TechCrunch
MAY 11, 2022
Marjorie Radlo-Zandi. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. More posts by this contributor. Does your startup have enough runway? 5 factors to consider. Be an entrepreneur who leads with transparency. “What is your valuation?
Smart Hustle Magazine
MAY 9, 2022
Company culture isn’t just about ping pong tables and happy hours. It’s the set of values, behaviors, and beliefs that shape how your employees work together and how they interact with customers. Creating a strong company culture is essential for any business, but it can be especially challenging for small businesses. If you have remote teams or have restructured your business to allow employees to work from home after the pandemic , it can be difficult to maintain your company cul
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
MAY 11, 2022
Investing in founder-led businesses is comforting to me. They have the ability to see the forest through the trees and do what is necessary to evolve the business. Two great examples of this are Microsoft in the mid 90s and Facebook a decade ago. Microsoft had spent more than a decade competing and winning the desktop software market and then Netscape came along and presented an entirely new market opportunity that had both major upside and major downside for Microsoft.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 9, 2022
I’ve been asked by portfolio companies and plenty of others about how they should be changing their strategy given the stock market pullback and what they’ve been hearing on “VC twitter”. My answer depends on whether the company would answer yes to any of the following questions: 1) Did you raise an overpriced round in the last 18 months—one you know was over the top?
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
MAY 9, 2022
How Caribbean entrepreneurs are tackling climate change with their businesses. By Shannon Courtney. To preserve and protect the Earth for our communities, we must make a collective investment to ensure that generations of global citizens have access to clean and healthy environments. Entrepreneurs from all over the world are leading the way and demonstrating that the time to care and act is now. .
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Paul G. Silva
MAY 12, 2022
Leaders of global corporations are under intense pressure to grow their valuation by hitting aggressive revenue, margin, and EBITDA targets. Acquirers pay a valuation premium on recurring, high-margin, and high-growth product revenue. However, the metrics most companies use (ROI) fail to capture the impact on valuation, causing leaders to make choices that slow their valuation growth.
Source Link
MAY 10, 2022
On Thursday, April 21, SourceLink hosted Building Rural Communities Through Entrepreneurship , a webinar on strategies for growing rural communities through entrepreneurship-led economic development. The session was moderated by SourceLink’s director of strategic partnerships, Dara Macan, and panelists included: Nathan Ohle – President and CEO, International Economic Development Council.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
MAY 13, 2022
I blogged about the $1k Project For Ukraine a couple of months ago. Since then over 5,000 families in Ukraine have gotten a $1k gift, no strings attached, to help them survive during this crisis. That is $5mm of direct aid to families in Ukraine. Yesterday, Stewart Butterfield, the founder of Slack, tweeted that he and Jen Rubio will be matching another $2.5mm of $1k donations over the next 48 hours, starting at mid-day yesterday. "All” means no need to tweet receipts (or even read this): we
TechCrunch
MAY 9, 2022
Hugging Face has closed a new round of funding. It’s a $100 million Series C round with a big valuation. Following today’s funding round, Hugging Face is now worth $2 billion. Lux Capital is leading the round, with Sequoia and Coatue investing in the company for the first time. Some of the startup’s existing investors participated once again. These investors include Addition, Betaworks, AIX Ventures, Cygni Capital, Kevin Durant and Olivier Pomel.
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners
MAY 9, 2022
DuBois, PA – In partnership with the PA WILDS Center for Entrepreneurship, Ben Franklin Technology Partners recently sponsored a BIG IDEA contest targeting innovators working in the maker economy, forest products, outdoors and recreation, and even tech-manufacturing. The winner will receive a prize package that includes: Up to $50,000 in cash.
Smart Hustle Magazine
MAY 11, 2022
Do you dream about partnering your small business with a multi-million dollar brand? Exposure to industry giants can bring entrepreneurs new opportunities to create and sell to different markets. And with the right gumption, anything is possible. Today, 57% of companies use partnerships to further their brand. Not only is it beneficial for companies to work together, but it is also a wonderfully innovative way to bring something new to consumers. .
Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 11, 2022
This is an excerpt from Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World by Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross (St. Martin’s Publishing Group, May 2022). Cowen is an economics professor at George Mason University, co-author of the Marginal Revolution blog, and co-founder of Marginal Revolution University. Gross is the founder of startup.
