The Seraf Compass

AUGUST 6, 2020

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 4, 2020

This article comes from the Melbourne chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. According to some estimates, there are 3.80 billion users on social media. And every business owner and founder knows that social media is one of the most cost effective ways to market your products and services. . We asked members of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) in Australia to explain how they use social media. 1.

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Dream It

AUGUST 6, 2020

Infermedica (Healthtech ‘18) is an AI-driven platform that helps insurance, telemedicine companies, and health systems increase efficiency through fast, digital symptom-checks. The platform has nearly 60 B2B partners across 30 countries, including Microsoft, Allianz, Global Excel, Sana Kliniken, and Médis, and has performed more than 6 million health checks globally.

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Revolution

AUGUST 5, 2020

In 2013, we invested in BigCommerce , a SaaS startup helping companies build, manage, and market online stores. This morning, the Austin-based company raised its initial public offering. BigCommerce is now listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol BIGC. This marks an exciting milestone in the company’s trajectory which has been fueled by a boom in e-commerce.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 6, 2020

We’re excited to announce the launch of the YC Startup Library, found at ycombinator.com/library. Over the last 15 years, YC has invested in and worked with more than 2,000 companies, and we’ve seen and learned from their successes and failures. The library consolidates the knowledge and advice we’ve previously published and provides a central location for new content.

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Ian Hathaway

AUGUST 6, 2020

01. What is “The Startup Community Way”? The Startup Community Way is a book I co-authored with Techstars cofounder Brad Feld. It’s a collection of frameworks, principles, and action points that guide and inform practitioners and observers about the key characteristics, behavioral patterns, and basic function of startup communities and entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 2, 2020

In my recent post about the fundraising market during COVID, I wondered aloud about inside rounds. Inside rounds, new financing rounds led by existing investors, have historically been primarily the territory of companies who cannot raise from outside investors at attractive terms. But recently, insiders have been leading the most competitive rounds in their portfolio companies.

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Guy Kawasaki

AUGUST 3, 2020

On the Remarkable People podcast , I interview people such as Jane Goodall, Woz, and Stephen Wolfram who have changed the world. Their stories are inspiring, and I hope they encourage you, too. . This post has a different twist – let’s look at why and how you can foster change and the art of innovation in your company by driving your company with data.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2020

This year has shown just how important it is to be able to connect remotely. Effective communication and collaboration are crucial during this trying time and outside of it to keep businesses and education running smoothly. Webinars and video conferencing help companies, universities and colleges stay connected with global employees, students and customers.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

AUGUST 2, 2020

By Scott Meacham. If anyone had told me a year ago that we would be in the situation we are in today, I might not have said it out loud, but I would have thought that they were completely nuts. The global pandemic has given me a new standard for what a worst case scenario looks like. Whatever else develops with this pandemic, one thing is certain. It has changed the world.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 6, 2020

Greater agility, better infection containment, fast diagnostics and telemedicine: Meet your healthcare providers post Covid-19. When the coronavirus surfaced in China in December 2019, it set off a domino effect worldwide – with the number of active cases snowballing rapidly. By February 2020, the daily increase in people falling ill with Covid-19 was in the thousands and -though international borders closed down and households went into lockdown – active cases skyrocketed in June to

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Derek Sivers

AUGUST 6, 2020

Six weeks ago I emailed my private email list with a secret link to buy my new books. They’re not even officially released yet, but they’ve already sold over $250,000. I made 5000 limited edition hardcover copies of each, but those have sold out now. I’ll admit, it made me ridiculously happy to make $250,000. I was expecting way less than that, so it was a big surprise.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

US Black Chambers is an advocacy organization comprised of 145 black chambers and represents over 330,000 black owned businesses. Ron Busy, CEO of US Black Chambers said, in a recent interview, that while most business are seeking access to capital, black owned businesses number one priority is access to affordable credit. Ron shared that 20 - 30 years ago there was a focus on diversity and inclusion, however today, especially for black businesses, that focus must shift to the inclusion of black

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 6, 2020

In 2017, I wrote the post Managers Must be Insane to Brainstorm in Groups. If you’ve been a group meeting for brainstorming, you’ll identify with the three problems reasearchers identified with in-person brainstorms: Only one person can speak at a time. Many people don’t participate and free ride hiding in the back of the room, unengaged.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 3, 2020

