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7 Surprising Things I Learned from EO GSEA Studentrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

“I have discovered the Fountain of Energy for entrepreneurs: It is GSEA!” – Roxana Shershin, US East Regional GSEA Expert Need to reignite your entrepreneurial spark? Dive into the vibrant world of EO’s Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) and reconnect with the magic of being an entrepreneur. GSEA is the premier global competition for students who own and operate a business.

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Bringing AI to the Masses

Andreessen Horowitz

This conversation is part of our AI Revolution series, which features some of the most impactful builders in the field of AI discussing and debating where we are, where we’re going, and the big open questions in AI. Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution. CEO of Quora Adam D’Angelo discusses how building infrastructure for creators can democratize AI with a16z general partner David George. [01:07] Social networks as compliment to AI [03:59] Poe: bringing AI

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The Misleading Attractiveness of S Corp Elections

Gust

Investors prefer investing in Delaware C Corps which don’t allow founders to take personal tax losses for early expenses. Many founders are tempted to make an S-Corp election which allows a pass-through tax treatment similar to an LLC. While that could be a small short term gain in the early days, it can jeopardize a much larger tax free gain in the future ($10M+).

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Celebrating ReJoule, VentureWell’s 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Awardee

Venture Well

ReJoule won our 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Award for its circular economy for lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The post Celebrating ReJoule, VentureWell’s 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Awardee appeared first on VentureWell.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

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.

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Why You Should Give Your Best Stuff Away (Plus 3 Other Startup Tips)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contrary to the glamorous façade often portrayed on social media, entrepreneurship is far from a leisurely stroll through the park. It’s not all champagne toasts and photo shoots. Guiding your startup to success demands much more than dreaming up a brilliant concept, launching a captivating social media campaign, and crossing your fingers that magic will happen.

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Two Local Erie Startups win Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator Business Bootcamp

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

On March 20, 2024, the Samuel P. Black III Knowledge Center in Penn State Behrend’s Knowledge Park buzzed with excitement as the Ben Franklin TechCelerator in Erie Finale unfolded, marking the culmination of a transformative 10-week program aimed at nurturing entrepreneurial talent in the Erie region. Eventive AI (Erin Kerner & Barry Snyder), an AI-powered platform for personalized event management solutions, emerged as the first-place winner, securing $10,000 in funding.

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Building Sustainable Cities with Startups: An Exclusive Interview with Plug and Play’s Kishore Ravichandran

AsiaTechDaily

Democratizing innovation, Plug and Play Tech Center has built a global platform that bridges the gap between entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors. Over the past 15 years, Plug and Play has cultivated a thriving ecosystem, uniting over 35,000 startups, 500 corporations, and numerous venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies across 20+ industries.

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Celebrating ReJoule, VentureWell’s 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Awardee

Venture Well

ReJoule won our 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Award for its circular economy for lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The post Celebrating ReJoule, VentureWell’s 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Awardee appeared first on VentureWell.

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Pricing and Packaging Your B2B or Prosumer Generative AI Feature

Andreessen Horowitz

Effectively monetizing any new technology is a race to capture market share while still giving yourself room to grow your business. But the stakes are much higher with generative AI: though it promises to deliver unprecedented value to businesses, it can also be very expensive to serve to each incremental customer. At the growth stages in particular, founders need to be mindful of their unit economics and margins.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Fuel Me Raises $18 Million Series A Round

HPA

HPA is excited to announce our investment in Fuel Me ’s $18M Series A Round , which was co-led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Tribeca Venture Partners and includes co-investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Interplay Venture Capital, and FJ Labs. Fuel Me is a first-of-its-kind platform that revolutionizes fuel procurement and management. Focusing on mission-critical energy needs across industries like data centers, construction, and transportation.

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2024 Thiel Foundation Fellows Announced

American Entrepreneurship

20 young bright minds forego academic study to participate in a two-year program. The Thiel Foundation continues its commitment to innovation and disruption achieved by bright young minds, outside of academic studies, by announcing its 2024 class of Thiel Fellows. The latest cohort joins 270 alumni of the program that began in 2011. The Fellowship gives each participant $100,000 and access to a valuable support network of tech founders, investors, scientists, and former fellows.

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Celebrating ReJoule, VentureWell’s 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Awardee

Venture Well

ReJoule won our 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Award for its circular economy for lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) batteries. The post Celebrating ReJoule, VentureWell’s 2024 Sustainable Practice Impact Awardee appeared first on VentureWell.

