This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 24, 2021

The other day, I was talking to a highly experienced female professional out raising money. It was super clear to me that she was incredibly qualified to tackle the problems that she was raising money to go after—but few people in the ecosystem knew who she was compared to other, more high profile professionals. There were other people who spend more time on social, doing the podcasts, videos and interviews—things that, while brand building, opened them up to more criticism.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 24, 2021

Experienced ecosystem builders share their insights and experience. Facilitating connections, resilience, inclusivity, altruism, empathy — these are a few of the key values, and traits most esteemed by ecosystem builders. Ecosystem building is still a very young professional field with no standard definition for what it is. But, if you talk to enough ecosystem builders you’ll get a sense of the values, traits, and skills that are critical to doing the work successfully.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2021

Buzzy live voice chat app Clubhouse has confirmed that it has raised new funding – without revealing how much – in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz through the firm’s partner Andrew Chen. The app was reported to be raising at a $1 billion valuation in a report from The Information that landed just before this confirmation. While we try to track down the actual value of this round and the subsequent valuation of the company, what we do know is that Clubhouse has confirmed it will

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 24, 2021

How do you measure how much information a statement contains? The short answer is surprise. If you live in Los Angeles and I told you the weather tomorrow would be sunny, you would receive no information from me. It’s sunny there every day. But if I told you Salesforce intends to buy Uber to ferry salespeople to their prospects, that would be interesting!

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JANUARY 24, 2021

German drone technology startup Wingcopter has raised a $22 million Series A – its first significant venture capital raise after mostly bootstrapping. The company, which focuses on drone delivery, has come a long way since its founding in 2017, having developed, built and flown its Wingcopter 178 heavy-lift cargo delivery drone using its proprietary and patented tilt-rotor propellant mechanism, which combines all the benefits of vertical take-off and landing with the advantages of fixed-wing air

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 24, 2021

The world’s largest cargo airline will provide forwarders with real-time pricing, capacity, and eBookings via WebCargo, marking a major milestone in air cargo digitalization. Read more here. The post [Freightos in Metropolitan Airport News] Qatar Airways Cargo Takes a Major Digital Leap with Global eBooking on WebCargo appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 24, 2021

You don’t have to build rockets to be a successful entrepreneur Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 24, 2021

HONG KONG, Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Klook, a world-leading travel and leisure booking platform, today announced that it has raised US$200 million in additional funding. Read more here. The post [Klook in PR Newswire] Klook Completes US$200M in Additional Funding appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 24, 2021

The story of David Phillips and his bizarre pudding heist. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 24, 2021

SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stellar Cyber, the only intelligent next-gen security operations platform powered by Open XDR, announced today that it has won an Internet Telephony Cybersecurity Excellence Award. Read more here. The post [Stellar Cyber in Business Wire] Stellar Cyber Wins TMC Cybersecurity Excellence Award appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 24, 2021

By Scott Meacham. In 1943, when the musical Oklahoma opened on Broadway, our state had only been a state for 36 years. Oklahoma not only gave us the best state song in the entire country, this play, named for our state, spawned innovation at every turn. Before Oklahoma, Broadway musicals were a series of big production numbers and novelty acts built around the talent of the stars.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 24, 2021

A safer way to scoot about your neighborhood being pitch to the city Department of Transportation by Superpedestrian, whose leaders hope to bring LINK to specifically low income communities in the outer boroughs. Read more here. The post [Superpedestrian in AMNY LINK e-scooters eying NYC bodegas to serve transit desert communities appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2021

SpaceX has set a new all-time record for the most satellites launched and deployed on a single mission, with its Transporter-1 flight on Sunday. The launch was the first of SpaceX’s dedicated rideshare missions, in which it splits up the payload capacity of its rocket among multiple customers, resulting in a reduced cost for each but still providing SpaceX with a full launch and all the revenue it requires to justify lauding one of its vehicles.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 24, 2021

On-demand pay platform DailyPay has rolled out its CYCLE solution, intending to help professionals handle off-cycle payroll payments, according to a press release. Read more here. The post [DailyPay in PYMNTS.com] DailyPay Launches CYCLE To Disburse Off-Cycle Payments appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 24, 2021

WESTWOOD, Mass., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — enVerid Systems, a leading provider of indoor air quality solutions, fully supports the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force’s (ETF) updated “Core Recommendations for Reducing Airborne Infectious Aerosol Exposure,” and calls on office, school, and institutional building managers to reevaluate their HVAC strategies for mitigating COVID-19 in light of the updated guidance to ensure desired exposure reduction while minimizing associated en

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