Sat.Nov 05, 2022 - Fri.Nov 11, 2022

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How to avoid “death by meeting.”

Berkonomics

Zoom, Teams, phone, or in person? Imagine yourself with a calendar requiring you to be in six meetings in a day. Day after day. It doesn’t matter whether you’re required to be there in person or virtually, you get worn out after a few of these. Your attention span sorely reduces to nil, and your quality of input and insights fall as the long day progresses.

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6 Surprising Parallels Between Entrepreneurship and Crisis PR

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed to EO by Eden Gillott, who is president of Gillott Communications , a strategic communications and crisis PR firm. She’s the author of A Business Owner’s Guide to Crisis PR: Protecting You & Your Business’ Reputation, an EO Los Angeles member, and that chapter’s Accelerator co-chair. We asked Eden about the similarities between entrepreneurship and crisis public relations.

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3 tips for managing a remote engineering team

TechCrunch

Greg Soh. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Kuan Wei (Greg) Soh is a technology entrepreneur and angel investor who enjoys building world-class technology teams. Previously, he worked in financial services, the hedge fund industry and at high-growth startups. Remote work is not for every business and it may not be everyone’s cup of tea. When my co-founder and I decided to build a distributed engineering team for our startup, numerous questions raced through our minds: Will they be productive?

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Identifying Blind Spots: How to Make a CEO Successful in the Role

The Seraf Compass

Being CEO is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. As CEO, you are ultimately held accountable for the success or failure of the company. Your employees and their families depend on you for their income. Customers depend on you to solve important problems for them. Shareholders depend on you to deliver the promised return on investment. When times are good and the company is growing and profitable, it’s a great job to have.

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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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How to Raise Funds for Your Startup

Jason Malki

Are you a startup looking for funding? If so, you’re in the right place. In this article, we’ll give you some tips on how to raise money for your startup. Keep reading to learn more! 1. Understand Your Funding Options There are several ways to finance a startup, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. The most common options are grants, venture capital, and angel investors.

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Resource Spotlight: Anika Horn’s Ecosystems for Change Podcast

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Ecosystem building and community building is hard. Entrepreneurship ecosystem builders work for social change and impact — working to help their communities thrive. They amplify the work of local makers, doers and innovators by championing their efforts and rallying support around them. They build a culture of trust and collaboration among stakeholders, so that the doers and innovators have equal access to information, talent and resources when they need them.

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OpenAI leads $23.5M round in Mem, an AI-powered note-taking app

TechCrunch

Last year, OpenAI announced the OpenAI Startup Fund , a tranche through which it and its partners, including Microsoft, are investing in early-stage AI companies tackling major problems. Mum’s been the word since on which companies have received infusions from the Fund. But today, the OpenAI Startup Fund revealed that it led a $23.5 million investment in Mem , a work-focused app that taps AI to automatically organize notes.

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How to Write a PRD That Actually Helps You Build Products

Reforge

Table of Contents Why a great PRD makes the work of building easier The 3 evolutions of a dynamic and evolving PRD How to know that you’re on the right track with your team Product Managers are ultimately responsible for figuring out what to build and ensuring it is impactful. Simple in theory, but not easy. PMs have to source and process ideas from every direction, rationalize and advocate for which investments make sense, and hold steady in conviction about their roadmap while staying flexible

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Set local traction before venturing overseas – John Lim, Partner, Meet Ventures, tells startups

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Startups looking at going global should first establish proof of local traction before doing so, John Lim , Partner at Meet Ventures , said in an interview with AsiaTechDaily. “If you can’t generate demand locally, it is usually even more difficult to generate demand overseas,” Lim said, adding that many good Series B/C startups he has come across already have signifi

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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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Resource Spotlight: Anika Horn’s Ecosystems for Change Podcast

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Ecosystem building and community building is hard. Entrepreneurship ecosystem builders work for social change and impact — working to help their communities thrive. They amplify the work of local makers, doers and innovators by championing their efforts and rallying support around them.

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Outgoing YC President Geoff Ralston: The market is changing; YC’s terms are not

TechCrunch

Last week at Web Summit, we were asked to interview outgoing Y Combinator President Geoff Ralston about the past, present, and future of the popular accelerator program. We covered a lot of ground during our 20-minute-long chat, including why Ralston — long a partner at YC — decided to leave after assuming the role of president just three years ago (Garry Tan assumes the role in January).

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What the FTX Fiasco Means for Web3

Tomasz Tunguz

During one of the toughest years for technology in more than a decade, the web3/crypto segment is suffering the worst. Inevitably, this crash will evoke disillusionment in the technology & the space. Earlier this week, FTX, a top crypto exchange became insolvent. Recently valued at $24b, FTX is the third major crypto company to collapse in 2022 due to insolvency: Three Arrows Capital & Terra complete the trio.

