Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

Silicon Valley and the media industry that surrounds it values youth. The culture is driven by the 20-something irreverent founder with huge technical chops who in a “David vs. Goliath” mythology take on the titans of industry and wins. It has historically been the case that VCs would rather fund the promise of 100x in a company with almost no revenue than the reality of a company growing at 50% but doing $20+ million in sales.

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Berkonomics

MAY 27, 2021

First, the short answer. No matter what your size, if you intend to grow your business into more than just a lifestyle workplace, you should create a board of directors. If you take money from knowledgeable investors, you will be required to create a board as a part of the investment process. So, why go through the effort? Boards perform two important types of task.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 23, 2021

Hard work isn’t enough to offset these entrepreneurial pitfalls. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Ofri Ben-Porat. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Ofri Ben-Porat is the co-founder and CEO of Edgify , which focuses on federated learning frameworks and democratized training. Venture capitalists add value in a number of ways. For example, one of my business’ backers has a deep tech “pod” that generates events and content we are always welcomed to be a part of.

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StartupNation

MAY 25, 2021

Over the course of the last year, it’s been remarkable to watch successful adjustments to remote work , new innovation projects and everything in between, as small businesses across the nation quickly adapted to changes brought on by the pandemic. As we’ve surpassed the one-year mark of COVID-19 and inch closer to a return to normalcy, it’s likely many of these notable changes to business operations are here to stay.

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OurCrowd

MAY 23, 2021

Startup of the Week: BionicHIVE’s robot warehouse. CytoReason: Pfizer’s secret Israeli sauce. Portfolio exit: Cisco acquires Kenna Security. Nexa3D raises $55M for faster 3D printing. Sufresca: Keeping food fresh without plastic. Polaris Quantum Biotech: Supercharging drug discovery. CropX: Working with NASA to help farmers. Materials Zone: $6M for materials discovery.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Certain industries were hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic than others, especially in its early days. Small businesses, including retailers and restaurants, were negatively impacted by lockdowns and the resulting closures. They had to adapt quickly to survive. If they didn’t use much technology before, they were suddenly being forced to, as so many things shifted to digital last year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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StartupNation

MAY 24, 2021

While the pandemic has certainly had an impact on the startup space, speculations were off about one thing: venture capital. It didn’t dry up: Venture investors poured $150 billion into North American companies in 2020, up about 7% from 2019 levels. All was not rosy, however, as first-time financings comprised only a fraction of that funding and decreased at points during the year.

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David Teten VC

MAY 26, 2021

How do you raise money for your venture capital or private equity fund from family offices and high net worths? . I see five innovative new methods for raising capital which emerging managers such as Versatile VC are using, which I’ve ranked in roughly descending order of popularity: . Join the online communities and virtual conferences where investors participate. .

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OurCrowd

MAY 27, 2021

Clinch — a company that provides AI-driven omnichannel personalization and unique consumer intelligence to the world’s leading advertisers — announced recently that it raised $10 million in Series A funding led by investment firm D Squared Capital. This funding round will be used to support its accelerated global growth and the upcoming launch of their next generation of data-driven personalization-at-scale solutions, built for new identity environments and emerging digital commerce channels, wi

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Ben Herman and Adam Gefkovicz launched Jumpstart in 2017 with a clear mission: to make the world more equitable via a more fair and balanced hiring process. The company released its “Diversity Recruitment Platform” in July of 2018 with the aim of helping people earlier in their careers get a “jumpstart” via technology. Over the years, the startup’s mission has evolved beyond helping college grads to helping all employees — regardless of career stage — get a fair shot at jobs.

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StartupNation

MAY 24, 2021

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff discusses the uptick in workers’ desires of working from home permanently after the COVID-19 pandemic moved the world to remote work. According to an in-depth look at remote work after the COVID-19 pandemic from the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute for Economics , around 21% of total work hours post-pandemic will be working from home, nearly four times as high as the level of those working from home pre-pandemic.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 28, 2021

4 steps to change the word ‘like’ to ‘love’ Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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OurCrowd

MAY 28, 2021

The 2021 list of accelerators and incubators is one of several lists presented as package to aid startups and entrepreneurs. The list is presented alphabetically to allow firms flexibility in what they could disclose. Although not ranked, to be considered for the list, listmakers must be able to disclose number of cohort companies to go through the program.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2021

Long before SoftBank launched its $2 billion Innovation Fund in Latin America, and before Andreessen Horowitz began actively investing in the region , Sao Paulo-based Kaszek has been putting money into promising startups since 2011, helping spawn nine unicorns along the way. And now, the early-stage VC firm is announcing its largest fund closures to date: Kaszek Ventures V, a $475 million early-stage fund, believed to be the largest vehicle of its kind ever raised in the region, and Kaszek Ventu

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StartupNation

MAY 26, 2021

On today’s Business Beat, Jeff talks about how Michigan leads the nation in the biggest increase in venture capital investing and how venture capital is furthering innovation in our state. Tune in to Business Beat, below, to learn more about the importance of venture capital: “… venture capital has growth capital that companies use to accelerate their growth as they move toward either an acquisition or an IPO.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 25, 2021

Optimise your business for creative freedom and ownership Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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OurCrowd

MAY 27, 2021

CorrActions, a noninvasive neuroscience startup that uses sensor data to evaluate a user’s cognitive state due to drowsiness, alcohol, fatigue and other issues, today announced that it has raised a $2.7 million seed round. Early-stage fund VentureIsrael, seed fund Operator Partners and the Israeli Innovation Authority are backing the company, which is based out of OurCrowd’s Labs/02 incubator.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Lordstown Motors released its Q1 earnings yesterday, and the electric vehicle manufacturer is facing a few challenges. Expenses were higher than expected, it plans to slash production by about 50%, and the company reported zero revenue and a net loss of $125 million. Oh, it also needs more capital. “But there’s more to the Lordstown mess than merely a single bad quarter,” writes Alex Wilhelm. “Lordstown’s earnings mess and the resulting dissonance with its own predictions are n

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StartupNation

MAY 25, 2021

Most entrepreneurs understand why content marketing is important, but when it comes to explaining what it is and how to utilize it to grow their business, many don’t know where to begin. While there are a lot of common myths surrounding content marketing, at its most basic level, it is about using content strategically to build an audience and influence their behavior over time.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 24, 2021

I’m building another business from scratch, and it’s nothing like my others. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Impact Hub

MAY 27, 2021

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. These African entrepreneurs are creating their’s, providing solutions to some of Ghana and Nigeria’s most pressing challenges in education and health, and driving innovation through technology to empower young people and women. The ongoing pandemic has reminded us of the importance of building resilient, fair, and equitable societies that ensure no one is left behind and allow all individuals not only to meet their basic needs but to thrive.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

The relationships between banks and fintechs are multi-faceted. In some cases, they partner. In many cases, they compete. In other cases, one acquires or invests in the other. Well, today, an announcement by global payments giant Visa is aimed at helping facilitate banks and fintechs’ ability to work together. Specifically, Visa said today it has expanded its Visa Fintech Partner Connect , a program designed to help financial institutions quickly connect with a “vetted and curated” set of techno

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

Contributed by Julia L F Goldstein, the founder of JLFG Communications , which helps businesses share their world-changing ideas through clear and concise content. She is also the award-winning author of Material Value: More Sustainable, Less Wasteful Manufacturing of Everything from Cell Phones to Cleaning Products. During an online business workshop in December 2020, the presenter asked me whether our venture was a hobby or a business.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 25, 2021

The left-field solution that staved off bankruptcy Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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