TechCrunch
MAY 12, 2022
Michael Broughton was the first in his family to go to college. But he almost didn’t, when he had trouble securing the necessary financing to pay his tuition. The experience stuck with him, and when he met Ayush Jain at the University of Southern California, the pair bonded over their belief that credit access should be free. They came up with the idea of helping people build credit through recurring payment forms such as digital subscriptions to Netflix, Spotify and Hulu.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 9, 2022
Playing it safe is the riskiest choice of all Golden handcuffs?—?when you stay at a job that you’d rather quit only for the money. I thought I was going to stay at Netflix forever. Top of market pay. Freedom and responsibility. Unlimited PTO. What more could you ask for? So when I quit Netflix in May 2021, everyone thought I was crazy. My parents objected first.
Smart Hustle Magazine
MAY 13, 2022
Some people believe that launching a business is stressful. Uncertainty exists no matter how well you plan your to-do list or schedule your time. However, there are two sides to a coin. Most businesses collapse due to financial factors such as the entrepreneur running out of cash , being incapable of paying workers, or not supplying enough goods to stay afloat.
Y Combinator
MAY 11, 2022
Every batch, we invite founders and executives to advise YC companies as Visiting Group Partners. These advisors bring valuable insights and recent operational experience to YC’s early-stage companies. Throughout the batch, they take on a variety of responsibilities, including application reading, interviews, group office hours, individual office hours, demo day prep, and more.
TechCrunch
MAY 11, 2022
The use of cryptocurrency in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among its young people, cannot be overstated. Data from blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis says the region’s crypto usage grew 1,200% last year, making it the third-fastest growing cryptocurrency economy. But despite the proliferation of local and foreign crypto exchanges and the introduction of novel models by up-and-coming web3 platforms, some observers believe there are still notable barriers to using crypto in Africa.
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Andreessen Horowitz
MAY 12, 2022
We at a16z started investing in bitcoin in 2013 , several years before we had a dedicated crypto fund. We have always been big believers in Bitcoin , its unique history and its foundational role in crypto. . It’s hard to … The post Investing in Lightspark appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
Campaign Monitor
MAY 12, 2022
Let’s break down the secrets to success behind The New York Times’ The Morning , and what you can learn from it for your own newsletter. Some people say newspapers are dead, but The New York Times (NYT) isn’t taking that lying down. It has maintained its classic brand and award-winning content while evolving its product to serve a digital audience.
Angel Capital Association
MAY 11, 2022
By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer May 10, 2022 – Seeking to strengthen connection, advocacy and understanding as well as advise those in the SEC and FinHub community, CEO Pat Gouhin was thrilled to represent angel investors and the angel ecosystem at FinHub’s Peer-to-Peer meet-up on capital formation. “It was an honor to get to speak directly to the FinHub community and the SEC.
TechCrunch
MAY 7, 2022
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. The Great Resignation, the economic trend of people quitting their jobs in pursuit of other opportunities, has been greeted by a harsh reality: the Great Reset. This week, a spate of tech companies – largely those valued above $1 billion from their venture capital investors – announced reductions in their workforce.
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
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 9, 2022
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AsiaTechDaily
MAY 9, 2022
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register South Korea’s largest accelerator program for foreign startups, K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , is accepting applications for its 2022 edition. The 3.5-month all-paid residency program invites global startups to participate in this program known as an entry point for business in the Asian market.
Tomasz Tunguz
MAY 10, 2022
The past three days may be the most eventful in web3 ever. Crypto assets have fallen by half or more, following their software counterparts. The attack on an algorithmic stablecoin’s peg harkens back to Druckenmiller breaking the Bank of England. All the tumult in the crypto markets will catalyze change. Here are my five mid-year predictions for the major evolutions that arise in response.
TechCrunch
MAY 9, 2022
Vladyslav Strykun. Contributor. Vladyslav Strykun is head of marketing at Headway , an edtech startup that provides bite-sized learning for fun and personal growth. Wondering how to improve the marketing performance of your mobile app in the spring without experimenting and extra costs? Take advantage of results from the high winter season, also known as Q5.
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