Entrepreneur's Handbook
APRIL 14, 2021
Despite starting with a $2 Million fund, Greg Isenberg almost lost everything Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
Feedough
APRIL 14, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg once said that Facebook has never bought a company for the sake of buying a company. They buy companies to hire great people. You’re not alone if you’ve ever wondered why a tech-savvy company would bother to buy a startup with no profit and a product in a completely different field. As the war for tech talent is intensifying, it is becoming more and more difficult for companies to attract top-notch talent.
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StartupNation
APRIL 14, 2021
If you’ve researched grants for startup or existing businesses, you know how hard they are to find. Sure, you can find incubators, accelerators, loan programs, angel investors and venture capitalists, but the vast majority of those funding options require that you give up at least some equity in your business in exchange for some financial support. Grants don’t.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
APRIL 14, 2021
Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) encourages young entrepreneurs through its Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) , EO’s premier competition for college students who own and operate a business. The annual competition culminates with the Global Finals, where “studentpreneurs” from 50 countries compete and connect with both seasoned entrepreneurs and other student competitors.
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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 The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
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APRIL 14, 2021
Throughout history there are numerous success stories of female entrepreneurs, yet women continue to face a number of challenges when starting and growing their businesses. From Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley, a former slave who ran a prosperous dressmaking business that eventually led to her designing and sewing dresses for Mary Todd Lincoln, to Anne Wojcicki, founder of genetic testing and analysis firm 23andMe, women have proved they have what it takes to reach the top of the entrepreneurial mountai
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
TechCrunch
APRIL 15, 2021
Four years ago, MasterClass, a platform that sells celebrity-taught classes, invited chess legend Garry Kasparov to teach a class. He said yes, but soon realized that creating a message that could satisfy a majority of players was a “struggle throughout the process.”. While the class did pretty well, Kasparov found it “a little bit annoying” that he had to downplay concepts and stick to a specific structure.
HPA
APRIL 13, 2021
Clearcover , a next generation insurance company, today announced a new $200 million Series D round of funding. The financing round was led by Eldridge, with participation from existing investors including Hyde Park Angels; LightBank; American Family Ventures; Cox Enterprises, owner of AutoTrader and Manheim auto auctions; and OMERS Ventures, the venture arm of a Canadian pension fund; as well as additional new investors.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
APRIL 10, 2021
Follow these strategies to cut through red tape and increase the odds of a successful corporate partnership Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
APRIL 16, 2021
I backed this art program for teens this morning. I think summer programs for kids are important and particularly important this summer when we are hopefully beginning to emerge from more than a year of remote learning and social distancing. For email readers, you can see the video here. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Apr 9, 2021 Mask Mandates Were Effective.
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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.
TechCrunch
APRIL 13, 2021
HomeX , a home services platform for homeowners and service providers , has raised $90 million in a funding round led by New Mountain Capital. New Mountain Capital, a New York-based investment firm with more than $30 billion in assets under management, was the only institutional investor to put money in this round alongside company executives. The company was bootstrapped until a 2019 $50 million-plus debt financing.
StartupNation
APRIL 11, 2021
Are you looking for a way to bring in extra income with a side hustle? If so, you’re in luck. There are countless opportunities for those who are ambitious enough to take on one or more gig roles. The thing is, the sheer number of possibilities can make it hard to determine which side hustle is right for you. Today, our goal is to show you several side hustles that are easy to start and maintain, even if you’re working full time.
Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 12, 2021
The number of social commerce buyers in the US reached 80 million last year and is expected to grow to 90 million in 2021 ( eMarketer ). Thanks to this concentrated digital audience, having a social media presence has never been more of a necessity for small businesses than it is right now. Bottom line. But not all social media strategies are created equal.
Feedough
APRIL 16, 2021
In 2013, the Canadian budget airline WestJet surveyed passengers using interactive life-like screens, which depicted Santa dressed in the airline’s colours, to find out what they would like as Christmas presents. The airline employees kept taking notes of all their answers behind the scenes and then rushed for mad dash shopping of the respondents’ presents so that they could wrap and label them while the plane was airborne.
