Entrepreneurs' Organization
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Almost 10 years ago, I had my first experience with a professional Forum when I joined Entrepreneurs’ Organization. A Forum, which is also often referred to as a Mastermind, is a group of peers who meet regularly, with the goal of helping each member improve personally and professionally. The Forum structure is a foundation of many professional organizations and self-help groups. .
The Seraf Compass
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
It is easy to talk about due diligence in the abstract, but it is much harder to practice what you preach. One of the hardest things about early stage investing is that it is really risky - if you don’t have some suspension of disbelief, and you obsess too much about cataloging every risk, you will never get a deal done. As a way of wrapping up this series of articles with a review, let’s take a look at a few common mistakes and see what we can learn from them.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Image provided by Marc Randolph Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube. [link] Today’s guest is Marc Randolph, the Co-Founder of Netflix who has had an entrepreneurship career that spans four decades. He’s been a founder of more than half a dozen other successful start-ups, a mentor to scores of early-stage entrepreneurs, and an investor in numerous successful tech ventures (and an even larger number of uns
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
There’s no denying the growth of healthtech globally over the past three years thanks to the pandemic. The event has accelerated the use of telemedicine, virtual care, and drug delivery, thus fuelling investor interest in the sector. Investment has also trickled down to Africa, with large checks going into growth-stage startups. Lagos- and Texas-based digital healthcare provider Reliance Health is the latest beneficiary and is doing so in grand style, raising $40 million.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Virtual reality has been around for a while. However, it wasn’t until recently that technology evolved enough to make VR experiences truly immersive and realistic. Today, VR is popping up everywhere , especially after Facebook’s rebranding as Meta that turned the public’s attention to the metaverse. Even though some believe the true metaverse is still years to come, the metaverse has existed for some time for online gaming.
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Founders Coop
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
To celebrate Mystery’s blockbuster Series A fundraise led by Greylock Partners we decided to review and reflect on the April 2019 investment memo that we wrote in support of our first $500k investment into the company. To date, we’ve now invested $2.5m, a full 10% of our fund. Our third “all-in” position, alongside Ally.io and Logixboard.com.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Kenya-based EV startup BasiGo has closed $4.3 million in seed funding, three months after setting up operations in East Africa’s biggest economy , to provide clean-energy mass transit vehicles in a country that is heavily-reliant on fossil-fuel buses. The startup said it will use the new funding to set up an assembly plant in Nairobi and launch the sales and delivery of its electric buses.
HPA
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
We are excited to share that LandscapeHub , an intelligent marketplace streamlining the procurement process in the green industry, today announced raising $9M in a Series A round of funding. HPA participated in the round, which was co-led by a Klaff Realty, LP affiliate and Hyde Park Venture Partners. LandscapeHub’s wholesale marketplace connects landscape and nursery buyers with a network of trusted suppliers on one platform.
Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
If you’ve noticed an increase in discussions about the Metaverse, you’re not alone. In the end, we don’t know if it will be the future of the internet, like AI or blockchain, or just another tech buzzword. In recent months, technology companies ranging from Facebook’s parent company Meta to Microsoft have hailed this virtual world’s potential for their operations, ranging from entertainment to small businesses.
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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.
AsiaTechDaily
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Virtual events platform Airmeet has secured US$35 million in funding in its Series B financing round led by Prosus Ventures , Sequoia Capital India , and Sistema Asia Fund. The funding round was also joined by KDDI Open Innovation Fund, RingCentral Ventures, DG Daiwa Ventures and Nexxus Global alongside existing investor Accel India.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
As proof that web3 is not some passing trend, blockchain infrastructure startup Alchemy announced today that it has closed on a $200 million Series C1 equity round that values the company at $10.2 billion. For the unacquainted, web3 refers to a decentralized web based on the blockchain. And put simply, Alchemy wants to do for blockchain and web3 what AWS (Amazon Web Services) did for the internet.
Tomasz Tunguz
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
If I gave you $10,000 to invest in one company today among the following four software businesses, which would you pick? Company. Growth Rate. ARR. Multiple (ARR/EV). 1. 100%. 100. 50x. 2. 125%. 950. 25x. 3. 71%. 2800. 20x. 4. 65%. 2960. 10.5x. The first company is a $100m ARR business growing at 100%, trading at 50x ARR, a $5b enterprise value. The fourth company grows 65% on $7b in ARR, implying a $29b EV.
