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5 Strategies for Startups Navigating an Uncertain Supply Chain

Venture Well

Our experts offer five tips to help early-stage startups manage global supply chain disruptions. The post 5 Strategies for Startups Navigating an Uncertain Supply Chain appeared first on VentureWell.

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3 ways to measure employee happiness (and 1 step you shouldn’t skip)

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Verne Harnish, founder of EO and founder and CEO of Gazelles, a global executive education and coaching company with over 150 coaching partners on six continents. Together with Daniel Marcos (EO Austin), Verne is co-founder of Growth Institute , which provides online executive education based on the Scaling Up methodology. Want more Verne?

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A Blistering Pace

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I wrote about pacing a few years ago. I am a fan of a steady pace, not too fast, not too slow. Sometimes the opportunity set forces you to go faster. As I wrote then: I don’t think a VC firm should manage to a pacing number. It should manage to the opportunity set that it sees. In the last two years, the VC business has been operating at a blistering pace, the fastest I’ve witnessed in my 35 years in the business (including the 99/00 era).

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Did venture capitalists undervalue startups for decades?

TechCrunch

Data indicate that the pace of startup value creation reached a fever pitch in 2021. According to venture capital data collected by PitchBook , prices spiked for startup equity across the maturity spectrum last year. The result of those rising prices was a huge gain in the pace at which paper wealth was generated. The rising velocity of value creation may indicate that rich entry prices for early startup investments will math out as similar pricing dynamics play out in the later stage of company

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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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Are you ready to invest in the Metaverse?

OurCrowd

Underneath the hype, a synthesis of trends has been brewing that could create opportunities. By Josh Liggett. Principal, Investments Team, OurCrowd. Even in late 2021, most people had no idea what the Metaverse was. Then Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s rebrand to Meta and interest in the Metaverse exploded. . Goldman Sachs estimates the Metaverse to be an $8 trillion market opportunity.

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Indian ecommerce startup DealShare secures US$45 million funding, valuation rises to US$1.7 billion

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register DealShare, a social ecommerce startup has raised US$45 million funding in its extended Series E financing round from a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). The latest infusion brings the company’s valuation to US$1.7 billion.

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Another huge funding round gives Veho room to deliver

TechCrunch

Two months after taking on a monster $125 million Series A that propelled the company into unicorn territory, package delivery company Veho is back with another huge round — this time $170 million in Series B. Leading the round this time was Tiger Global, with SoftBank Vision Fund 2 participating. This latest round gives the company $300 million in total funding raised in the past two years and a $1.5 billion valuation.

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How to Decide if a Career in Venture Capital is Right for You

Hunter Walk

As Our Colleague Kate Stern Departs Homebrew To Go Back to Company Building, Here’s Her Advice. At Homebrew we’ve stayed a very small group by design, believing at the earliest stages of a company, continuity of relationship between the investor and founders is essential to preserve trust and context. But sometimes growing the team isn’t just about adding another set of hands, but a different set of experiences, interests and capabilities.

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2022 Coworking Space Business Trends

Deskmag

We asked and you answered. In the Coworking Trends Survey, most coworking spaces were optimistic about the new year. However, their economic situation continued to be severely affected by the pandemic. Meeting spaces in particular have been in high demand recently. Read the most important results in this article.

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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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#16. How to Build a Multi-Million Dollar per Month Startup in Public w/ Nathan Barry | ConvertKit…

Entrepreneur's Handbook

#16. How to Build a Multi-Million Dollar per Month Startup in Public w/ Nathan Barry | ConvertKit Founder Image of Nathan Barry Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube. Today’s guest is Nathan Barry, the founder of the email marketing platform ConvertKit. He started off as a freelance web designer and design book author.

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Cansativa Group grabs capital as Germany readies for recreational cannabis market

TechCrunch

Calvin Broadus, a.k.a. Snoop Dogg, rocked the stage at Sunday’s Super Bowl, and now his Casa Verde Capital team is pumping new funds into Frankfurt-based Cansativa Group , touted as the “largest medical cannabis distributor” in Germany. Cansativa Group came onto the scene in 2017 with business-to-business tools for customers to manage every stage of the cannabis value chain — from importing goods to distributing them — and all associated logistics required to get product to thousands of pharmaci

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Online Lending Platform Funding Societies raises US$294 million to accelerate its expansion plans in Southeast Asia

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Funding Societies popularly known as Modalku in Indonesia an online lending platform for MSMEs has raised a total of US$294 million to fuel its expansion plans in Southeast Asia. According to the company, it has raised US$144 million in an oversubscribed Series C+ equity round led by Japanese venture capital fund SoftBank Vision Fund 2 along with participation from new investors Rapyd

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Backed’s Mutari Gives Insights Into his Upcoming Launch

Jason Malki

I had the pleasure of interviewing Sef Mutari, Founder & CEO of Backed , a digital asset platform for loans and low-risk investments. He is a Tech leader and an Entrepreneur and has over 15 years in different technology sectors including banking, SaaS, and cloud organizations working on digital transformation to the cloud and customer-facing offerings.

