StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

Each new generation brings something different to the table and tries hard to paint the social norms in their colors. Nowadays, it’s millennials’ turn to make the world a better place and they truly managed to bring some extremely sensitive issues under the spotlight. . Let’s take the workplace as an example. What used to be a highly organized, cold, productive-oriented environment is now striving toward flexibility, collaboration, and empathy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 19, 2022

Contributed by Robert Young, an EO Nashville member, who is the founder and CEO of Covert Results , a private investigation and security firm. He’s also the founder of Operation Rose , a non-profit focused on solutions to prevent and combat human trafficking. Robert’s sister, Angela Proffitt , is an EO Nashville member who encouraged him to start his own company.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2022

Dave’s note: This is a reprint of a 2015 insight that seems to have struck a chord with investors and entrepreneurs. None of this advice has changed… Let me tell you a few short hair–raising stories of entrepreneurs who have raised money and regretted it later. Here are some rules that entrepreneurs almost always ignore to their future peril.

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Revolution

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Maryland-Based Startup Offers a Fix Now, Pay-at-Closing Solution for Optimal Sale Outcomes Say hello to Curbio ?—?the proptech company seizing an untapped opportunity within the $85B pre-sale home improvement market and the latest addition to the Revolution Growth portfolio. What They’re Solving For: Today’s consumers want a move-in-ready home. However, current inventory is in short supply due to an aging housing market and slow renovation timelines.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 19, 2022

Six years ago this month Julie Samuels got together with a group of technology leaders in NYC and we decided to form an industry group for the growing tech sector in NYC. I agreed to co-chair the organization and have been in the chair role since then. We called it Tech:NYC and I first wrote about it here at AVC in March of 2016. Last year, after more than five years at the helm, Julie decided it was time to pass the baton to a new leader and she and I and a group of board members spent the fall

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The Seraf Compass

JANUARY 19, 2022

This profile is the third in a series of interviews highlighting the work of interesting female investors. Liz Leahy is the Founding Partner of Purple Sage Ventures, Board Member of the Columbia Business School Lang Entrepreneurship Center and Chairperson of the Georgetown Angel Investor Network (GAIN).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2022

Maria Lepskaya. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Maria Lepskaya is a senior associate at Runa Capital , leading investments in different branches of quantum technologies and advanced materials. Market trends are the best indicators we have to judge the maturity of the quantum industry. While they don’t perfectly reflect technological progress, they showcase investors’ willingness to write checks for the industry.

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FundersClub

JANUARY 21, 2022

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 and events: GitLab , the SaaS DevOps platform, completed an IPO (NASDAQ: GTLB). We invested at Seed, Series B, and Series D. Embark Trucks , an autonomous trucking company, completed a public listing (NASDAQ: EMBK).

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

I didn’t know Jake Millar, save for a few emails swapped with our editor when he was just getting started with Unfiltered. As for so many others though, the news of his death by suicide last year still came as a shock and with a deep sense of sadness. Sadness for the loss of a bright young New Zealander who had so much going for him, for the terrible loss for Jake’s mother and his whanau and friends, and for the loss of an up and coming innovator and entrepreneur to our business comm

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StartupNation

JANUARY 16, 2022

While the pandemic has shaken the world from every corner, it’s also motivated new businesses to think smarter. . From automating mundane processes to satisfying changing customer demands, startups count on agility and creativity to see them through. The fruits of that labor are finally clear as we witness revolutionary business ideas changing the startup world as we know it. .

