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In Their Own Words: Female Founders and CEOs Discuss the Discourse That’s Missing (and Hitting)…

Revolution

In Their Own Words: Female Founders and CEOs Discuss the Discourse That’s Missing (and Hitting) the Mark This year’s International Women’s Day theme is “ Inspire Inclusion ” — a call to recognize the unique perspectives and contributions of women from all walks of life, in all facets of life, including the innovation economy.

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NFTE Founders Forum Pitch Competition Announces Student Winners

American Entrepreneurship

In addition to its classroom curriculum, NFTE hosts the Founders Forum Pitch Competition. Zachary Borja, founder of Borja+ Media took first place and received an award of $5,000 toward his digital marketing company which creates content for organizations with an impact-driven cause. “We

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Singapore’s SPH Media Boosts News Offerings with Tech in Asia Acquisition

AsiaTechDaily

Register Singapore’s largest news publisher, SPH Media , announced its acquisition of homegrown startup and tech news outlet Tech in Asia (TIA) on November 1. With this, the company aims to boost SPH Media’s news offerings, particularly enhancing The Business Times (BT), a financial news publication.

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Japanese e-commerce enabler AnyMind raises funding in equity, debt for acquisitions

TechCrunch

Japanese commerce enabler AnyMind , which helps brands and influencers’ online operations, has closed a ¥5 billion (approximately $36 million) Series D round on the back of that boost to make additional acquisitions in Japan and globally. AnyMind offers a number of services for brands and online business operators.

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Driving the Dialogue: Questions These Female Founders Wish You Asked

Revolution

population, but in 2022, companies with solely female founders garnered just 2% of the total capital invested in venture-backed startups. The long and short of it: Female founders face systemic barriers to founding, funding, and scaling their businesses. Women represent 50.5% of the U.S. That ticked up to 15.4%

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New media venture in India helping readers discern signal from noise

TechCrunch

The Signal is aiming to serve a need for the modern pace of life where everybody is busy, said Dinesh Narayanan , its co-founder and editor in an interview. It has amassed over 38,000 subscribers, a base that includes several unicorn founders, lawmakers and policy executives. — Soumya (@bytesofnews) August 22, 2022.

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An In-Depth Conversation with Founders Kevin and Aria Egbali on Transforming the Payment Experience

Jason Malki

Kevin Eghbali Left Aira Eghbali Right I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin and Aria Egbali, the founders of Kade Pay. Kevin is a 2x founder and a senior software developer with over two decades of experience in the retail industry, primarily working on POS, payment, and staff management solutions. This was very insightful.

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