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MAY 2, 2025
How do you get 150+ VCs to show up for something? Promise them some good deal flow, of course. nextNYC, the startup events platform I run, produces the largest formal VC/Founder intro event at NY Tech Week. Last year, over 150 VCs participated and were looking forward to having even more. ( Investors can sign up for a two hour slot here to get six intro meetings to founders.
Venture Well
MAY 27, 2025
Founder mental health isnt a peripheral issue. Its a critical factor in startup outcomes. The post Stepping Back To Move Forward: Practical Strategies for Healthier Startup Cultures appeared first on VentureWell.
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Revolution
MAY 28, 2025
Revolution Ventures Invests in Palla, the Cross-Border Payments Platform Powering the Future of Global MoneyMovement The $14.5M Series A will fuel geographic expansion within LatAm and across new payment corridors. Meet Palla the fintech redefining how money moves across borders, enabling financial institutions and fintechs to embed instant, flexible, and secure international payments directly into their products.
The Seraf Compass
MAY 28, 2025
In the sport of Major League Baseball, the greatest hitters are those who get a hit just one out of every three times at bat and a home run 5 or 6 times out of 100 at bats. In the world of startup company investing, the best-known investors are those who invest in the tiny percentage of companies that make it big. Think Facebook, Google or Amazon.Should a typical angel investor apply the swing for the fences approach to their personal investing?
Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage
This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.
NZ Entrepreneur
MAY 18, 2025
As the first co-working space in South Taranaki, Te Wanake The Foundry is proudly celebrating its second anniversary. With a strong base of full-time residents, the facility has become a thriving hub for freelancers, remote workers, startups, and entrepreneurs and is looking to welcome many more through its doors. Since opening in February 2023, the Hwera-based space has offered 30 desks, private offices, meeting and event rooms, high-quality video conferencing equipment, high-speed internet, a
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StartupNation
MAY 23, 2025
In 2023, Jackson Greathouse Fall asked ChatGPT-4 to turn $100 into “as much money as possible” ASAP, “without doing anything illegal.” Following AI’s advice, he launched an eco-friendly brand , Green Gadget Guru, in just a week. Yet, despite all the buzz and frenzy around it, the business failed. So, does that mean you don’t have the slightest chance to bootstrap a business with little money and keep it afloat (ideally, thriving)?
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
MAY 27, 2025
Company: KEVO | Founder: Paul McMahon | Hometown : Mercer County From tinkering in his garage to refining cold brew coffee for the masses, Paul McMahon the founder of KEVO, is on a mission to make better coffee more accessibleand healthierfor everyone. We sat down with him for our inaugural Five Questions with a Founder series to explore the journey behind the brand, the lessons learned, and whats coming next. 1.
Revolution
MAY 12, 2025
When I graduated from college, most of my classmates were headed to graduate school or diving into corporate America, taking roles at big established companies like Citibank, General Electric, or IBM. That was the path we were expected totake. Though I had spent most of college starting new businesses, when it came time to choose what was next, I followed the crowd and joined corporate America, moving to Ohio to work for P&G.
The Seraf Compass
MAY 21, 2025
Deciding whether to invest in a good idea is hard. Even when its potential is clearly explained.Trying to make that evaluation without a solid explanation is an exercise in needless frustration.Ive talked about the role of acompelling executive summaryto get an investor'sinitial attention and secure their agreement to take a pitch meeting.But what should that investor expect out of the ensuing pitch deck?
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Source Link
MAY 30, 2025
The post Second Stage – Supporting the Types of Businesses in Your Ecosystem appeared first on SourceLink.
American Entrepreneurship
MAY 21, 2025
Early-stage VC doubles down on creator economy, AI-driven SaaS, and consumer tech innovation In a major vote of confidence for the future of the consumer internet, Creator Ventures announced the close of its $45 million Fund II, marking a significant milestone in the venture capital firms mission to fuel innovation at the intersection of technology, media, and the creator economy.
StartupNation
MAY 30, 2025
If you came to this article to find out about the $10,000 small business grants from Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, that’s great. Keep reading to find out more about the money. But, first, you should know that before you can even apply for the $10K grants, you have to complete any two of the free courses or events the program offers. Lucky for you and your business, the course and event offerings are many, varied and aimed at helping you build your skillset and your community.