“The ability to operate as a full-service national bank gives Varo more freedom to deliver the kind of innovation and allyship that many Americans have never had from their bank before. Read more here. The post [Varo Money in Fintech Magazine] Varo is granted its bank charter and a US FinTech milestone appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Common Reasons Why Startups Fail

AUGUST 4, 2020

Entrepreneurship is the process of coming up with an idea for a business venture, developing it, and finally, launching and running that same business venture. The post Types of Entrepreneurship: Meaning and Importance appeared first on.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2020

Small business owners are no stranger to challenging situations, and as cases of COVID-19 rise throughout the U.S., these savvy entrepreneurs continue to rise to the occasion and tackle these stressors in familiar ways. In our third annual Inside Small Business Survey, fielded in February before the pandemic with more than 1,000 respondents, we found that the top three most-stressful aspects of owning and working at a small business are heavy workloads (15%), long work hours (12%) and tight dead

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Venture Well

AUGUST 4, 2020

Faculty Grants recipient, Amy Tuininga, is working to increase entrepreneurial success for students traditionally underserved in STEM fields. The post advancing sustainability, equity, and entrepreneurial success: q&a with Amy Tuininga of Montclair State University appeared first on VentureWell.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 2, 2020

Tevel: Tevel Aerobotics Technologies has developed a drone with a robotic arm that allows farmers to determine which fruit is ripe and pick it. The drone offers convenient access to the fruit and gathers information about their quality, quantity, and fertilizer and water levels. Trellis: Trellis, incorporated as ATPlabs Ltd. has developed an AI-powered food system intelligence platform to reduce food waste.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2020

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) has been helping entrepreneurs achieve transformational growth since 1987. Our member network is committed to learning and helping each other succeed. But this network of support and growth goes beyond members. It includes the hundreds of staff and chapter administrators who help the organization run. Beth Chernick was EO New York’s chapter manager from 2003 to 2020.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2020

To work in the office or work remotely? That is a common question today. With many businesses in limbo amid the global Covid-19 pandemic, Zoho has an answer for returning to work. Zoho Corporation is a global technology company offering the most extensive suite of business software applications in the industry. This week they launched the new app BackToWork.

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Speaker: Wayne Spivak - President and Chief Financial Officer of SBA * Consulting LTD, Industry Writer, and Public Speaker

The old adages that "cash is king" and "you can’t spend profits" still hold true today. But however well-known these sayings might be, it requires a change in mindset to properly implement a cash flow management system that predicts your business's runaway as accurately as possible. Key to this new mindset is understanding the difference between the Statement of Cash Flows, a historical look at the source and uses of cash, and the Cash Flow Statement, which uses transaction history and forward-l

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GCUC

AUGUST 6, 2020

A Note from Liz and Stormy: Thank you Ashley Proctor for your contributions not only to GCUC Canada but to the larger coworking world. The post GCUC Canada Update appeared first on GCUC Community.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 5, 2020

Koch Disruptive Technologies has announced an investment in Sight Diagnostics alongside global crowdfunding platform OurCrowd. Sight Diagnostics is a long time portfolio company of OurCrowd. The Series D funding raised a solid $71 million. Total funding now tops $124 million. A valuation of the Medtech firm was not provided. Read more here. The post [Sight Diagnostics in Crowdfund Insider] Koch Disruptive Technologies Invests in Sight Diagnostics Alongside OurCrowd in $71 Million Series D ap

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 7, 2020

I’ve written about the need for smaller form factor smartphones and know a bunch of people who are frustrated by the lack of choice in small form factor smartphones. So I was interested to see this Kickstarter project to bring to market a 3″ Android smartphone that sells for sub $200. Not everyone wants or needs a credit card sized smartphone, but those that do benefit from Android being open and platforms like Kickstarter that make niche products viable for creators.

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Surdna Foundation

AUGUST 3, 2020

How can we in philanthropy do a better job of supporting the kind of collaboration and shared learning that grassroots organizations need to grow their movements? In 2019, the Surdna Foundation Sustainable Environments team set out to better understand grantees’ progress to advance racial justice and deepen their participatory grantmaking and equitable evaluation practices.

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