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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.
TechCrunch
APRIL 16, 2021
You’ll need to prick up your ears for this slice of deepfakery emerging from the wacky world of synthesized media: A digital version of Albert Einstein — with a synthesized voice that’s been (re)created using AI voice cloning technology drawing on audio recordings of the famous scientist’s actual voice. The startup behind the “uncanny valley” audio deepfake of Einstein is Aflorithmic (whose seed round we covered back in February).
StartupNation
APRIL 15, 2021
The 2021 Midwest Venture Showcase , a partnership between the Midwest Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) and InvestMidwest , will showcase 57 companies actively seeking funding to an audience of top-tier investors, entrepreneurs, researchers and business executives at the virtual event on April 27 to 28, 2021. The Midwest companies in the Showcase span the life sciences, medical device, agriculture/food and tech industries.
Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 16, 2021
Ginger King is a cosmetic chemist who’s been in the beauty industry for over 25 years. She has a consulting company, Grace Kingdom Beauty , that helps you develop your very own beauty brand from concept to launch. Ginger’s specialty is clean beauty, and she recently launched her own beauty brand called Fan Love Beauty as part of the case study. . Ramon had a chance to chat with Ginger and she shared her beauty business insights, which can definitely be used across many business verticals. .
Feedough
APRIL 11, 2021
Economies around the world house several market structures, some of which are hypothetical – that do not exist in the real world. One of these hypothetical market structures is the perfect competition form of market structure. Hence, we find no real world examples of perfect competition. Even though this is the case, it is important to learn and understand this model.
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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
TechCrunch
APRIL 10, 2021
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch , but free, and made for your weekend reading. . Ready? Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. The startup world could be in for a busy summer. Today the economy is improving. Unemployment is falling , while interest rates are staying low.
StartupNation
APRIL 12, 2021
Success is not something that is delivered on your doorstep; it’s something you have to constantly chase after. In an oversaturated market, crowded with bright ideas and aspiring entrepreneurs, it can be difficult for a new business to break through and reach a dedicated customer base. Today, it takes more than an interesting product to make it big.
Smart Hustle Magazine
APRIL 16, 2021
Ginger King is a cosmetic chemist who’s been in the beauty industry for over 25 years. She has a consulting company, Grace Kingdom Beauty , that helps you develop your very own beauty brand from concept to launch. Ginger’s specialty is clean beauty, and she recently launched her own beauty brand called Fan Love Beauty as part of the case study. . Ramon had a chance to chat with Ginger and she shared her beauty business insights, which can definitely be used across many business verticals. .
Feedough
APRIL 15, 2021
In just 5 years, Afterpay has carved its presence into Australian and international markets, with an increasing number of customers adapting to its innovative interest-free payment solution that lets them buy first and pay later. With a gigantic $30+ billion market capitalisation , Afterpay has succeeded in revolutionising the “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) industry.
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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
TechCrunch
APRIL 15, 2021
Olist , a Brazilian e-commerce marketplace integrator, has raised $23 million in a Series D round extension led by new investor Goldman Sachs Asset Management that brings its total Series D financing to $80 million. Existing backer Redpoint eventures , which first put money in Olist in 2015, also participated in the latest round. With this latest infusion, Olist has now raised more than $126 million since its 2015 inception.
StartupNation
APRIL 14, 2021
Developing and executing a public relations (PR) plan is one of the best things you can do for your startup. Public relations is too often left out of business plans, as its purpose is often misunderstood, and business owners don’t truly understand its value. One of the most common reasons that business owners fail to create a PR plan for their business is they believe they need to hire an agency.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
APRIL 13, 2021
People new to the startup world share these things in common Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
APRIL 16, 2021
Entrepreneurs David Romani II, Kelly Farmer, and Sofia Soldevila always knew they wanted to bring great stories to life through animation. In 2020 they launched Patch Animation , LLC, a remote full-service animation studio with headquarters in Ebensburg, Pa. Their first short film, ’Stached , is about the unlikely duo of an old man and a hermit crab whose lives collide as they navigate their own trials and tribulations while dealing with grief, they each have experienced.
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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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