StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

Effectively communicating your startup’s impact metrics to investors can make or break your funding opportunities. When presenting to investors who are more interested in finances, on the other hand, the conversation tends to center more around KPIs like revenue growth, cost per new customer, and other financial metrics.

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StartupNation

JUNE 4, 2025

This visual representation not only conveyed the market opportunity effectively but also made the pitch deck more memorable and engaging. Rather than dumping numbers on a slide and hoping investors connected the dots, we gave them a narrative arc that made the opportunity feel real and urgent.

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StartupNation

JUNE 18, 2025

We’ve put together eight ways to safeguard your startup—from how you build your team to managing your finances, and choosing the right tech. Embrace Technology—But Choose It Wisely Every startup relies on technology, but not every tool delivers real value. The Most Common Legal Issues Small Businesses Will Face 4.

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Jason Malki

JULY 16, 2025

Steve Gomberg I had the pleasure of interviewing Steve Gomberg and he is a seasoned executive whose career spans general management, finance, and corporate development across a variety of entrepreneurial ventures. Developed creative, non-dilutive financing that supported rapid growth. How did you break into tech investing?

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2025

These agents can work independently or collaboratively with human users, performing customer service, marketing, finance, and operations management functions. Tools like HubSpot and Salesforce Einstein use AI to analyze customer behavior, predict sales opportunities, and automate follow-ups. Need bookkeeping & finance help?

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2025

The infrastructure demands of training and deploying massive AI models are pushing traditional networking technologies to their limits, requiring new paradigms in efficiency, customization, and scalability. Filling a Critical Market Gap The market opportunity is enormous.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 13, 2025

With AI advancing rapidly and transforming industries from healthcare to finance, this fund arrives at a crucial moment. They need investors who understand the technology, the market, and the pressure of building something new in a fast-moving ecosystem. Why This Matters for Early-Stage AI Founders Founders need more than capital.

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The Seraf Compass

AUGUST 6, 2025

Designed for quarterly reviews, it helps you track company performance, spot red flags, and identify follow-on opportunities. Whether youre preparing for LP updates or internal team discussions, this tool ensures nothing gets overlooked.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Current encryption standards, essential to protecting sensitive data in finance, government, and telecommunications, can be easily broken by sufficiently advanced quantum computers—creating an urgent demand for quantum-resilient cybersecurity solutions.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 29, 2025

Real AI Transformation Leaders across industries share titles such as "VP of Digital Transformation," "Innovation Manager," "Director of Process Improvement," or even "Head of Legal Technology." Culture Culture centers around your people. Invest in your employees. Offer incentives that resonate.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

From managing finances to overseeing operations, marketing, and customer service, it can quickly feel like there are never enough hours in the day. Technology now offers a range of simple tools to help small business owners streamline their operations, increase operational efficiency, and improve productivity.

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StartupNation

JUNE 23, 2025

We continued with transparent and empathetic customer communication and recognized the importance of investing in technology to help with effective shipping and preventing disruptions. Chunyang Shen , Finance Expert, Jarsy Inc. It became clear that we needed to enter new markets quickly and look for new opportunities.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Who: Capital Connect What: Working Capital Loans; Asset Finance; Property Finance; Refinancing Solutions NZ HQ: Auckland Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? Key services and resources At Capital Connect, we provide tailored finance solutions to help New Zealand businesses grow. Learn more.

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StartupNation

MAY 16, 2025

There’s a reason why the world’s most valuable technology companies are heavily involved with AI. Leaders know a tsunami is approaching and will leave their companies underwater if they don’t figure out how to deploy this business-altering technology. The universe of business opportunities is expanding exponentially.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Benefits of AI automation Key components and technologies that AI automation uses How to implement AI automation AI automation use cases Examples of AI automation processes What's the difference between AI automation and RPA? Here's a rundown of some of the essential tools and technologies that power AI automation.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 31, 2025

This brings transparency to campaign financing while underscoring ROI. This level of visibility lets you easily spot anomalies and opportunities that would be difficult to catch manually. With flexible options to apply fixed, relative, or absolute margins, firms can accurately reflect markup costs and profits to clients.

