Sat.Jan 09, 2021 - Fri.Jan 15, 2021

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5 Things VC Associates Wish Founders Knew Before Their Call

Dream It

The venture capital screening call is an important step to get right in due diligence. To get to partners, often you’ll have to go through the associate first. In this Dreamit Dose, associates Alana Hill and I, Elliot Levy , offer five things we wish founders knew after screening over 1,000 startups in the last year.

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What makes a good leader: Insight from YLAI Fellows

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

By Bryce Kelly. While we know the L in YLAI stands for “leaders,” do we know what our leaders in YLAI stand for? In recognition of International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, 2020, YLAI Network members joined a conversation with nine YLAI Fellowship alumni from a variety of countries and specialties on the YLAI Network Facebook page to discuss what leadership and integrity means to them.

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4 Business Tips From a Successful CEO and HGTV Contractor

Smart Hustle Magazine

Natalya Cappellini’s journey to becoming a successful project manager, HGTV contractor, and CEO began with a love from being in the field and guiding a project to fruition. To her, it’s all about watching plans on a page become actual structures standing in real life. The woman powering CURATO Design/Build , Natalya has shepherded the company over the last three years.

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The Work-Life Balance Revolution

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Yesterday, I had a gap in the middle of the day. So the Gotham Gal and I took an hour-long walk with our dog Ollie. It cleared my head and when I got back to work, I was full of energy and clarity. I’ve been working exclusively from home since the end of November 2019 when we left NYC to go to LA. It has been a stretch of incredible productivity for me.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Equal access to capital and entrepreneurship is the final civil rights movement

TechCrunch

Joseph Heller. Contributor. Joseph Heller is a small businesses expert and the CEO of Supplied , a wholesale platform for small businesses and brands that makes it easier for boutique owners to access high-quality, affordable items. Context is always important. In the grand scheme of things, I have privilege: I was born a male, in the most powerful country in the world, during the most prosperous time in history, to parents who both went to college, all in a middle-class neighborhood.

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Gov. Thornburgh’s Legacy Spans Generations, Provides a Blueprint for Pennsylvania’s Future

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

As Pennsylvania fights back from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the decisions our elected leaders make while facing the preeminent challenge of their time will have a resounding influence on current and future generations in the decades to come. Such was the case 38 years ago when Governor Dick Thornburgh rose to the challenge of one of the most precarious economic periods in Pennsylvania history.

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Cities Championing and Expanding Awareness of Entrepreneurship

Ecosystem Builder Hub

These startup communities have created engaging campaigns that celebrate their entrepreneurs and startup community. Society doesn’t understand the value of entrepreneurship. Research shows that entrepreneurs and young companies are the key drivers of economic growth. But most people are unaware of this and the enormous potential of entrepreneurship in their communities and society in general.

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Zipmex, which aspires to build the Asia Pacific region’s largest digital assets exchange, raises $6 million led by Jump Capital

TechCrunch

Zipmex , a digital assets exchange headquartered in Singapore, announced today it has raised $6 million in funding led by Jump Capital. The startup, which plans to become a digital assets bank, says the round exceeded its initial target of $4 million. Along with earlier funding, it brings the total Zipmex has raised so far to $10.9 million. The exchange is regulated in Singapore, Australia and Indonesia, and licensed in Thailand.

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Dell Quarterly Business Sale: Take a Deeper Look into the Dell XPS Family of Solutions

StartupNation

Dell’s Quarterly Business Sale runs Jan. 14 through Feb. 1 and includes exclusive savings on the Dell XPS family of solutions. StartupNation exclusive discounts and savings on Dell products and accessories: Learn more here. Premium materials, expert craftsmanship and product innovation. High-quality and meticulously crafted from premium materials like machined aluminum and carbon fiber, XPS laptops are durable and beautiful.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Newsletter: SPACs and Spiderman

OurCrowd

Startup of the week: Kaholo. Cyabra exposes vaccine disinformation. BlueGreen brings freshwater hope to Florida. $167B marks SPACtacular year for IPOs. Highcon: The complete package. Nanomedic: The Guardian hails Israeli ‘Spiderman’ spray for burns. BrainQ: AI set to revolutionize precision medicine therapeutics. Talking about the business of peace.

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Seed Investments in Insurrection

This is going to be BIG.

A few months ago, I got a pitch from a company providing a kind of “last mile” for computer vision—an always-on human network that would take images that computers couldn’t identify, and spit back whether or not a roof tile was broken or if a signature matched. I asked questions about how much money per hour these workers would be making—and the founder gave me some line about how they’re not paid per hour, but by task.

