TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Fractal has raised $360 million from TPG in a new financing round and entered the unicorn club as the Mumbai and New York-based AI startup, which counts Google and Wells Fargo among its customers, scales its offerings and begins preparation for an IPO. The new financing round valued the 21-year-old startup “at well north of $1 billion,” said Srikanth Velamakanni, co-founder and group chief executive at Fractal, in an interview with TechCrunch.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 5, 2022

2022 will be a unique and promising time for businesses as we regain a sense of normalcy in a post-pandemic society. See what new business ownership trends are emerging and how your small business can leverage them in the upcoming year. A public health crisis and government-mandated lockdowns forced many small businesses to shut down operations during the COVID-19 pandemic — while some were short term, others closed forever.

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Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2022

Following three years of record performance, Revolution Growth is thrilled to welcome Fazeela Abdul Rashid to our growing team. Joining us as a Partner, Fazeela formerly served as Managing Director of Consumer and Americas at Temasek International, a global investment firm headquartered in Singapore. At Temasek, Fazeela was instrumental in building the firm’s direct U.S. healthcare investments, starting the European practice, leading the U.S. consumer practice, and launching and overseeing diver

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 1, 2022

Happy New Year from Smart Hustle! For the past year, we’ve done our best to serve you and provide inspiration and education to help you START and GROW your business! I’m Ramon Ray founder and editor of Smart Hustle, this year has been tough for me, in some regards. YET it’s also been a year of success and amazing growth! On behalf of the Smart Hustle Team, I wish you a happy new year 2022.

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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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

There are more than 54 million family caregivers in the United States. Working family caregivers spend an average of 25 hours a week caring for their loved ones on top of their full-time jobs, and ultimately, the current lack of support and resources drives 32% of them to leave their job to care full time. . Jessica Kim , chief executive officer of ianacare , understands these statistics deeply as she made the difficult choice to leave her job in 2016 to care for her mom full time, as do ne

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 4, 2022

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Every year, dozens of PA startups get their start with Ben Franklin Technology Partners. The largest early-stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin provides investment capital, business support services, BIG IDEA Contests, and Startup Boot Camps to emerging tech-entrepreneurs and small manufacturers located in central and northern Pennsylvania.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 3, 2022

No voodoo, no animal sacrifices and no cosmic ordering: just 12 things that I wish I’d known sooner Photo by Miguel Bruna on Unsplash Gather round and let me teach you how to manifest millions in the bank, super-yachts, and a diamond-encrusted banana hanger. Just kidding: this isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme or some woo-woo-workshop. Instead, here’s a list of 12 things that have directly or kinda-directly helped me go from living paycheck-to-paycheck, to hiring my first ever financial advisor (be

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Miro is indeed still in the right place at the right time. With remote work continuing to rise, or a hybrid of that and in-person, the online workspace company finds itself with 30 million users and counts nearly all of the Fortune 100 companies as clients. And now today, the company announced its largest round to date, $400 million in a Series C that propels its valuation to $17.5 billion.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 5, 2022

Can you believe that the Year 2022 is here? Right now, you are probably thinking of all the ways you want to improve your enterprise’s operations and grow your overall business success in the New Year. Yes, it is a great time to reevaluate your project management initiatives, customer retention strategy, and HR processes. However, there are so many other ways to take your business to new heights in 2022 and beyond.

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Venture Well

JANUARY 5, 2022

What's on the horizon for science and tech innovators? VentureWell experts track top trends for 2022. The post Top Trends for 2022: Innovation’s New Normal appeared first on VentureWell.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2022

Looking for an innovative way to breathe new life into your existing content? Video is the way of the future. And here’s the best part: You probably already have all the content you need to create a robust set of marketing videos for all your social media channels. All you have to do is repurpose that content into videos that work well within your existing marketing strategy; no brain-racking required.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

When young (or youngish) people think of age-tech, they may picture mostly clinical solutions—telemedicine platforms, for instance. Growing older, however, doesn’t just have a physical component. Isolation, for example, is a serious issue for elderly people, especially during the pandemic. And older people still have to manage their day-to-day routines and finances, not just plan estates and wills.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 7, 2022

Have you dreamed of starting a creative business? Here’s how to get started. After the collective trauma that was 2020 and 2021, many of us are feeling burnt out, both creatively and mentally. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been sick yourself or dealt with the illness of a loved one, we’ve all felt the stress of social isolation. There’s nothing like a crisis that lifts a veil over what isn’t working in your life whether that was a commute you hated or a job not in alignment with your values.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2022

So last year I made a bunch of predictions that with one exception were kind of obvious. I don’t want to do that again, so I am going to list five things that I think will happen this year that most people would not likely agree with. 1/ As the pandemic evolves into an endemic in the first half of 2022, companies will reopen their offices and their employees will largely opt to go back to working together in offices.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 3, 2022

Doing what you love is a romanticized nightmare. That’s why we don’t do it. Let’s fix it permanently. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Meez , a company creating professional recipe software and a culinary operating system, brought in its first-ever funding round of $6.5 million to continue developing its tools to help chefs manage their recipes. Josh Sharkey, CEO of Meez. Image Credits: Evan Sung. CEO Josh Sharkey, a chef himself for most of his career, incorporated the New York-based technology company back in 2015.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 4, 2022

On today’s episode of the Business Beat, Jeff highlights a few companies mentioned by Cronicle Tech News as hot tech companies to watch in 2022 in the Great Lakes region. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, for details on three of these promising startups: Tune in to News/Talk 760 AM WJR weekday mornings at 7:11 a.m. for the WJR Business Beat.

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 7, 2022

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: Workspot’s secure cloud desktop Binah.ai: World’s first blood pressure via video InsideTracker guides users to longer, healthier lives Israel hits new VC record of $25.6 billion Wall St Journal: Flytrex ‘will change your life’ Expert advice on OurCrowd’s 4,300 job vacancies HarvestMaster hails SCiO as ‘single biggest advancement’ Remilk raises $120M, valuation rises tenfold within a year Beyond Meat gets finger-lickin’ with KFC Zippin to expand c

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2022

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Gnawing, burrowing, infecting: The damages caused to agriculture by insect pests like the Japanese beetle (pictured above) exceed $100 billion every year, according to the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA. And along with plant diseases, which the exoskeleton buggers can also transmit, arthropods account for the annual 40% loss of agricultural production worldwide.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. Startup costs are low and the nature of the business is flexible. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. Some bloggers become so successful that they turn blogging into a full-time business. Have you heard of Pat Flynn, Chiara Ferrangi, Abby Lawson, and Darren Rowse?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 7, 2022

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 6, 2022

The powers of compound growth Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Alternative investments are having a moment. Their popularity has surged over the last decade, with the asset class growing from just over $3 trillion in 2008 to more than $10 trillion in 2019, according to data provider Preqin. . Institutions have fueled a large part of this growth, investing at record pace into alternatives like crypto, private companies and real estate.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. Startup costs are low and the nature of the business is flexible. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. Some bloggers become so successful that they turn blogging into a full-time business. Have you heard of Pat Flynn, Chiara Ferrangi, Abby Lawson, and Darren Rowse?

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