Jason Malki
MAY 4, 2025
Hourad Afsar I had the pleasure of interviewing Hourad Afsar (known as Howard to many clients), Founder and CEO of UGRNextGen Compliance, a company redefining how Fintechs and financial institutions meet todays complex regulatory demands through agile, tech-forward solutions. With over 20 years of experience across regulatory compliance, risk management, and financial innovation, Hourad has become a leading voice in turning compliance from a burdensome cost center into a powerful enabler of trus
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
MAY 28, 2025
More than 50 innovators from across the region applied to the Age Tech Big Idea Pitch Contest a funding contest to promote businesses that improve the lives of older adults. After a rigorous review by industry experts, five founders earned their place in the spotlight to compete at the 2025 Age Tech Big Idea Contest Finale, and one was crowned the first-place winner.
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 29, 2025
Pricing changes are hard. Fundamental shifts in go-to-market strategy tied to pricing? Monumentally difficult. We recently dove deep into one such transformation with Barr Moses, CEO of Monte Carlo, during a Theory Ventures Office Hours. Monte Carlo, a data & AI observability pioneer, moved from traditional annual contracts to a daily revenue model.
David Teten VC
MAY 11, 2025
We finished publishing in OpenVC and here our series on structuring the team and legal infrastructure of a new private equity/VC fund. Thanks so much to my coauthor Dolph Hellman , Chair, Orricks Private Investment Funds Group, who cowrote most of these resources with me. Writing the Constitution for Your New Private Equity or VC Fund: Strategy, Culture, Decision-Making, Budget, and Data Ownership.
American Entrepreneurship
MAY 7, 2025
StackOnes funding will be used to accelerate the integration of AI agents within enterprise systems of SaaS companies. StackOne, the London-based AI-powered integration platform, has secured $20 million in Series A funding led by Google Ventures (GV) that also included Workday Ventures, XTX Ventures, Episode 1, Playfair, and angel investors from leading technology companies such as OpenAI, DeepMind, Microsoft, and Mulesoft.
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Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.
StartupNation
MAY 20, 2025
Building strong teams in tech startups isn’t just about hiring skilled developers — it’s about fostering ownership, motivation and long-term commitment. In my role as CTO of Blask and my experience leading teams through strategic growth and technical innovation, I’ve learned the importance of hiring the right people and managing them effectively. Management built on trust, autonomy and shared responsibility is the key to creating self-sufficient teams that drive companies forward.
Jason Malki
MAY 29, 2025
Allen Zheng I had the pleasure of interviewing Allan Zheng , Founder & Developer of CareerGPT , an AI-powered platform revolutionizing career transitions for healthcare and life sciences professionals. A Georgia Tech alumnus with a specialization in Interactive Intelligence , Allan combines deep technical expertise with firsthand industry insight to build tools that empower professionals to pivot into non-traditional roles.
GCUC
MAY 23, 2025
Future Forward: Reimagining Hospitality in Workspaces by 2050 What does hospitality look like in a world transformed by climate change, automation, and shifting values? At GCUC Boston, three futuristsIngrid Furtado, Lucy W.
Forward Cities
MAY 5, 2025
Forward Cities is thrilled to introduce the seven entrepreneurs selected for the inaugural LevTech Accelerator cohort, which recently launched on April 15, 2025.
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Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.
AsiaTechDaily
MAY 14, 2025
As part of its vision to become Asias leading destination for global startups, South Korea has launched a comprehensive strategy that combines visa innovation, generous funding, and corporate collaboration through […]
American Entrepreneurship
MAY 7, 2025
With its latest funding the company reaches a $4.3 billion valuation and is poised to extend its leadership in AI-driven performance marketing. Liftoff, an industry leader in AI-driven performance marketing, has secured a minority growth investment from General Atlantic, reinforcing its role as a vital platform for mobile businesses seeking to scale in the fast-evolving app economy.
StartupNation
MAY 16, 2025
Funding a startup can be challenging, especially if you’re new to the game. There’s lots of competition. Interest rates fluctuate depending on the current economic conditions and policies. Many seek an alternative route as traditional funding doesn’t always work out. What are the options, benefits, and risks of alternative financing for a startup? What is Alternative Funding?
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 10, 2025
The blocky charts. The ability to solve a hard test problem. The hidden game of Snake. My graphing calculator was a 7th grade miracle. AI is this generation’s graphing calculator. With about 2 years’ of studies, we can draw some conclusions on its impact. A meta-analysis published in Nature showed a medium to large impact on students. ChatGPT’s Select Impact on Higher-Order Thinking Condition/Scenario Effect Size 1 Significance (p-value) Overall Effect 0.457 < 0.001 Type of
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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.
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