Feedough
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
You not only have to be an innovator but also a leader if you want to succeed in the startup ecosystem. For a startup to exist, you should have a disruptive idea, the right investor, and unique positioning. But more than that, you need to be an exceptional leader to lead the startup and make it stay in the market for long. Startup leadership is a unique art that not everyone possesses.
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Sponsored content. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, stress was already costing Australian businesses upwards of $10 billion every year. Anxiety levels have worsened, with COVID-19 proving to be hugely disruptive to corporate wellness. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to workplace stress and other related health problems. However, it could potentially be beneficial to implement a workplace wellness program with the goal of improving health and wellness, as well as productivity, at your company
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Contributed by Erik Kruger , founder of Modern Breed , an international learning and development firm cultivating a new breed of leaders and teams. As a speaker, writer and thinking partner for entrepreneurs and business leaders, Erik shared his expertise with Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) members during learning events about the future of leadership. .
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
Fundraising takes a long time. I’m a female founder. I don’t have a technical co-founder. I don’t have enough traction. These are all of the things I heard from a founder that I recently backed. She was pitching for a pre-seed round of $400k. I committed to the round, but I wanted to see her raise a bit more—at least $750k, but perhaps up to $1.5mm.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
Venture Well
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Saakib Akbany of E-Team, Remora, developed an autonomous marine drone that uses AI technology to collect floating garbage from ports to address ocean pollution. The post protecting our oceans with AI technology: q&a with Saakib Akbany of Remora appeared first on VentureWell.
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
The perfect side hustle fuses passion, expertise and a prototyping mindset. Hustling comes naturally to entrepreneurs, and during the pandemic, it has become even more essential to get out there and make a buck. To naysayers who fear a side venture might divert them from an amazing startup or great job down the line, listen close: side hustling is cross-training for your best business performance.
HPA
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
We are excited to share that Hyde Park Angels participated in K4 Mobility’s $5.6M equity round, which was led by Hyde Park Venture Partners and included other notable investors. K4 Mobility is a digital platform that provides Off-Grid Internet (OGi) solutions with an initial focus on the maritime market. In-flight WiFi maker Gogo brought the internet to the skies and K4 Mobility is providing internet connection to ships.
Venture Well
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Monika Weber of Fluid-Screen credits early-stage entrepreneurial support for the success of her team’s bacterial contamination diagnostic technology, which has secured over $7 million in funding, and generated over $3 million in revenue. The post how Fluid-Screen replaced the petri dish with a microchip appeared first on VentureWell.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Over the years, there has been a growing trend of fintech infrastructure players around the world. In Africa, a handful of startups have launched in the past three years to provide such services. Stitch , a South African fintech startup, is one of them and today, it is coming out of stealth and announcing its seed round of $4 million. This makes it the largest round raised by any API fintech startup in Africa at the moment.
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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.
Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
Do you want to start or grow your business? Let’s do a spot check and see if you have these 10 key pillars of a successful business: 10 Small Business Pillars. Target audience. Are you getting clients and serving your audience? Business solution. Does your business solve a specific problem? Pricing. Do you have pricing down? Capacity. Are you built to the right scale?
Y Combinator
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Songe LaRon didn’t have experience working in the barbershop world when he first had the idea for Squire , a business management and point-of-sales software focusing on barbershop owners. He did, however, have firsthand knowledge of the customer experience. Beginning at the age of six or seven, LaRon started frequenting the barber with his dad. Twenty years later, he realized the industry hadn’t evolved much.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Economics tend to favor the bold and the innovative. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Splice , the New York-based, AI-infused, beat-making software service for music producers created by the founder of GroupMe, has managed to sample another $55 million in financing from investors for its wildly popular service. The GitHub for music producers ranging from Hook N Sling , Mr Hudson SLY, and Steve Solomon to TechCrunch’s own Megan Rose Dickey , Splice gained a following for its ability to help electronic dance music creators save, share, collaborate and remix music.
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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.
Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Do your emails bring in sales? Your audience receives hundreds of emails daily. And the chances are your emails can get lost in the stream of emails finding a way the inbox of your prospects/customers. If you want to stand out from the crowd, you need to be creative. At Smart Hustle Marketing Conference 2021, Tim Ray is going to share tips, tricks, and insights on how to increase engagement with your email marketing.
Y Combinator
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Edlyft co-founder and CEO Erika Hairston never imagined herself as a “techie,” but was drawn to computer science while at Yale University—not that it was a cinch for her. “I actually really struggled through the major and almost dropped it,” she says. While she ultimately persevered and graduated with her computer science degree from Yale in 2018, she also built appreciation for what it’s like to be truly intimidated by a subject matter.
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
On this morning’s WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares details of the Motown Musician Accelerator Program , an education and grant initiative designed to help local aspiring musicians and music managers break into business. The program takes in 10 aspiring artists and 10 aspiring managers who will begin a six-week program and work toward earning a slot for the 12-week intensive workshop program.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
The murder of George Floyd last May ignited many things in the United States last year — one of which that was perhaps unexpected: a rise in the number of digital banks targeting the Black community. Some members of the Black community took their belief that big banks are not meeting their needs and turned them into startup concepts. One of those startups, First Boulevard (formerly called Tenth), has just raised $5 million in seed funding from Barclays, Anthemis and a group of angel invest
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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
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
It’s not about chances but choices — counterintuitive and paradoxical Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
David Teten VC
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Whenever we hire someone new to join Versatile VC , I tell them: Welcome! As background, I suggest you read: VC-specific resources. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. Microcredentials for the Effective Venture Capital or Private Equity Investor. VCs eating their own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments in private companies.
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
When launching a startup, most entrepreneurs are focused on fine-tuning their product or service. While this is a critically important element of the process, successful entrepreneurs must first focus on choosing the right business model. Whether you’re turning a side hustle into a six-figure business or launching what you hope to be a major product line, you must establish a business model that aligns with what you want the future of your company to look like.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
This morning Creatio , a Boston-based software company, announced that it has raised $68 million. Volition Capital , a growth-equity fund, led the round. The deal was a minority investment in the startup. The deal is notable not merely thanks to its sheer size, but because up until today Creatio had bootstrapped. That’s according to founder and CEO Katherine Kostereva , with whom TechCrunch caught up with last week regarding the investment.
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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
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
If you’re not in your competitor’s business, you really should be. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
Berkonomics
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Focus upon you as marketing genius. Let’s focus not upon the process of marketing and positioning, but on you. How should you become the best marketer you can be, even if you are a first-time entrepreneur or a seasoned CEO? There’s an answer for that. The title of this insight helps us find a formula: LALA. Memorize your use of “LALA”. Listen! . The first rule of marketing and positioning is to listen to the marketplace.
Feedough
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Several internal and external factors directly or indirectly influence business operations. While some of these are within the business’s control, most of these are not; and the business has to adapt itself to avoid being affected by changes in such factors. Both of them combined forms the business environment. Today’s fast-paced business world witnesses a trend of a rather dynamic business environment – that is, it’s never stable.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
After going over four years without raising any capital, coding class platform Codecademy has raised a new tranche of money: a $40 million Series D round led by Owl Ventures, with participation from Prosus and Union Square Ventures. The startup is the latest edtech business to bring on capital after years without it, a list that includes ClassDojo , CourseHero , Quizlet and Udacity.
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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.
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