Paul G. Silva
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
I am thrilled to introduce Forge the Future —an immersive roleplaying simulation designed for aspiring entrepreneurs and business professionals! Have you ever tried explaining to friends or family what it’s really like to build a startup? The late-night pivots, the investor meetings that change everything, the moment you realize your MVP needs a complete rebuild while your runway is dwindling?
American Entrepreneurship
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Seed funding came from venture firms committed to deep tech. Co-founders Halen Mattison and Luke Neise announced the closing of an $8 million seed round for their startup G eneral Galactic , a pioneer in fossil-free fuel generation technology. The two former SpaceX and Varda Space Industries engineers are taking on climate change with their arsenal of aerospace industry engineering principles.
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Jason Malki
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
I had the pleasure of interviewing Gururaj Pandurangi, a three-time entrepreneur and now the CEO of ThriveStack.ai , a product designed to help B2B SaaS companies grow rapidly and efficiently. They are at the forefront of industry transformation with their integrated tooling approach. Gururaj shared valuable insights from his experiences on having his previous startup getting acquired by a large public company, rapid growth with large-xLarge customers, and challenges in capturing SMBs and medium
Innovation 2 Enterprise
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
i2E, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to fostering the growth of startups and entrepreneurs in Oklahoma, is proud to announce surpassing the $100 million mark in total investments. This achievement highlights their continued commitment to driving innovation and economic growth across Oklahoma and beyond. Since first investing in Oklahoma startups in 1999, i2E, and now its independent Venture Capital Fund management partner, Plains Ventures, have managed numerous early-stage debt and equity investment
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
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Launching a startup in New Zealand is exciting, but navigating the accounting side of things can be tricky. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! In this blog, we’ll break down everything you need to know, from choosing the best business structure to getting professional help. 1. Choose the best business structure for you Choosing the right business structure for your startup is a crucial first step.
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Hunter Walk
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
For startups, a good Board is better than no Board, but a bad Board is worse than anything. One component of a good Board is a high value add Independent Board Member, which in my experience, often doesn’t get added early enough (for a variety of reasons). But sometimes the CEO takes the initiative to recruit an absolute gem and that was the case with ResQ , a software startup servicing the hospitality owners and service/repair vendors.
American Entrepreneurship
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Innovative entrepreneurs have an opportunity to obtain funding and resources in an upcoming cohort. Entrepreneurs with innovative ideas utilizing NEC’s technologies and businesses can move their ventures forward into seed-ready startups upon acceptance into NEC’s Elev X! Venture Studio. The Venture Studio program provides founders with resources and up to $200K of equity funding to develop their vision into a business with substantial market impact.
Paul G. Silva
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Practice Your Pitch and Save Your Social Capital Entrepreneurs benefit tremendously from practicing their pitch and Q&A. The more practice they get, the better they become at understanding common questions, responding clearly and concisely, and handling the emotions of tough questions. However, mentors have limited time, and many do not ask the hardest questions or provide enough critical feedback.
Jason Malki
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
I had the pleasure of interviewing Artem Konovalov, the co-founder of Spellar AI , a groundbreaking technology that’s transforming how people communicate across languages and cultures. Artem Konovalov is a distinguished software engineer and serial entrepreneur with over a decade of experience building successful tech products. His track record includes leadership roles at Raycast Technologies, which secured substantial funding rounds (Seed $2.7M, Series A $15M, Series B $30M from Accel and Coat
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NZ Entrepreneur
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Did you know, that in New Zealand 50% of businesses die within four years of starting? That’s a frightening fact! When Eden Design started over 17 years ago, cheques were still in use, Facebook was only three years old, and Teams Meetings were but a twinkle in Microsoft’s eye! A lot has changed since then, however nearly two decades on, there are some common brand and design mistakes that contribute to a shaky foundation.
Tomasz Tunguz
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
“AWS’ AI business is a multibillion-dollar revenue run rate business that continues to grow at a triple-digit year-over-year percentage and is growing more than 3x faster at this stage of its evolution as AWS itself grew, and we felt like AWS grew pretty quickly.” “Our AI business is on track to surpass an annual revenue run rate of $10 billion next quarter, which will make it the fastest business in our history to reach this milestone.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
If you’re looking for growth capital, this one’s for you. We’ll cover what information you’ll expect to provide, your range of expected values and amounts of investment to expect. All to help you set your expectations. OK? Financial History and Projections Let’s start with the basics. If you are a going business with a track record of revenues, then the importance of accurate current financial statements cannot be overstated.