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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 Use LinkedIn to Get Clients

Entrepreneur's Handbook

A non-sleazy and totally ethical LinkedIn marketing strategy to grow your business. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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3 keys that unlock data-driven fundraising

TechCrunch

Blair Silverberg. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Blair Silverberg is co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital , a financial services company using technology to accelerate the fundraising process. More posts by this contributor. Know your startup’s value so you can communicate it to investors. For companies raising capital in the coming year, news of rising interest rates, market volatility and falling valuations paints a daunting picture.

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PH crypto exchange PDAX scores $50m in Series B

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Philippine-based crypto exchange platform PDAX (Philippine Digital Asset Exchange) announced that it raised more than $50 million in its Series B fundraising round led by Tiger Global. Kingsway Capital, Jump Capital, Draper Dragon, Oak Drive Ventures, DG Daiwa Ventures, Ripple, and UBX Ventures also participated in the funding round In August 2021, PDAX began raising Series B fundraisi

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Crossroads LED takes out-of-the-box approach

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Taking an out-of-the-box approach to solving customer problems is in Crossroads LED’s DNA. By Scott Meacham. There isn’t a better place to see the stars than in the night sky that canopies the Black Mesa State Park in the Oklahoma Panhandle. If you haven’t traveled to the western tip of our state and witnessed the God-given beauty of that panorama, go online or better yet, add a visit to your bucket list.

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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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The One-Word Response My Investor Called My Business “Superpower”

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Here’s the entrepreneurial secret behind the one-word response I give to every business suggestion I receive Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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How to find a job as a scout for a VC firm

TechCrunch

David Teten. Contributor. Share on Twitter. David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. More posts by this contributor. What are the ‘jobs to be done’ of an investment manager? The macro trends forcing change on the investment management industry. Akshat Dixit. Contributor. Akshat Dixit is a senior at North Carolina State University, an intern at Versatile VC , and a past intern with the HBS Alumni Angels Association and the Innovation Qua

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Proactive For Her secures $5.5m from Vertex Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Proactive For Her , a digital clinic for women’s outpatient healthcare , has raised $5.5 million in Series A funding led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India, with Nexus Venture Partners participating. The cash will be utilized to enhance the startup’s digital product offerings, build its online customer base, and open its Bengaluru flagship clinic.

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6 things operators need to prepare for the surge in demand

GCUC

Post by: Liz Elam In Austin last week I went to a great coworking space and it was positively buzzing. I loved it. What. The post 6 things operators need to prepare for the surge in demand appeared first on GCUC Community.

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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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The 3 Keys That Steered My Friend’s Delivery Business Clear of the Ditch

Entrepreneur's Handbook

When someone gets it right, you’d best sit up and take note Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Papier inks $50M Series C to as it runs to lead the online stationary market

TechCrunch

Papier , a startup leveraging technology to bring very non-tech products into the world, has raised some funding to continue expanding its business on the heels of strong demand for its personalized notebooks, planners, cards and other paper-based stationary that it sells online. The London startup has raised $50 million, a Series C that it will be using to expand into the U.S. and to continue growing offerings to include more paper-based products, as well as pens and other supplies you might fi

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Singapore’s digital wallet HolyWally raises US$1.4 million in fresh funds

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register HolyWally, a Singapore-based digital wallet platform has raised US$1.4 million in a funding round led by a leading FinTech firm in Singapore, M-DAQ and other investors including Creitive and Finmirai. The fresh funding will be used by HolyWally to intensify the Research& Development, expand its team and its commercialization efforts to cater to growing market demand that has been a

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“Place Matters”?—?Rise of the Rest’s 2022 Annual Report

Revolution

“Place Matters”?—?Rise of the Rest’s 2022 Annual Report By Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund Managing Partners Anna Mason and David Hall Our first-ever annual report is here. Rise of the Rest has always been about backing companies that prove it’s possible to scale a startup in cities outside of Silicon Valley. This report serves to further illustrate that thesis by breaking down what we look for in what we call “tentpole companies”: local startups that are the standout successes of a com

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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.