Tomasz Tunguz
FEBRUARY 8, 2020
“Basketball can be modeled as two-biased random walks. Each team has a probability. Each team has a probability of scoring each trip down the court…this model suggests a strategy: stronger teams should speed up the game to create more possessions.” If you shoot more accurately, then more possessions over time creates a greater delta in the final score.
Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
You can finally stop worrying about whether you have achieved the perfect work-life balance. According to National Car Rental’s third annual State of Business Travel survey, 67% of respondents try to keep their work and personal lives separate, but 65% don’t think that goal is attainable. In fact, more than half of the participants admit to blending work and personal life.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Contributed by Katty Douraghy, president at Artisan Creative , a member of EO San Franciso and the MyEO Women of EO Champion. . In January of 2000 my husband, Jamie, asked me to come work with (for) him. His creative recruitment business was growing and he needed stronger personnel management skills, which was an area I had spent the previous 10 years developing in my own career.
Venture Well
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
In honor of National Inventors’ Day, we’re showcasing 10 women innovators we’ve supported to motivate and inspire tomorrow’s female inventors. The post celebrating 10 women redefining the face of invention appeared first on VentureWell.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
About ten years ago, I started asking why were weren’t teaching computer science to every student in the NYC public school system. That led to a journey that started with some computer science high schools and eventually got to a ten year program to get computer science teachers in every school building in NYC and computer science classes for every student.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Contributed by Gordy Bal, social entrepreneur on a mission to regenerate the planet, shift the current dysfunctional education system and end human suffering. . At this very moment, we are facing an evolutionary shift that we’ve never experienced before. As gen Xers and millennials inherit mass wealth from baby boomers, we’re looking at a greater transfer of wealth than we’ve seen before: Over US$30 trillion will change hands in North America over the next 30 to 40 years.
FundersClub
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds: Gecko Robotics announced its $40M Series B led by Drive Capital for its industrial inspections robotics and software company. We invested in the Seed and Series B.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The tech sector is the fastest growing sector of the economy in NYC and around the US and around the world. The tech sector offers high paying jobs and a growing number of them. But, as we all know, the tech sector lacks the gender and racial diversity that would allow everyone to benefit from this growing sector of the economy. Most of the studies that have looked at the lack of diversity point to a skills gap standing in the way.
Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Danielle Smith has combined her love and passion of being an artist with an entrepreneurial spirit by creating Sounbag , a quality bag that transforms to accommodate her clients needs. Her inspiration has been from music producers, deejays, sound designers & engineers; the people who lay the foundation and frequency to our favorite music. . About Sounbag.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Contributed by Lionel Felix, founder of Felix Media Solutions and a member of EO Austin. . My wife and I both work full-time in our commercial audio-video (AV) company and it’s been very rewarding for our relationship as well as a strategic benefit. Our company, Felix Media Solutions, landed a spot on the 2019 Inc. 5000 list , but getting there came with many, many landmines that could have blown up the business—as well as our relationship.
Dream It
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Last November, we surveyed 13 of the top robotics-focused VCs to find out which areas of robotics are exciting them most going into 2020. One of the most common areas of attention respondents highlighted were startups focused on construction and manufacturing.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
I just bought some US Dollars today. I do that many days. But the dollars I bought today are crypto assets, like Bitcoin and Ethereum. These US Dollar assets are called USDC and they are issued by an industry consortium called Centre , led by Circle and our portfolio company Coinbase. I expect many other companies will join the Centre consortium in the coming months and years.
NZ Entrepreneur
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
“We are frankly swamped with PR now,” says Rebecca Stevenson, Stuff’s National Business Editor. In a world where new startups and new businesses appear every day, it’s increasingly difficult to cut through. Which is why having a strong story for your business is so important. “It will elevate you above the crowd,” Rebecca says. “Journalists are incredibly time-poor, so when we are deciding what we cover it is often a snap decision.”.