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

Skye Amundsen , Owner, hope&plum This Month’s Free Skills Training: From Determining Prices to Government Contracting Turning Layoff into Startup Opportunity I lost my company in 72 hours, and it made me a better entrepreneur. I transitioned from music to the world of technology and startups. We were in four cities.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 24, 2025

Reimagining Compute Infrastructure Beyond CMOS In an era where the limits of traditional CMOS (complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor) technology are being pushed to their breaking point, Snowcap is charting a new course. The compute needs of these technologies are outstripping what legacy chip architectures can deliver.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 30, 2025

Small Door Veterinary, the New York‑founded membership‑based veterinary care company redesigning the pet health experience, has closed $55 million in new financing. The fresh capital will accelerate clinic openings, strengthen technology infrastructure, and enhance member services in the core Northeast and Mid‑Atlantic markets.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Free cash flow is important when the buyer intends to finance the purchase using the revenue from the purchased company itself. 4. Replacement Value: This is one of the best ways to create some minimum value, especially for young companies, where the investment in technology has been heavy and the life span of the technology is long.

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StartupNation

JUNE 25, 2025

But more importantly, my journey is part of a larger movement— white-collar professionals like me swapping cubicles for hard hats and discovering untapped opportunity in the trades. My adaptability underscores the importance of being open to new opportunities, even if they fall outside your comfort zone. Moving to the U.S.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Enterprise automation is the practice of using technology to connect processes and software across large, complex organizations. Finance might build automations for recurring approvals or monthly reporting. A new customer deal, for example, might require handoffs between Sales, Legal, Finance, and Customer Success.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 8, 2025

Current projects ongoing include a career acceleration platform that automates internships, scholarships, resume analysis, and opportunity discovery for underserved students. I built Aether to make the tools I wish I had: something that actually finds , applies to , and guides you through the best opportunities, all automatically.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 21, 2025

This could mean securing extra financing for historical slow periods or boosting inventory to take advantage of "hot" seasons. Automatically analyze trends and project future revenue using AI and distribute reports so teams stay informed and can act quickly on opportunities or issues. Learn more.

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NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 2, 2025

If your business isnt yet claiming tax credits for your Research and Development (R&D) expenses, 2025 might be the year you take up the opportunity. This involves clearly describing the scientific or technological uncertainty being addressed, along with the systematic approach taken to resolve it. What R&D Funding is Available?

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

There are roughly 400 venture deals being done in NYC each year these days, and maybe about 30% or so of those are seed financings. In my opinion, if there are around 150 or 200 companies that get seed or pre-seed financing in NYC from *someone*, that''s about how many meetings I could take. Venture Capital & Technology'

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

Typically , African financial institutions rely on using foreign technology solutions to solve their problems. “The focus was to leverage our ability as an enabler to create proprietary technology for both segments.” Today, the company is announcing that it has closed $10 million in Series A investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. originally raised $3 million in financing from some of the smartest people in the industry including Peter Chernin, Allen DeBevoise and Shari Redstone.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 19, 2021

Over the last 18 months, the early-stage financing market has seen dramatic changes characterized by these three things: A shift from in-person fundraising to virtual fundraising A reduction in financing process timelines from months to weeks A continued increase in the amount of capital available for early stage companies.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 15, 2024

Metropolis Technologies’ recent acquisition of SP Plus Corp. (SP+) Alex ander Israel , CEO , brought his technology background and experience to the startup. He was previously the General Manager of an enterprise division of INRIX, the leading traffic intelligence provider of smart technology and data analytics for urban mobility.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. When you begin to peel back the onion some surprising data presents itself.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. We are early in automating surveying, planning, marking and completing basic construction tasks using robots of various kinds. Any other thoughts you want to share with TechCrunch readers?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 18, 2019

When USV invested in Coinbase in early 2013, our rationale was that digital currencies and digital assets (like Bitcoin and beyond) were a breakthrough technology, similar to TCP/IP, HTTP and SMTP. We believe Libra has the potential to be the catalyst that brings the entire cryptocurrency and cryptoasset market into the mainstream.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

-Atul National Geographic Explorer, Victoria Herrmann The conversation: Choose your own adventure with National Geographic Explorer, Victoria Hermann The takeaways: Today’s climate problems are also incredible investment opportunities. Executing on opportunities at the intersection of utility and disruption allows for exponential innovation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Businesses that provide this enabling technology and equipment can capitalize on this with special pricing and promotions. Meditation apps like Headspac e and Calm will provide opportunities for users to unwind after a long day of solitary work or managing a household full of kids off school. Opportunity in the Stay-Home Economy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2024

With passion, hustle, and these thrifty startup strategies, you can transform your vision into a viable product without relying on loans or financing. These programs often offer financial assistance, valuable mentorship, and networking opportunities. However, several strategies can streamline this process without compromising quality.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 7, 2019

Congressman Joe Sestak approached her about connecting with the nonprofit FIRST Global , which promotes science, technology, engineering, and math education and careers for youth through robotics competitions modeled on the Olympic Games. As someone who gave them an opportunity.”. in-kind support”) instead of financing.

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