NZ Entrepreneur
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Nearly three quarters (72%) of SMEs complete admin tasks outside of work hours Half of New Zealand’s SMEs expect tax time preparation to take five hours or more Just over a quarter of SMEs still using excel spreadsheets to track income and expenses. New Zealand’s small businesses are known for their hard work and all-in ethos, however, a new poll reveals that while SMEs are continuing to work harder, productivity continues to wane and many aren’t seizing opportunities to help ease the burden of
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Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and making the day special can be done in so many ways. It’s a great time to consider business gifts for that special someone in your life. A favorite dinner cooked for a loved one, family members, or friends, an extra hand lent in a time of need, or a special gift can all mark the day as something notable to be shared.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Netflix’s Korean drama “Squid Game” was one of the most-watched dubbed series of all time, proving the massive potential for foreign-language programming to become a hit in overseas markets. Now, a startup called Deepdub is capitalizing on the growing demand for localized content by automating parts of the dubbing process using AI technology.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
If you don’t want to be fired by your investors, you’d better learn the difference between being an entrepreneur and being a CEO Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
StartupNation
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
After an e-commerce business incorporates or forms an LLC, it’s time to review a small business checklist. There are essential items every e-commerce business needs, such as filing for business licenses and an employer identification number (EIN). It’s equally important to consider the nature of how e-commerce businesses conduct business. For example, an e-commerce business must obtain certain types of business insurance and build a website with a clear privacy page.
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AsiaTechDaily
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register South Korean startup 42Maru Inc.’s Founder and CEO, D.K. Donghwan KIM, wanted to find ‘Answers’ to all the questions in the world. So, he took inspiration from his favorite science fiction book ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy’ and in 2015 founded the deep-semantic QA (Question-Answering) platform, which understands a user’s real intention in a question and derives a single answer fro
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Toronto-based ODAIA , an AI-powered commercial insights platform for pharmaceutical companies, has raised $13.8 million in Series A funding led by Flint Capital. The platform combines data analysis, process mining and AI to offer predictive analytics to pharmaceutical and life sciences commercial teams. The funding round comes as the company doubled the size of its team over the past year.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
The world is full of people who want to help, but they don’t know it yet — the best way to know is by asking them. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
Innovation 2 Enterprise
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
OSSM celebrates milestone anniversary as it recruits a new president. By Scott Meacham. Here’s great — but not surprising — news. Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (OSSM) is ranked #20 of all the 19,984 public high schools in the country. This places OSSM in the top one-tenth of 1 percent of all public high schools in the United States. This is no feel-good ranking — although with OSSM there is plenty for Oklahomans to feel good about.
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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
AsiaTechDaily
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register SatSure , an Indian business that is at the convergence of spacetech, artificial intelligence (AI), and software as a service (SaaS), has raised $5 million in a round led by Baring Private Equity India Pvt. Ltd, joining ADB Ventures as investor.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Twine , a company that provides networking tools for virtual events and remote teams, will soon bring its services to Zoom thanks to its just-closed acquisition of the Y Combinator-backed startup, Glimpse, which had developed a “speed matching” platform designed for virtual events. Glimpse’s idea was to offer a way to facilitate the connections that typically took place at real-world events, and bring them online by matching attendees within video chats using A.I. intelligence.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Why do so many leaders play sports Source: Dreamtime What makes a great manager? This question is the source of numerous discussions, expert opinions, and books. Nevertheless, we don’t have an answer yet. I decided to find my own, based on my professional experience (I’m the co-founder and the CMO at CodeGym.cc , the company with over 2.5 million users) and personal path.
Berkonomics
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Here’s the problem: Investors sometimes join into investment rounds that have been pre–negotiated by others, receiving the paperwork already created by attorneys from that negotiation. It is not uncommon for a sharp investor to discover a “stinky” clause or two in such agreements when reading them in preparation for signing. Bill Payne came across just such a stinky clause in a deal we both were joining as investors late in the process.
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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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