harbor.
Smart Hustle Magazine
DECEMBER 1, 2020
The season of giving is upon us. In fact, consumer behaviors are continuing to change in favor of giving businesses that stand for something. For instance, 73% of Americans make buying decisions based on companies’ charitable giving. Additionally, employees are more engaged and have more job satisfaction when they work for companies that prioritize charitable giving. 73% of Americans make buying decisions based on companies’ charitable giving.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Floww — a data-driven marketplace designed to allow founders to pitch investors, with the whole investment relationship managed online — says it has raised $6.7 million (£5 million) to date in seed funding from angels and family offices. Investors include Ramon Mendes De Leon, Duncan Simpson-Craib, Angus Davidson, Stephane Delacote and Pip Baker (Google’s head of Fintech U.K.) and multiple family offices.
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TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
India’s Oyo has been one of the worst impacted startups with the coronavirus, but it has enough cash to steer through the pandemic and then look at funding further scale, a top executive says. In a town hall with employees last week, Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal said the budget lodging firm “continued to hold on to close to a billion dollars of cash” across its group companies and joint venture firms and has “tracked to runway very closely.”.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Inside the mindmeld between the two billionaires. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
The idea of people going to live and work in space, outside of the extremely unique case of the International Space Station, has long been the strict domain of science fiction. That’s changing fast, however, with public space agencies, private companies and the scientific community all looking at ways of making it safe for people to live and work in space for longer periods — and broadening accessibility of space to people who don’t necessarily have the training and discipline
Entrepreneur's Handbook
DECEMBER 1, 2020
How to upgrade your products and services. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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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.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
With the pandemic playing havoc with children’s education, edtech startups have been on a roll. A new fundraising seems to come almost every week at this point. Today it’s Novakid’s turn. This edtech startup is yet another “learning English as a second language for children” startup. But it at least has a chance among the plethora of solutions out there, having raised a $4.25 million Series A financing led by Hungary-based PortfoLion (part of OTP, a leading banking group in Eastern E
Entrepreneur's Handbook
DECEMBER 1, 2020
A lesson about PR from the founder who hosted one of the most “epic” launch parties in history Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Vivenu , a ticketing platform that offers an API for venues and promoters to customize to their needs, has closed a $15 million (€12.6 million) Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital. Previous investor Redalpine also participated. Historically speaking, most ticketing platform startups took a direct to consumer approach, or have provided turnkey solutions to big event promoters.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Many new entrepreneurs start their businesses with funds from their own personal savings, or by getting friends and family to help them get off the ground. But that’s not an option for everyone. What do you do then? Your first inclination is probably to try to get a bank loan. But it can be very difficult for a brand new business to get a small business loan from a bank.
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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.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Scale AI , the four-year-old data labeling startup, has discovered that selling the picks and shovels needed to develop and apply artificial intelligence is big business. The company, which created a visual data labeling platform that uses software and people to label image, text, voice and video data for companies building machine learning algorithms, has raised another $155 million.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 1, 2020
I’m not much for the shopping mania that happens on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but I do like the idea of taking a day at this time of year to give back. Today is that day. This year is a particularly hard year for so many and so giving back, if you can, is even more important. The Giving Tuesday website suggests things like offering help to your neighbors, supporting a virtual classroom, reaching out to the elderly, and many more ideas that don’t require a financial donation.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Today’s the day! In just a few hours I am chatting with with Jai Das , a managing director at Sapphire Ventures. The conversation is part of the second season of Extra Crunch Live series that has seen all sorts of investors and founders join TechCrunch for a dig into their work. Das’ participation comes at the perfect moment: he invested early in MuleSoft, which sold to Salesforce for $6.5 billion back in 2018.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 1, 2020
JumpCloud CEO Rajat Bhargava and CTO Greg Keller are hosting fireside chats throughout November and December to share JumpCloud’s product vision and highlight exciting investment areas on the 2021 product roadmap. We encourage all customers to participate in these interactive sessions to learn more about how JumpCloud will support your future needs and provide feedback.
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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.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Theodoric Chew, co-founder and chief executive officer of mental health app Intellect. Intellect , a Singapore-based startup that wants to lower barriers to mental health care in Asia, says it has reached more than one million users just six months after launching. Google also announced today that the startup’s consumer app, also called Intellect, is one of its picks for best personal growth apps of 2020.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 1, 2020
The holidays are one of the most important times of year for small businesses, startups and e-commerce business to increase sales and boost revenue. One smart way to capitalize on this expected increase in consumer spending is to polish your holiday email marketing practices. According to Deloitte’s U.S. holiday economic forecast , holiday retail sales are expected to increase 1 percent to 1.5 percent this year, while holiday e-commerce sales are expected to grow 25 percent to 35 percent y
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
As we’ve moved to work from home during the pandemic, it’s been challenging for remote workers to feel connected. Loop Team , a new entrant into the enterprise communications space, thinks the way we are communicating needs improvement. That’s why the startup is releasing Loop Team today, a tool that is trying to use software to reproduce the in-office experience.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 1, 2020
CyberMDX, a leading healthcare cybersecurity provider delivering visibility and threat prevention for medical devices and clinical networks, today announced a partnership Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, to integrate CyberMDX’s Healthcare Security Suite into the newly introduced integrated Cybersecurity Services offered by Philips.
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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
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
The pandemic has made it all but impossible for a retail company without an online presence to survive. Yet while companies heavily dependent on foot traffic like J.Crew and Sur la Table have filed for bankruptcy this year, companies that are expert in e-commerce have thrived, including Target and Walmart. Amazon alone now attracts roughly one quarter of all dollars spent online by U.S. shoppers.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Avraham Baniel is a 102-year-old Israeli former bomb-maker who has invented an extra-sweet sugar which helps cut back on calories because you need less of it. Coming soon to British supermarkets – but does it fool Michel Roux and Ruby Bhogal? Harry Wallop investigates. Read more here. The post [DouxMatok in The Times of London] The obesity crisis: Michelin-starred Michel Roux and Bake Off’s Ruby Bhogal put a revolutionary new sugar, Incredo, to the test appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
This morning Airbnb released an S-1/A filing that details its initial IPO price range. The home-sharing unicorn intends to price its shares between $44 and $50 in its debut. Per the company’s own accounting, it will have 596,399,007 or 601,399,007 shares outstanding, depending on whether its underwriters exercise their option. That gives the company a valuation range of $26.2 billion to $30.1 billion at the extremes.
Forward Cities
DECEMBER 1, 2020
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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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