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How to Leverage SEO to Drive Traffic to Your Startup’s Website

Startup Blogpost

How to Leverage SEO to Drive Traffic to Your Startup’s Website In the ever-evolving landscape of digital marketing, leveraging SEO is crucial for driving traffic to a startup’s website. We gathered 30 invaluable strategies from SEO Analysts, Founders, and other experts, ranging from optimizing content with targeted keywords to crafting blog posts that answer key questions.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

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?

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Packback Announces Strategic Investment from PSG Equity

HPA

We are thrilled to share that Packback , an AI-driven writing and discussion platform within the HPA Portfolio, has received a strategic majority investment by PSG Equity , a prominent growth equity firm. Packback’s proprietary AI technology provides inquiry-based online discussion and long-form writing support. The company’s mission is to harness the power of AI to help educators implement high quality pedagogy at scale.

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Japan Unveils Residency Program for Angel Investors to Stimulate Startup Investment”

AsiaTechDaily

Japan will introduce a residency program for angel investors to encourage investment in the country’s startups. The program aims to attract much-needed investment capital and will offer residency lasting up to five years. This initiative comes as Japan seeks to boost its startup ecosystem in key sectors.

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Pocket FM’s $103 Million Series D takes Storytelling to New Heights

American Entrepreneurship

U.S. market ranks first in daily listening time with 10 million registered users With impressive numbers like over 20 million transactions in 2023, a global listener base spending an average of over 115 minutes daily, and over 75 billion minutes of streaming worldwide, Pocket FM’s online storytelling platform is creating a great story of its own. Founded in 2018 the audio entertainment platform is filling a gap, creating a new entertainment category in the form of audio series.

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Investing in Espresso

Andreessen Horowitz

a16z crypto is a venture capital fund that has been investing in crypto and web3 startups — across all stages — since 2013.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

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.

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8 Types of Email Content to Send Your Audience

Campaign Monitor

Engaging your audience with new email marketing strategies can be exciting, but knowing where to start can be daunting. While there are dozens of routes you can take when creating email marketing content that aligns with your audience’s preferences, we’re sharing some content inspiration that will ensure you’re sending compelling emails that your subscribers will look forward to seeing in their inboxes.

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Kaya Founders Elevates Tech Startup Support with $18 Million Funding Boost

AsiaTechDaily

Philippines-based venture capital firm Kaya Founders recently concluded the second close of its two latest funds to support tech startups in Southeast Asia. This latest development brings the total capital of the new funds to 1 billion pesos (approximately $18 million), elevating the firm’s total assets under management to 1.25 billion pesos (about $22.5 million).

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The Power of Networking: A Guide to Elevate Your Conference Experience

INBIA

In the area of professional growth and career development, few tools wield as much power as networking. Despite its undeniable importance, many people are daunted by the prospect of this activity, turned off by past experiences that were transactional and uncomfortable.

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Biotech Revolution with Software Engineering Daily

Andreessen Horowitz

“There is a revolution unfolding in biotech. The confluence of new biological methods like CRISPR, virtually unlimited computational capacity, and machine learning has fundamentally transformed our ability to engineer biology for wide-ranging applications.” Vijay Pande, founding general partner at a16z Bio + Health, joins the Software Engineering Daily podcast to talk about innovation in biotech and healthcare, the biotech startup landscape, the impact of AI, and much more.

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

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.

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Analyze All the Things : Data Omniscience with Omni

Tomasz Tunguz

Within data teams, a tension exists. Centralize the data analysis to ensure accuracy or enable end-users to analyze their own data directly which is faster & more direct. The pendulum between these two states started with centralization during the 2000s with BI products from Microstrategy, Cognos, BusinessObjects, & Hyperion. In 2004, Tableau emerged from the Stanford campus to deliver their application to the users.

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Hong Kong’s Innovation Hub HKSTP Selects 74 Startups for EPiC 2024

AsiaTechDaily

The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) has announced the selection of the top 74 startups from a pool of over 600 contenders for its eighth annual Elevator Pitch Competition 2024 (EPiC 2024) Grand Finale, which will take place in Hong Kong on April 26, 2024.

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Pulling back the curtain: Flexspace Funding and Finance

GCUC

Pulling back the curtain: Flexspace Funding and Finance Are you ready to dive deep into the world of funding and finance in the coworking industry? Look no further than the upcoming session.

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Kirchner Group Advises Investor in $82M Series A Financing in the BioTech Sector

American Entrepreneurship

20 March 2024 – Kirchner Group is pleased to announce that it acted as a scientific advisor to the Alaska Permanent Fund during their due diligence process related to the recently announced Kenai Therapeutics, Inc. $82M Series A financing. Kenai Therapeutics, is a biotechnology company leveraging induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology to discover and develop a platform of allogeneic neuron replacement cell therapies for neurological disorders.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!