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Ben Franklin Technology Partners
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
STATE COLLEGE, PA – In the past eight years, more than 100 teams have graduated from Ben Franklin’s Tech Celerato r@State College. This successful partnership with the Invent Penn State initiative is offering local entrepreneurs, grad-students, professors, and university researchers a 10-Week Business Startup Boot Camp. The weekly sessions will run on Tuesdays, April 7, 2020 – Tuesday, June 16, 2020 from 2:00 – 5:00 P.M.
Innovation 2 Enterprise
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
PR Newswire. February 11, 2020. Pill to restore natural hearing moves one step closer to market. OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Hough Ear Institute (HEI), a nonprofit based in Oklahoma City, is proud to announce that its pharmaceutical partner, Auditus LLC (Auditus), a wholly owned subsidiary of Otologic Pharmaceutics Inc. (OPI), has entered into an agreement with Oblato Inc.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
OurCrowd, a leading crowdfunding investment platform for individual and institutional investors, is accelerating its incubator and early-stage investment activities in order to help build a nascent technology ecosystem of promising companies. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in CrowdFund Insider] OurCrowd Is Intensifying its Incubator and Early-Stage Investment Activities appeared first on OurCrowd.
The Seraf Compass
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
Active angels work with term sheets regularly, but not every investor fully understands the sometimes arcane language in these highly-specialized documents. What are term sheets, what do they signify, and why are they so important? If you will walk through this short series on deal terms with us, we can explain.
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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
EntreWorks Consulting
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Many years ago, I was doing some writing and consulting work for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and was introduced to the concept of innovation vouchers, which are small grants to new companies to help defray the cost of innovation-related advances, such as getting a patent, developing a prototype, or tackling a new market.
Innovation 2 Enterprise
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
February 10, 2020. Contact: Sarah Seagraves, Senior VP for Marketing. (405) 813-2403. sseagraves@i2E.org. OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma college students competing in the 2020 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup turned to a group of national investors for insight and direction into their concepts during the recent Interview portion of the business plan competition.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
In defiance of global trends, OurCrowd is intensifying its incubator and early-stage investment activity to help grow young technology companies. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Yahoo Finance] OurCrowd to Boost Investment in Seed, Early-Stage Startups appeared first on OurCrowd.
GCUC
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
Valentine’s day is RAPIDLY approaching. Here are some of our favorite ways to show our members that they are important to our community on this holiday. Bonus points- most of this stuff can be ordered through Amazon prime 2 day shipping so it will be here in time for Valentine’s Day this Friday. Food! Pink pancake or waffle breakfast- Begin the day with a fan favorite, add a little food coloring and go to town.
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
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
This Kickstarter project seeks funding to continue making a documentary about the NYC Subway Crisis. I rode the subway a lot this week and it is essential infrastructure for millions of people every day. Shining a bright light on its challenges is something I support and I backed the project today. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Feb 11, 2020 Birthday Wish: Contributions to Climate Crisis Collective Nick Grossman — Feb 10, 2020 Proof of Transfer (PoX) Dani Grant — Feb 10, 2020
Innovation 2 Enterprise
FEBRUARY 9, 2020
By Scott Meacham. My mantra of investing, as any regular reader of this column knows, is capital begets capital. That’s why Oklahoma’s unique, pre-seed capital fund, Technology Business Finance Program (TBFP), is so critical to Oklahoma’s innovation economy. TBFP deploys state funding to provide equity-free capital for startups at such an early stage that there are virtually no other sources of capital available.
OurCrowd
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
Global investment platform OurCrowd is intensifying its incubator and early-stage investment activity to grow early stage tech companies. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Finsmes] OurCrowd Enhances Investment in Seed, Early-Stage Startups appeared first on OurCrowd.
GCUC
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Here at GCUC we are immensely fortunate to cross paths and work with so many amazing people. Through our work, we’ve cultivated a global community of people we think you should know about. Community of Cultivators is a blog series we created to introduce you to coworking game changers and connectors. Each month, we’ll release new interviews that we hope inform and inspire you.
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