Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
When you’re starting a business, it’s very common to jump online and do some research. There’s a lot of advice out there about how to start a business, much of it written by people who have money and are well established already. In an ideal world, when you start a business, you’re well-funded. That’s just not always the case and it is possible to start a successful business by being scrappy.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
George Arison. Contributor. Share on Twitter. George Arison is the co-founder and CEO of online used car marketplace Shift. More posts by this contributor. Shift’s George Arison shares 6 tips for taking your company public via a SPAC. If you’re waiting for a self-driving car revolution, keep waiting. The tech industry is home to some of the world’s greatest innovators, most profitable and valuable companies, and incredible startup success stories.
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StartupNation
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
We’ve all seen the statistics on how many businesses fail within the first few years of operation, and the current pandemic may accelerate that struggle for some startups. After fielding literally thousands of questions from small business owners during the past few months at Nav, we’ve identified four ways businesses are setting themselves up to fail.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Human rights activist and Mos founder Amira Yahyaoui couldn’t afford to go to college, so when she first launched a platform to connect students to scholarships, the innovation felt full circle. Since its 2017 inception, Mos has opened access to a pool of over $160 billion in financial aid to the more than 400,000 students within its community. Now, hoping to tear down yet another financial barrier that she herself faced, Yahyaoui is expanding Mos into a challenger bank.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
propel(x)
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Stock Dilution in Startup Investing?—?Good or Bad? So, you have taken the plunge and invested in a startup and received your stock. But what happens in the future when new investors come in? It is important for you to understand stock dilution. What is Stock Dilution? Stock dilution happens when a company issues additional stock. Imagine you know an amazing pastry chef who is famous for her pecan pie but does not have enough money to bake her next batch.
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
propel(x)
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
For a so-called dead language, Latin still manages to pop up frequently in the modern day, especially in the legal and financial world. The term “pro rata” is Latin, and it is simply a fancy way to say, “in proportion”. Pro rata is the benefit you receive from something that you do or something you own will be in proportion to your share of the whole.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Automakers keen to sell vehicles loaded with features and software services — in a bid to generate more revenue — have an information overload challenge. These so-called software-defined vehicles contain myriad systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) running anything from electric powertrains to driver assistance features to infotainment. The crux is that they all must work in concert. .
Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Want to know what it takes to start a women-owned business? I have the answer: it takes a lot of work, a lot of passion, and a lot of grit. I started my own side hustle business while on maternity leave with my second baby. I was so naive when I started – I had a great idea and I knew I could do better than my competitors. I thought – once I created and listed my products, people would come and buy from me and I’d be successful straight away.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Soelect, a battery technology startup based in North Carolina, has closed an $11 million Series A round. It plans to use the fresh capital to scale its fast charge-capable anode technologies that might enable the next generation of batteries for electric vehicles. Alongside lead investor Lotte Chemical and investment company KTB Network, General Motors’ corporate venture capital arm, GM Ventures, signed on as a strategic investor.
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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.
Red Rocket
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
I have been exposed to lots of interesting business leaders over the years. The difference between the average ones, and the great ones, was how they viewed themselves, and the role they thought they needed to play within their company. My conclusion: the persons that saw themselves as the smartest guy (or gal) in the room, who needed to control all the decision making in the company, are the ones who achieved the least success, and ended up alienating their peers the most.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Digibee , a low-code integration platform, is doing what all low-code integration platforms are apparently doing right now: raising funding. The company today announced that it has raised a $25 million Series A round led by SoftBank Latin America Fund. Brazil-based Kinea and G2D Investments also participated in this round. Launched in 2017, Digibee makes it easy for businesses to build and deploy integration workflows without having to touch any code.
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Every new business has multiple development tasks and objectives. In addition to all the KPIs, GMVs and other numerical metrics, business founders must remember the nonnumerical components: namely, the level of satisfaction and empathy and the proper feedback mechanism. This article will analyze feedback as a critical element of productive work. Starting with the general considerations (why do we need someone else’s comments on our work), we’ll move to feedback types and their influence.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Thursday, February 3, 2022! Today we have a few angles on the startup market. The gist is that there are some positive signals to digest, as well as some more cautionary data points.
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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.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
A startup projecting a 3x return doesn’t help VCs make their numbers Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Bold , a technology company working to enable financial access to electronic payments in Colombia, has raised $55 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. General Atlantic and Endeavor Catalyst joined existing backers Piton Capital, Global Founders Capital, InQLab, Kingsway Capital, Solid Ventures, Grupo Auteco, Amador and Condor Inverlink in participating in the round, which brings Bold’s total raised to $65 million.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Photo of David Salinas Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube. Today’s guest is David Salinas, a Co-Founder of Digital Surgeons and the current Chief Growth Officer. He previously served as the company’s CEO where they serviced clients such as Lady Gaga and the US Open.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
It’s that old chestnut: You are a fancy-pants brand wanting to make a product that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside because you only use fair-trade, sustainably grown ingredients and materials, but you don’t know where to turn. Next thing you know, Novi comes bursting through the wall holding a freshly squeezed pitcher of solutions to all your problems, newly backed by a $40 million bundle of checks from Tiger , Defy and Greylock.
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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.
Berkonomics
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
First, the implied promise: Taking money from professional investors such as angels or VCs usually requires that you agree to seek an exit for those investors in your plan, often targeting five to seven years as the ideal period for growth before a liquidity event. Of course, even though that is your contract with the investors, way over half of those implied contracts never work out that way.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
The pandemic trade ended a little while ago. The COVID-induced boom that powered a host of tech companies is also fading quickly. The results are showing up in Big Tech earnings. For startups, it’s bad news — the good times of the last few years appear to be in rapid decline, with many startups holding onto speculative valuations and revenues more nascent than impressive.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Investment firm Sprout led the round, with support from US-based Finistere Ventures, Kiwi dairy giant Fonterra, and Israeli venture builder OurCrowd, with support from NZ government agency Callaghan Innovation’s Technology Incubator Programme. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in StartUp Daily] Kiwi agritech startup Protag raises $1m appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Jonathan Martinez. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. More posts by this contributor. 5 growth marketing predictions for 2022. A lean startup’s growth marketing tech stack. Someone clicks your ad on Facebook, and they choose to purchase the item for sale.
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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
GCUC
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Dear Remote Employee, We hear you. You have just spent the better part of the last 2 years working from “not the office” and. The post Dear Remote Employee appeared first on GCUC Community.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
A huge amount of energy use on our planet goes toward creating heat, and not only that, but a large amount of that energy is wasted and byproducts like CO2 blasted into the atmosphere. Modern Electron could change that with a new system that captures the emissions and produces clean hydrogen, right inside a home or building. $30 million in Series B funding will power its upcoming push to become a household name.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Preparation and precision in messaging is everything Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
A seven-month-old fintech app that is helping millions of Indians to begin their investment and saving journeys for the first time in their lives has attracted the attention of Tiger Global. The Bengaluru-based Jar said on Thursday it has raised $32 million in its Series A financing round, just months after securing its seed funding. The New York-headquartered investor led the new round, with participation from scores of investors, including Rocketship.vc, Stonks, Force Ventures, Arkam Ventures,
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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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