Entrepreneur's Handbook
DECEMBER 17, 2022
Did you hear? Medium is on the lookout for some 2022 roundup stories. And it’s been a turbulent year for startups and entrepreneurs; look at the tech-scape (and the stock prices) for a reminder. But has it all been doom and gloom? We’d love to read your takes on what 2022 meant for you as an entrepreneur or, more broadly, for the startup environment.
Startup Blogpost
DECEMBER 20, 2022
From having visual and shareable content to making the jump to YouTube Shorts, here are 10 answers to the question, “Should you use TikTok for your business? Please share how your business has approached TikTok as a platform.” Yes, if You Have Visual and Highly Shareable Content. Yes, It’s an Excellent Way to Reach Your Audience. If You Haven’t Already Started, Look Elsewhere.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
DECEMBER 20, 2022
At its core, sales is the process of convincing a customer to purchase something by using a series of planned and polished communication techniques. Good selling involves helping customers understand what they need and want so that they’re more likely to buy your products. There is no one-size-fits-all solution for selling products—what works for one company or industry may not work for another.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Michael Spath of Kapnick Insurance discusses risk solutions with expert Amy DeKeyser of Kapnick Insurance. Here are highlights from that conversation. Michael: Welcome to Kapnick Insurance’s Ask the Expert. I’m Michael Spath. Here with me is Amy DeKeyser , our Vice President of Risk Solutions at Kapnick. Amy, thanks very much for joining us. When someone hears the term risk solutions, that can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people.
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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.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park and various other media over the years, have raised $20 million to continue work on their professional deepfake studio for creators, Deep Voodoo. The company got its start during the media shutdown of 2020, when the pandemic prevented most travel and on-set productions. Parker and Stone had already begun assembling an AI artist team for a film they were developing, and when COVID intervened they focused on creating the tools for use later. ̶
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NZ Entrepreneur
DECEMBER 20, 2022
A number of startups and entrepreneurial initiatives working to address challenges in the transport sector have been approved for funding in round one of the Waka Kotahi Hoe ki angitū- Innovation Fund , with a second round of challenges now announced. The $15 million fund, which was launched in June to accelerate innovative transport projects, attracted 110 applications in round one.
OurCrowd
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: Flash Forest targets reforesting 1 billion trees Fusion breakthrough brings clean energy closer Meet the newsmakers at the OurCrowd Summit Face to face with medical holographic imaging When the going gets tough, OurCrowd gets going US Dept of Energy lab picks Xage for clean energy cybersecurity program India’s Tech Mahindra signs MoU with IQM for quantum research Salesforce Commerce Cloud integrates ByondXR platform Zoomcar launches electric car
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 17, 2022
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. May the earnest among us rise up: Techies, it’s prediction season. It’s my favorite time of the year, not because I’m a glutton for threads or care deeply about why DTC’s worst is still ahead of us — a take that echoes loudly for the third year in a row, mind you — but because it’s nice to see us all sit down and r
Y Combinator
DECEMBER 20, 2022
In 2022, most of the world freed itself from the shackles of the COVID pandemic, everyone struggled with inflation, and a war broke out in Europe. Here at YC we took things in stride and recruited our summer and winter batches as always. We also slowly began to bring back that very human thing we used to do: meeting in person. For the S22 batch, we instituted a beginning-of-batch retreat and weekly meetups.
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Jason Malki
DECEMBER 21, 2022
I had the pleasure of interviewing Glenn Ginsburg. Glenn Ginsburg holds the position of President at QYOU Media and launched and runs QYOU’s award winning Influencer Marketing Agency whose client portfolio includes Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, Hasbro, Activision, Capcom, Hyundai and other leading brands. Under Glenn’s leadership QYOU Media has also become the foremost authority on brand engagement on popular short form entertainment platform TikTok.
Founder Bounty
DECEMBER 19, 2022
I have been through the fundraising process. Not only is it damn hard - you guys have to know what not to waste your time on since your busy founders and what to waste your time on. So here it is. Having been in touch with top tier VC's for pre seed and seed these are the best ones. YC Y Combinator is easily one of the most famous accelerators in the world, thanks to its huge profile and excellent reputation among startups.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Though inflation appears to be dropping, economic conditions remain uncertain, and the overall fundraising climate is reverting to pre-pandemic levels. For Black founders, who have rarely received more than 1% of total venture capital invested in startups, 2022 wasn’t kind, and 2023 doesn’t look promising given how things are going. To find out how Black founders are planning to manage their time, money, and expectations for the upcoming months, TechCrunch+ surveyed three founders.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The nuanced balance to creating value for your customers Image: IWantProductMarket.Fit Problems are at the core of each startup. It shapes your solution that generates value. Without generating value, it’s hard to retain customers. Therefore we have books , articles and podcasts around the mantra: “Love the problem, not the solution”. So what is love?