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Korean startup Imagoworks launches AI-based web dental CAD 3Dme Crown

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Korean startup Imagoworks Inc’s 3Dme Crown, a digital dental CAD solution company based on artificial intelligence, is attracting attention as the next-generation dental CAD. 3Dme Crown is an automatic crown design module of 3Dme Solutions , Imagoworks’ AI-based web dental solutions.

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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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This Random Guy’s Course Launch Made $85,000 in 7 Days

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Here’s the best way to take non-fiction content and turn it into an income you can live off Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Teamraderie, a B2B MasterClass-style platform for team building, raises $7M

TechCrunch

The growing trends of hiring and running remote workforces, and more recently the major upheaval of restructuring across a number of industries, have redefined and disrupted the concept of teams at work. Even as some return to the office, many of us don’t see each other face-to-face, and even if we have checked in together virtually or in person, our groups of colleagues might be rapidly shifting around.

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The Psychology of Money Book: Key Takeaways from a CEO

OkDork

Some books should be required reading, and The Psychology of Money book by Morgan Housel is one of them. When I worked at Mint.com , I was surprised how many people didn’t know how to manage money. It’s super common, and it’s super avoidable. A lot of people think it takes TONS of mental effort and number crunching and math. It doesn’t. Not always. A lot of it comes down to psychology.

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Singapore’s Speedoc raises $28m in pre-Series B funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Singapore-based healthcare platform Speedoc announced that it already closed its pre-series B funding round with $28 million in investments that will boost their efforts to make virtual hospitals a reality across the Southeast Asia region.

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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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After 10 Years of Consulting, I’m Doing The Opposite Of Everything I Learned in Entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneur's Handbook

How about a slowly growing solopreneurship with no profit, funding, or exit strategy? Let’s see where this goes. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Yassir pulls in $150M for its super app, led by BOND

TechCrunch

Yassir , an African super app platform that offers on-demand services such as ride-hailing, food and grocery delivery, and payments, has raised $150 million in Series B funding, five times what it raised in its previous priced round last November. . The investment was led by BOND, the growth-stage firm that Mary Meeker spun out of Kleiner Perkins in 2018.

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[C2A Security in PR Newswire] MIH for Startups showcased innovation on the next generation of EV mobility

OurCrowd

TAIPEI, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Foxconn-initiated MIH Consortium joined hands with the leading accelerator Techstars and held the MIH for Startups Pitch event at MIH Demo Day on November 8th. MIH featured 10 EV-related startups from its Batch 1 program. Among them, three startups were awarded the MIH Startups Ambassadors: C2A Security specializing in cybersecurity; DeepDrive in E-Powertrain; and Olympian Motors, an emerging EV startup.

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What is Andrew Tates true net worth? With its virality we take a deeper look at the future of ed tech

Founder Bounty

Andrew tate who has made his money from affiliate marketing was numerous ways to think about how much he actually earnt while his company from hustlers university was actually on. So what did it show us? The future of learning is all online, coaching is important and mentors help you to grow in business. "He claims 355$M is what they actually know about" His businesses include: Hustlers University Only Fans The War Room Webcam Business His hustler's university had over 200,000 subsc

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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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My Business Failed (But Not For The Reasons Most Think It Did)

Entrepreneur's Handbook

4 hard lessons learned in entrepreneurship Image: Unsplash No one likes to talk about the time they failed. And for the longest time, I was one of those people. My failure affected my confidence, permanently altered my outlook on life, and left me second-guessing every decision I subsequently made. That’s not something anyone would like broadcasted in public.

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How ButcherBox bootstrapped to $600M in revenue

TechCrunch

Some of the best companies only come about because they found a problem worth solving. For Mike Salguero, CEO and co-founder at ButcherBox , the problem and opportunity in the extraordinarily broken space of meat production and distribution simply could not be ignored. Armed with an idea for how to do things differently, the company ran a Kickstarter campaign back in 2015, which drew the attention of its first thousand customers.

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3 Soulful Takeaways from EO’s 2022 Canadian Regional Leadership Summit 

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Kate Holden, an entrepreneur, philanthropist and business leader who is currently president of EO Winnipeg and serves on the EO Canada Board as Canada’s Member Products Director. Kate is the founder of The Pourium , a fast-growing retail/e-commerce wine business. In EO, we often talk about the Four Quadrants—business, family, community and self.

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Investing in Equals

Andreessen Horowitz

VisiCalc, the first computer-based spreadsheet, was launched in 1979. For the first time, this brought data analysis and computing together, in a way thousands of times more powerful than pen and paper. While VisiCalc is no longer around, the … The post Investing in Equals appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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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!