American Entrepreneurship
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
Celebration of the creator spirit and the announcement of an expanded collaboration with Pharrell Williams were made. At the highly attended Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal this past week, creators were recognized for their significant role in the growth of the digital economy. A major announcement came for Visa, celebrating the impact of creators and expanding the company’s collaboration with musician and filmmaker Pharrell Williams.
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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?
OurCrowd
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Tevel Aerobotics Technologies was part of the Israeli startup squad that participated in Calcalist’s Tech & Invest Miami 2024 conference. Calcalist’s “Dream Team” included early-stage startup companies in the fields of AI & Data, Fintech & Retail, Cyber, Mobility, Biology Research, and Healthtech.
Jason Malki
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Rafael Testai’s StatuteFINDER.org: Free Domestic Violence Legal Resources Across All 50 States in the U.S. I had the pleasure of interviewing Rafael Testai, founder of StatuteFINDER.org , who has revolutionized legal advocacy for domestic violence survivors with a pioneering AI tool, recognized as the premier AI for DV on the OpenAI store. Awarded “The Best Hispanic Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2016 for his mobile application achievements, Rafael, a male survivor himself, developed this platform
NZ Entrepreneur
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
Who: BlueRock What: Business Funding Advisory NZ HQ: Christchurch, Canterbury Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? BlueRock NZ helps entrepreneurial kiwi businesses fund their growth and innovation projects. Entrepreneurs can cut the cost of innovation – and boost business cashflow – with government funding for research and development, but navigating the rulebooks can be challenging.
Tomasz Tunguz
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
77% of enterprise AI usage are using models that are small models, less than 13b parameters. Databricks, in their annual State of Data + AI report , published this survey which among other interesting findings indicated that large models, those with 100 billion perimeters or more now represent about 15% of implementations. In August, we asked enterprise buyers What Has Your GPU Done for You Today?
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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.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
How do you value pre-revenue companies? Last time we examined ten different ways to value companies already in revenue, usually beyond the early stage. Now we tackle the more difficult and subjective task of placing a value upon those startups that don’t fit into that mold. For those of us who’ve invested in early-stage companies, especially technology startups, we have confronted a universal problem.
American Entrepreneurship
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
New CEO named to lead transformative technology in the beauty industry. AI continues to open up new frontiers as innovators apply the fast-emerging technology in ways that gain investor support. By combining AI and robotics, California-based LUUM provides eyelash extensions in just minutes, supplanting existing two-hour-long procedures. The technology-driven beauty company also announced the appointment of Jo Lawson as its new Chief Executive Officer and the transition of co-founder Nathan Hardi
Red Rocket
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
What is it about Memorial Day, July 4 th , Labor Day and the Christmas season? They bring out all the big discounts, which gets shoppers flooding to the malls to save money, especially on big ticket items like cars and mattresses, as examples. And the sellers of those products bring out their best prices during these holiday seasons, trying to capture has much market share against their competitors as they can.
Jason Malki
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
How Ravi Srivatsav, Founder of DataKrypto, Is Revolutionizing Data Security with Breakthrough Encryption Technology I had the pleasure of interviewing Ravi Srivatsav, Co-founder and CEO of DataKrypto. Ravi is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in the tech industry. Most recently, he was a partner at Bain & Company, advising Fortune 500 companies.
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Hunter Walk
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
“What’s one thing you stress to new VCs now that wasn’t as important, say, 10 years ago?” That was the question put to me last week by a senior leader at a large university endowment during Screendoor’s yearly Convening [part annual meeting for our LPs, part community event, part strategy session]. My answer was something like, “That knowing when, and how, to sell out of a company is now not just opportunistic, but part of your job.” It used to be as a s
NZ Entrepreneur
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Are you happy with the ROI (Return on Investment) you get from trade fairs and expos? Or do you want to turn up the sales revenue? Trade fairs and expos are big – and they’re back! Goodbye Covid years and hello in-person events. With AI and tech on the rise, and more people missing real-life connections, the importance of in-person events cannot be over-stated.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Some businesses just can’t fit within the angel capital or friends and family model for raising funds. Sooner or later, you may need to seek venture capital and accommodate the needs of the venture community in negotiating the terms of an investment. What VC’s can and cannot do First, VCs in general cannot invest in ‘S’ corporations or limited liability companies (LLC’s).
American Entrepreneurship
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Consumers now have a trusted brand of a first-class online casino and sports betting experience not found anywhere else. Co-founders of sportsbook FanDuel, Nigel Eccles and Rob Jones, announced this week the public launch of their cryptocurrency casino and sportsbook B etHog and its closing of a $6 million seed funding round. The platform emerged from a private alpha to offer casino games that include exclusive BetHog Originals and fan favorites from popular studios such as Pragmatic and Evoluti
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