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

Shanea Leven. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Shanea Leven is co-founder and CEO of CodeSee , a developer platform that helps developers and development teams better understand codebases. “Raising money is catastrophically challenging for female founders, and even harder for Black female founders.”. It’s a bold, even damning statement — one I made in a recent discussion speculating what’s to come in 2022 for women leading startups, like myself.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 20, 2022

Image courtesy of Ryan Duffy Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube. Today’s guest is Ryan Duffy, who is currently Head of Operations + Creator Partnerships for Audio at Medium. He co-founded the audio education platform, Knowable, which was acquired by Medium and features lessons from people such as NBA All-Star Chris Paul and Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 19, 2022

In June, I wrote a blog post comparing YC to CRISPR. When a founder is accepted into YC, we modify the startup’s DNA, edit it, to include key alleles that make success more likely. In the end, however, the secret to success of any startup lies squarely with the founders — their vision and their execution. We simply help those founders discover the very best versions of themselves.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 19, 2022

The startup life is built on the notion that anyone has the power to make it big with the right idea and a lot of hard work. Technology continues to level the playing field for innovators and creatives, providing new opportunities for ambitious entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs must be able to communicate their stories quickly and effectively to investors and consumers alike.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Cloud-based point of sales for small, medium and large-sized restaurants has increased tremendously in both size and popularity. The market, dominated by incumbents like Toast and upcoming players such as MarginEdge and Brazil’s Zak , has its value pegged at over $70 billion globally and is expected to reach $116 billion in the next four years. As with most technologies, Africa is playing catch up in this food-tech segment.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 21, 2022

When the idea finds the entrepreneur Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash After founding multiple startups, including Yodle, which sold after growing into a $200M+ revenue line business, I had settled into advising student entrepreneurs at Wharton. My professorship began in 2003 but a couple of years ago, I took my leave to pursue my itch to start a company again.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 16, 2022

Founders ‘bootstrap’ Crossroads LED into an industry leader. By Scott Meacham. i2E first wrote a column about Crossroads LED back in 2011. At the time, the company wasn’t yet a year old. Dana D. Stefanoff, Crossroads president, and her husband Buddy, Crossroads LED Vice President and chief engineer, had developed a patented high-output, multicolor LED lighting control system that offered exciting effects while reducing power consumption and operating costs. ‘We had been in business forty-f

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StartupNation

JANUARY 17, 2022

Standing out as a startup or small business just got tougher. You can thank an upsurge in entrepreneurial activity ostensibly spurred by the pandemic. The U.S. Census Bureau’s business formation data shows that more than four million people became founders in 2020 alone. That’s a record number of launches in a 12-month span—and all the more reason for your team to get creative.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

A Canadian startup working at the cutting edge of satellite imaging has raised $4.5 million across a combination of a $2.25 million seed round, and $2.25 million from a combined pre-seed and government funding. Wyvern , which is working specifically on hyperspectral imaging (imaging that captures light across many different wavelengths, including non-visible ones) is also joining Y Combinator’s Winter 2022 cohort.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 17, 2022

Getting other people’s opinions might seem like a good idea, but it’s probably not as helpful as you think. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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GCUC

JANUARY 20, 2022

We asked and you said… You need more time to collaborate and learn with your peers. You need more structured time to learn what. The post Thursdays are for the Community appeared first on GCUC Community.

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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

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StartupNation

JANUARY 16, 2022

Throughout the last year, a myriad of U.S. employees quit their jobs, leaving many positions unfilled. And today, companies are still struggling to fill positions as we enter the new year. The reasons for the mismatch between labor offering and demand are multifold: People are increasingly handing in their notice because they want a better work-life balance , greater benefits, and a more flexible approach to their work.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

Working remotely has become the norm for a lot of desk-based employees, and there have been a number of tech companies that have seen their business explode in catering to that shift. But today comes news of a different kind of startup called Turing Labs , which is addressing the same challenges, but as they apply to people who work in laboratories.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 15, 2022

Start 2022 by reminding yourself what it really means to “Keep Things Simple” Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 18, 2022

We’re excited to announce that on February 9, we will be hosting an event for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). If you’re interested in starting or working at a startup, we hope to meet you there. At this event, you’ll hear from a panel of YC alumni, led by Michael Seibel, Group Partner and Managing Director of YC’s early stage program.

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