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Capsule raises $2 million for its video Q&A platform aimed at brands

TechCrunch

Capsule , a video Q&A platform aimed at brands, emerged last year in direct response to the challenges companies were facing in terms of reaching consumers during the pandemic. Now, the business has closed on $2 million in pre-seed funding. The round was led by Array Ventures and included participation from Bloomberg Beta and other angels. The startup was founded by the same team that originally created the animated GIF capture tool and social network Phhhoto , which eventually lost out to I

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WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: Apple Announces Developer Academy in Detroit (Episode 161)

StartupNation

Apple has just announced that it is opening its first U.S. Developer Academy in downtown Detroit. According to a press release posted on the Apple website , the Detroit Academy is part of a hundred-million-dollar racial equality and justice initiative to help dismantle systematic barriers to opportunity and to combat injustices faced by communities of color.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

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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Tracking would-be entrepreneur ‘leavers’ who abandon their dream

Innovation 2 Enterprise

By Scott Meacham. Everything in life is cyclical. As terrible as 2020 has been for so many, the human spirit is amazing. Over the last month, as people have begun receiving vaccines that were developed in less than a year, I sense a bit of restored optimism. Who isn’t hoping (and expecting) that 2021 will be an improvement over 2020? I have talked to many people of all walks of life and diverse businesses and industries in Oklahoma who feel like there are new ways to actually make things better—

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What Is Cash Cow? – Meaning, Importance, & Examples

Feedough

Today, the economy houses several matured markets. These markets have a sustainable demand but do not see significant growth or innovation any longer. Take the printer market, for example. It witnesses slow growth but has a steady demand. A dominant player in the printer market is HP or the Hewlett-Packard company. This company owns 42% of the global market share and has been ruling this market for over 20 years.

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These 5 VCs have high hopes for cannabis in 2021

TechCrunch

Cannabis has always been essential to some. While it had seemed to start last year in a bit of a correction, demand for it during the pandemic (and its widespread designation as an essential business), created a breakthrough for the industry. We saw early signs of that in our cannabis investor survey back in May of 2020. Today, TechCrunch has surveyed five key investors who touch different aspects of the cannabis business, based on our TechCrunch List of top investors who founders recommend to u

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10 Resources for Women Starting a Business in 2021

StartupNation

As you step into the role of entrepreneur, you’re going to learn countless lessons along the way. Fortunately, many have been where you are, and there are numerous resources you can use to help learn those lessons—you don’t have to learn every lesson the hard way! Get the advice and know-how you need to start your business and move it forward ahead of time from those who have gone before you.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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3 ways to set up new senior-level hires for success in a hypergrowth start-up

Entrepreneur's Handbook

3 Ways to Set up New Senior-Level Hires for Success in a Hypergrowth Start-Up How we’re doing it at monday.com Created by the author Successfully retaining senior managers is challenging in hypergrowth start-ups like monday.com. While we always strive to promote people from within, we also need to look outside our organization for senior talent as we scale.

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Challenges Women Entrepreneurs Face

Feedough

Entrepreneurship as a women profession might have been a distant dream in the past. But today, things look a lot different than they did a few decades ago. Today, women entrepreneurs are making it big in the entrepreneurial world. The USA boasts about housing 12.3 million businesses that are owned by women. But even today, men essentially dominate the world of entrepreneurship.

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YC-backed Blabla raises $1.5M to teach English through short videos

TechCrunch

Short, snappy, entertaining videos have become an increasingly common way for young people to receive information. Why not learn English through TikTok-like videos too? That was what prompted Angelo Huang to launch Blabla. Originally from Taiwan, Huang relocated to Shanghai in 2019 to start Blabla after working in Silicon Valley for over a decade. A year later, Blabla was chosen as part of Y Combinator’s 2020 summer cohort.

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Defending your organization from misinformation with neuroscience

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky , disaster avoidance expert, speaker and author. . Whenever you hear something repeated, it feels more true when you hear it repeated. In other words, repetition makes any statement seem more true. So anything you hear will feel more true each time you hear it again. Do you see what I did there? Each of the three sentences above conveyed the same message.

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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The Stock Market Crashed Shortly After I Invested $10,000: Here’s What I Learned

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Painful yet powerful lessons learned from a year of investing Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Smart Contracts On Bitcoin

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

While Bitcoin is the gold standard in crypto, Ethereum has been the innovator, bringing new ideas, particularly smart contracts, to the table. Smart contracts allow developers to easily build things on a blockchain and we have seen a proliferation of new things built on the Ethereum blockchain as a result. But what if you could do all of that on Bitcoin?

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Everlywell raises $75M from HealthQuest Capital following its recent $175M Series D round

TechCrunch

At-home health testing kit startup Everlywell has raised $75 million, following the close of the $175 million Series D it announced in December. The new funding comes from HealthQuest Capital, and sees the fund’s founder and managing partners Dr. Garheng Kong join the company’s board of directors. The new funding is a secondary sale, with proceeds used to provide liquidity to existing investors rather than further diluting shares, so the startup’s $1.3 billion valuation from D

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Y Combinator Top Companies — 2021

Y Combinator

We’re excited to share the newest YC Top Companies list. We put this list together to help potential employees, partners, and late stage investors get to know a wider set of YC companies. If you’re looking for a job at one of our top companies, you can hit the Jobs button to be taken to their careers page. The companies in this list are sorted by valuation as of January 2021, including YC companies that have been acquired or gone public. 1 Why do we use valuation?

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!