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Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem

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We are experiencing unprecedented opportunities for communities to evaluate how best to respond to short-term needs while building resilient solutions for long-term success. While it might be tempting to jump right in, it’s important to take the time to evaluate successful outcomes and develop a strategy to achieve your goals. Entrepreneurs are key contributors to job creation and economic stability, so your long-term strategy should include ways to support their success by building effective en

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A Commitment to Lifelong Learning Is Essential for Your Success

Smart Hustle Magazine

There’s a misconception that the most successful business leaders are born with their leadership credentials imprinted in their DNA. Surely because they are more successful than their peers, it stands to reason they’re extremely sharp or even smarter than their non-CEO cohorts. But in truth, what sets successful business leaders apart is their innate curiosity and sponge-like ability to draw out insights about their business from all kinds of places.

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10 steps to living your optimal life

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Gino Wickman, a recent EO 360° podcast guest and the author of Traction and The EOS Life , as well as the creator of EOS (the Entrepreneurial Operating System), which more than 130,000 entrepreneurs use to run their companies. He also created The 10 Disciplines for Managing and Maximizing Your Energy. You deserve to live your optimal life.

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A Return To Fundamentals

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I wrote a fair bit last year about the disconnect between how companies were being valued and the fundamentals of those businesses. It seemed to me that many companies, from the founders, to the leadership teams, and the rank and file employees got more focused on raising capital and valuations than the basics of a business (people, product, customers, revenues, profits, etc).

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Stop guessing your KPIs; Varos shows e-commerce, SaaS companies how you compare to peers

TechCrunch

When one public company in a certain sector communicates a difficult quarter, the other companies in the sector tend to see a dip in share price. However, for private companies, it is hard to know exactly why there was an increase in costs last week — was it due to the company’s performance or happening to everyone else, too. Varos , based in San Francisco and Tel Aviv, is shedding some light on how companies compare to their peers in terms of key performance indicators, like customer acquisitio

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How To Raise Venture Funding When Investors Hate Your Market

Hunter Walk

There’s a Specific Strategy For Getting Capital When Sentiment Turns Sour. “There’s only one thing that entrepreneurs have complete control over, and that’s picking the market they want to operate in.” I’m paraphrasing wisdom shared by entrepreneur/investor Jeff Kearl at a conference. Jeff was pointing out there are a host of attributes tied to the market you’re deciding to operate in and you should be thoughtful about that selection.

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Funding Friday: Codrone

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I love using robotics to teach kids to code. A K12 teacher told me many years ago, “when the robot doesn’t do what you told it to do, you know your code is wrong and you need to fix it.” Robotics brings code to life for kids and that’s a great thing. So when I saw this Kickstarter project, Codrone , I backed it immediately. So did 120 other people and so this project is going to come to life.

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The idea that university degrees don’t matter is a Silicon Valley fantasy

TechCrunch

Jamie Beaton. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jamie Beaton is the author of “Accepted! Secrets to Gaining Admission to the World’s Topic Universities,” and is CEO of Crimson Education , a university admissions consulting company. Silicon Valley loves to celebrate the cult of the dropout — the inspired entrepreneur who decides that traditional education isn’t for her because it teaches her nothing of relevance, slows her down, and, in a world of readily available information, no longer gates

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Why Early Valuations Might Surge in 2022

Tomasz Tunguz

Will year-end Series A and B valuations top or trail those of January? This question sits atop most founders' lips and boardroom agendas. The broad market sentiment is they will be lower. Public-market software valuations have withered more than 60% from their highs. Alarm about interest rates, QE ending, and geopolitical risk have swirled around public technology companies, kinking the valuation curve.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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7 Biggest Startup Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make, and How to Avoid Them

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Failing brings new experiences to adjust our direction to get closer to our goal. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Impact Hub and Goodwings Partner to Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere

Impact Hub

Vienna, February 22, 2022. Impact Hub proudly announces a partnership with sustainable hotel booking platform, Goodwings. Why? To take climate action. How? By better understanding, reducing and removing its travel-related carbon emissions — at scale. Petr Skvaril, Partnerships Director at Impact Hub, says “This partnership will allow us to better understand and manage our carbon footprint and remove our travel-related emissions from the atmosphere.

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14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies

TechCrunch

Almost the same size as Florida, global warming has made Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier increasingly unstable. This month, researchers are attempting to reach the “Doomsday Glacier” for study, but icebergs are slowing their progress. The climate emergency is becoming more apparent, and investors are taking notice. Last year, round sizes for climate tech startups quadrupled, with more than 600 investments totaling over $40 billion.

