The Groove Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

We don’t have to tell you how difficult it is to provide consistent, top-shelf technical support to all your customers. As a startup or small team, it’s often impossible to get to all the emails you receive within a reasonable timeframe. Technical issues that require follow-up with another department fall to the wayside, and are […] The post How To Provide Better Tech Support for Your Small Business (6 Tips) appeared first on Groove Blog.

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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.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The major areas of AI innovation automate white-collar work. Reviewing the BLS’ data on employment for white collar work, I aggregated the data to these categories. It’s striking that most of them already have a significant number of AI startups pursuing their ambitions to change workflows. Occupation Employment (in millions) AI Technology Software Developers & IT 2.71 Code completion, generation, refactoring, security analysis Education & Librarians 2.37 Computer adaptive in

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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.

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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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The Penn State Behrend Center for Family Business recently showcased four Ben Franklin portfolio companies to 25 senior family business leaders at the “Driving Growth Through Innovation” Conference, organized by Jacob Jones. During a panel discussion, Aaron Lewis, founder of Sphere Brakes Defense ; Erin Kerner, founder of Eventio.ai ; Tom Laird, founder of OttoQA ; and Rebecca Styn, founder of Blind Tiger Spirit-Free Cocktails , shared their insights on how innovation has fueled their growth.

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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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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Over the weekend, I found myself in an hour-long conversation during my drive with an AI. We jumped from discussing Cooper Flagg’s basketball stats at Duke to comparing Carlo Rovelli and Brian Greene’s competing theories of physics to talking about the history of San Francisco. In a daring feat of economic analysis, I asked it to calculate if the after-tax returns of two ETFs were statistically significant & to compare the energy portfolios using the 13-Fs of a few hedge funds fo

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Founder Bounty

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

One inspiring entrepreneur success story is that of Sara Blakely , the founder of Spanx. Her journey from a frustrated consumer to a billionaire entrepreneur shows how passion, persistence, and an innovative idea can lead to extraordinary success. 1. The Beginning of an Idea In 1998, Sara Blakely was working as a sales trainer in Florida, selling fax machines door-to-door.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has partnered with Singapore-based venture capital firm Granite Asia to jointly invest as much as $1.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

My career has been focused on driving innovation and investment at the intersection of technology and society for over three decades. Prior to NeuReality, I held leadership roles at GlobalFoundries, where I led the data center, communications infrastructure, and compute businesses.

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GCUC

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Why GCUC’s Strategic Track is a Must-Attend for Coworking Owners and Visionaries If you’re the one calling the shots at your coworking space—focusing on growth, expansion, and even potential exit strategies—then the Strategic Track at GCUC.

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Founder Bounty

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Dmytro Kudrenko, the founder and CEO of Stripo, started his journey in software development 25 years ago alongside friends. About 15 years ago, they launched a customer data platform that featured an integrated email template editor. Understanding the difficulties marketers encountered when designing complex emails without coding knowledge, they developed a solution: an intuitive email template builder.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Zhipu AI, a leading Chinese Gen AI startup, has introduced a new investment vehicle aimed at backing early-stage companies focused on developing large language models.

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Deskmag

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Many coworking operators are using automation to improve efficiency and grow their businesses. Here are some basics on how you can do the same.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

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Founder Bounty

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Creating your own AI girlfriend character can be an exciting and fulfilling project, allowing you to explore both creativity and technology. The first step is to conceptualize your character. Think about her personality traits, interests, and backstory. Is she bubbly and outgoing, or more introverted and thoughtful? Consider her hobbies, likes, and dislikes, as these details will help you create a well-rounded character.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

CARDS, an Indonesia-based SaaS platform focused on digitalIndonesia’sagement, has raised seed funding to accelerate its growth.

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Forward Cities

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Overview The E3 (Equity for Every Entrepreneur) Durham program is designed to increase connectivity, counseling services, and capital access for underrepresented entrepreneurs in Durham/Durham County, NC. The Part-Time Business Navigator will provide basic business counseling services to clients and connect them with partner organizations to meet their business development needs.

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