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8 investors, founders and execs predict cybersecurity, fintech will take Belfast by storm

TechCrunch

According to the survey, the city is strong in sectors such as fintech, agritech, hospitality tech, emerging tech, cybersecurity, SaaS and medtech. Use discount code BELFAST to save 25% off an annual or two-year Extra Crunch membership. Public funding supports are good, but too fragmented and hard to access. Material Evolution.

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How the Gig Economy is Transforming Entrepreneurship

StartupNation

The common thread linking all three experiences is that, chances are, you used an app that relies on workers in the gig economy. The gig economy isn’t just limited to the service and hospitality industries, either. Think about the last time you trekked across town, ordered food or looked for a place to stay in a new city.

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Telemedico gets $6.6M to grow the reach of its digital health SaaS

TechCrunch

Telehealth services specifically, and digital health more broadly , have racked up plenty of growth during the pandemic as demand for remote consultations (and other types of support) has accelerated sectoral uplift. FCC enacts $200M telehealth initiative to ease COVID-19 burden on hospitals.

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Check out these startups from Pear’s Demo Day (there’s usually a breakout or two in the bunch)

TechCrunch

As notably, despite introducing a far smaller number of teams to investors than Y Combinator and more renowned accelerator programs, there always seem to be at least one or two projects in Pear’s Demo Day mix that turn into actual, sustainable and, sometimes, sizable companies. ” Bonfire. ” Parthean. ” Transcera.

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Local Food Systems and Kitchen Incubators

EntreWorks Consulting

These efforts typically use agriculture and food development as tools to advance community economic development and to improve community health outcomes. They may include programs that develop farmer’s markets, provide local food at area schools and hospitals, or create local capacities for value-added agriculture.

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The Doom Loop

Entrepreneur's Handbook

The inflation is entrenched because a large number of jobs are now being done from home, and the wealthy computer desk jockeys working these jobs now require a different mix of goods. It is trivially easy to spot a policy that uses confidence intervals rather than outcomes at the extreme. No network … no value.

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Extra Crunch roundup: UiPath’s IPO filing, predicting revenue, how to pivot properly, much more

TechCrunch

Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The IPO market is sending us mixed messages. While effective in some use cases, these solutions do not suit industry-specific needs right out of the box. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Have a great weekend.