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The lion and the ant: A managerial lesson

Berkonomics

This story has turned out to be one of the most enduring posts ever for me, well worth repeating. And what a lesson for us all. I confess that our research cannot find its source. So, with thanks to whomever originally created this great little parable, here it is: “Every day, a small Ant arrived at work early and started work immediately, she produced a lot and she was happy.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.

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How to Raise a Pre-Pre-Seed Round

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Understanding the Pre-Pre Round and its industry investors Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Care+Wear’s Razdan Bold Enough to Bridge Fashion and Function in an Effort to Rehumanize the…

Jason Malki

Care+Wear’s Razdan Bold Enough to Bridge Fashion and Function in an Effort to Rehumanize the Healthcare Experience I had the pleasure of interviewing Chaitenya Razdan is the Founder and CEO of Care+Wear , a leading provider of innovative healthwear focused on creating positive and effective healing experiences for people everywhere. The son of a doctor, Razdan created Care+Wear to dedicate himself to improving people’s lives.

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Daily Crunch: State-sponsored hackers target private email addresses of Ukrainian military

TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Friday, February 25, 2022. It has been a challenging week, so I hope you’re safe and in good spirits (if possible) when this letter reaches you. Toward a more fair and just world. – Alex.

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OSSM: Oklahoma students have standing invitation to apply

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Oklahoma students have standing invitation to apply to OSSM. By Scott Meacham. About 4 million people live in the state of Oklahoma. Every year, between 140 and 200 of them are high school students enrolled in the Oklahoma School of Science and Math (OSSM). Everything about OSSM supports student academics, whether the school’s college-level curriculum is delivered to residential boarding students at the OSSM campus next to Research Park in Oklahoma City, through one of five regional centers, or

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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SG’s mobility startup Beam raises US$93 million in Series B

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based micro-mobility startup Beam has raised US$93 million in funding in its Series B round to fuel its growth into new countries in Asia. The funding round was led by Affirma Capital along with participation from Hana Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, EDB Investment, ICT Capital, RTP Global, AC Ventures and Momentum Venture Capital.

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4 Painful Truths of the Entrepreneurial Journey

Entrepreneur's Handbook

To make you feel less alone. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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VCs weigh in on Europe’s future in the critical deep tech market

TechCrunch

Writing about Europe is hard today. Russia is invading Ukraine as we write, and global markets are in freefall. This is the continent’s political and military backdrop. Last week, this column took a look at the European technology market’s deep tech expertise. Europe’s economic future, in other words. We could have held off a day or two to compile this follow-up piece.

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Move38’s Bobrow Bringing People Together with Games & Tech

Jason Malki

Jonathan Bobrow is an award-winning designer and technologist at the forefront of digital, hands-on play. He’s an alumnus of MIT and UCLA with degrees in media arts, and currently leads Move38 as Founder and CEO. Move38 is a new kind of game company with emerging technology, including Blinks, a tabletop game system with a mind of its own. Jonathan has successfully Kickstarted six products, raising more than $750,000 on the crowdfunding platform.

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Statement of Cash Flows vs. Cash Flow Statement

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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Pan-Asia data center firm Princeton Digital scores $500m+ in latest funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Princeton Digital Group (PDG), a Singapore-based pan-Asia data center company , has announced raising more than $500 million in its latest funding round led by Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company. Mubadala injected $350 million in the funding round, which was also participated by existing shareholders PDG, Warburg Pincus, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, per the

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Why I’m Awful At Social Media Marketing on Purpose

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Let’s dispel the myth that social media marketing is all about memes and influencers Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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NayaPay secures $13 million, largest seed funding in South Asia for its messaging and payment app

TechCrunch

Pakistan-based fintech platform, NayaPay , has raised $13 million in a seed round to rollout its multi-service messaging and payment app, and to build payment acceptance and financial management tools for businesses in the South Asian country. NayaPay CEO and founder Danish Lakhani told TechCrunch that the super-app allows people residing in Pakistan to send and receive money, split bills and make payments conveniently from smartphones.

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Peloton’s New CEO Is Incredibly Candid, & the ‘Micromort’ Estimates Risk of Dying From Any Activity

Hunter Walk

Two Great Reads on Leadership, and Rational Risk Taking. Two great reads I wanted to share with you — one is about leadership, the other is about risk. Peloton’s New C.E.O. on the Tough Road Ahead. Interview with Barry McCarthy by NYTimes DealBook. This was one of the most candid interviews by an incoming CEO in a turnaround situation that I’ve ever seen!

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.