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AsiaTechDaily
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Continuum raised a total of $36 million to accelerate the expansion of 100 percent recycled commercial metal powder production to meet the growing customer demand for sustainable materials. The company, that is based in Los Gatos, California, is a leader in sustainable metal recycling and supply and a leading producer of high-quality additive manufacturing material.
Jason Malki
DECEMBER 21, 2022
A few years ago, Tal made the decision to start his own company. He relocated to California and founded Magical , a company that raised $6.5M to rebuild the calendar for remote teams. As the Chief Technology Officer, Tal assembled a talented team of full-stack engineers and led them in their efforts to reduce time waste. Tal placed a strong emphasis on fostering a culture of engineering at Magical, with a focus on growth, impact, and experimentation as key values.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Revel , an NFT or “social collectibles” platform, raised $7.8 million in seed financing led by Dragonfly Capital, the startup’s CEO, Adi Sideman, exclusively told TechCrunch. “One way to describe Revel is a cross between Instagram and Robinhood, wrapped in social game economics,” Sideman said. Instagram is known as a social media platform while Robinhood is known as an investing and trading platform.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
DECEMBER 23, 2022
2022 in My Rearview: 5 Key Learnings From My First Year as a Startup Advisor The year started with a retrospective of my career, and became an incredible startup journey Credits: Greg Hillson, INSCYD Knowing that not much is for sure is a crucial skill in today’s world. However, there’s one thing I did know for sure one year ago: I did not want to join an existing company as CEO again.
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AsiaTechDaily
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Australian carbon management startup Avarni raised $3 million to streamline the future of carbon management in a funding round led by deep tech venture firm Main Sequence. The funding round was also participated by Vulpes Ventures and Common Sense Ventures, Avarni said in a statement.
NZ Entrepreneur
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Investors looking for the Next Big Thing are often drawn to universities. Afterall, some of the world’s most exciting and influential companies have started on campuses (think BioNTech and Google). Universities attract smart people who want to change the world and give them the support they need to make it happen. They equip academics with state-of-the-art equipment and an expert workforce to bring an idea forward, while on-campus commercialisation offices help academics protect their innovation
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Viva Republica, an operator of South Korean finance super app Toss , has finalized a $405 million Series G funding and it says it is now valued at 9.1 trillion won ( $7 billion), up from 8.5 trillion won in June 2021, when it raised $410 million in pre-Series G funding at a $7.4 billion (8.5 trillion won) valuation. (South Korea’s currency has depreciated against the dollar this year.).
The Seraf Compass
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Several years ago, I was speaking to a colleague of mine. He was trying to decide between two great job offers, and was having a difficult time making a final decision. I started asking about his compensation package. For salary and bonus, the two companies were equivalent. However, when it came to stock, there seemed to be a big difference. I tell this story as one simple example of the importance of actually understanding a company’s Capitalization Table (“cap table”) before transacting in the
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AsiaTechDaily
DECEMBER 23, 2022
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register An asset-light B2B distribution platform that connects buyers, suppliers and end-consumers in the FMCG sector in Vietnam, has secured $1 million in seed funding from Touchstone Partners. The investment will enable Quqo to grow its team and customer base and expand its distribution network across the country.
Venture Well
DECEMBER 19, 2022
To help faculty engage students in green design methods, we spotlight key exercises from the Tools for Design and Sustainability course, developed by Dr. Jeremy Faludi of Delft University of Technology. The post Inspiring Sustainable Design: Circular Economy—Design for a Lifetime appeared first on VentureWell.
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Milk is polarizing: To some, it’s a refreshing beverage that pairs well with cookies. For others, it’s a cursed liquid that causes tummy troubles. Even with the shelves of alt milks crowding grocery store coolers these days, the U.S. milk industry is a $15 billion category with 90% penetration, according to John Talbot, the CEO of the California Milk Advisory Board.
Andreessen Horowitz
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Whether through COVID-19, climate change, or geopolitical conflict, the past few years have laid bare the tenuous connections underpinning key parts of our modern world. Wars, pandemics, ransomware attacks, and extreme weather events have pushed supply chains, power grids, and … The post Reshore and Restore: Unlocking American Innovation for the 21st Century appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
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