Innovation 2 Enterprise

JUNE 25, 2025

Earlier this month, ten dynamic Oklahoma startups took the stage at Bridge2 Demo Day, marking the conclusion of the third cohort of i2E’s Bridge2 Pre-Accelerator. Bridge2 is Oklahoma’s premier pre-accelerator for scalable, tech-enabled, early-stage startups. Bridge2 helped us get laser focused.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 29, 2025

Five-year-old startup Eleos Health is focusing on the behavioral health sector, leading the charge with AI agents in an industry burdened by administrative challenges, inefficiencies, and limited access to care. The startup’s rapid growth has gained additional support from investors with the company closing a Series C funding round.

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

Effectively communicating your startup’s impact metrics to investors can make or break your funding opportunities. This article presents key strategies, backed by expert insights, to help you showcase your startup’s value and growth potential.

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StartupNation

JUNE 16, 2025

Why should you learn inbound marketing tips for growing startups? And building awareness around your startup can be a tough task. In fact, more than 20% of startups don’t survive past the first year. Of the startups that fail, 38% state lack of cash as the top reason whereas 20% got outcompeted. What does this mean?

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The Seraf Compass

AUGUST 6, 2025

Download the checklist here to start making your portfolio reviews more consistent, informed, and actionable. Staging Capital: Angel Follow-on Theory How Successful Angel Investors Allocate Assets Angel Investing: What’s the Magic Number?

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 2, 2025

The startup, f ounded in 2022, is led by the seasoned team of Alex Yakubovich and Stan Garber who quickly gained investor backing to make Levelpath the leader in enterprise procurement. Agrawal previously led investments in companies like Coupa, which went public in 2016 and was acquired for approximately $8 billion.

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StartupNation

JUNE 4, 2025

Rather than overwhelming them with blocks of text, I incorporated impactful visuals such as infographics, charts, and images to convey complex information in a visually pleasing way. This slide listed potential obstacles we may face as a startup, along with our strategies to mitigate them and ultimately succeed.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 21, 2025

And thats a more important goal than never having a cavity, investing in seven unicorns, or IPOing a companyall things that result a little from your own effort and a lot from things you cant always control, like the efforts of others and a whole lot of luck. Everyone knew the risks going in.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2025

Data-Driven Decision Making AI agents can analyze vast amounts of data in real time, offering insights that give businesses actionable insights to make informed decisions. Despite these challenges, the benefits of AI agents far outweigh the drawbacks, making them a worthwhile investment for small businesses looking to scale.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Swayam Doshi, Founder, Suspire Swayam, welcome to Startup Blog Post! Could you tell our readers a little about yourself and your journey in the startup world? My journey in the startup world began with a strong passion for sustainability and a desire to make a meaningful impact. Thank you for the warm welcome!

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Jason Malki

APRIL 24, 2025

Riding Boldly Into New Frontiers: How Kevin Bulger is Blending Adventure, Investment, and Impact Across Continents Kevin Bulger I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin Bulger. Kevin Bulger is an entrepreneur and investor with a diverse background spanning startups, sustainable ventures, and international tourism.

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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. We also kept our customers informed at all times. From this experience, we learned about being prepared for hiccups and put contingency plans in place.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 19, 2025

Next NJ Program and AI Innovation Challenge Administration Grant Program will increase AI investment and catalyze groundbreaking research TRENTON, N.J. New Jerseys continued investment in the sectors of the future will pay dividends for generations to come, setting the Garden State on a path of economic strength and prosperity.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Contact information Ensure customers can easily reach you. Invest in Online Advertising While organic reach is valuable, paid advertising can accelerate growth. Total Estimated Cost: $0 – $500/month Best for: Solo entrepreneurs, local businesses, or those who can invest time instead of money.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Professional investors will probe these five risk areas and make the decision to invest based upon comfort with each. Another is to gain the support of a core vendor who is willing to offer special extended terms to the company as its investment in creating the product in a finished state. Third: Management risk.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 16, 2025

The funds from Blackstone Infrastructure and Blackstone Real Estate are expected to draw in an additional $60 billion in private investment, accelerating the State’s Innovation Ecosystem. We’re excited to work with our partners at PPL to invest in the generation needed to support this critical digital infrastructure.”

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StartupNation

MAY 21, 2025

Choosing the right Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system is a critical decision for any startup. Their insights offer practical guidance to help your startup make smarter, more informed decisions that support long-term growth. Missteps during the selection process can lead to wasted resources and missed opportunities.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

A New Approach to AI Conversations In an era where the AI space is oversaturated with information, HumanX aims to cut through the noise and provide executives with real, tangible strategies. This year’s conference is designed with the goal of delivering practical AI solutions and fostering direct, results-driven discussions.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We’ll cover what information you’ll expect to provide, your range of expected values and amounts of investment to expect. If the business is not a startup, expect to supply income statements for the past several years as well, to emphasize trends in revenue and costs. The post-investment value would be $4,000,000.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 6, 2025

Startups face intense competition for top talent, but attracting skilled professionals is just the beginning. Benefits signal long-term investment in employees, boosting loyalty and job satisfaction. Startups that offer comprehensive health coverage send a clear message that they value stability and well-being.

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 21, 2025

That is, they rather have a 5x with $300m in the company than a 10x with only $30m invested. But this dynamic, for certain classes of companies, also means that startup pricing is often enthusiastic, optimistic and gives the company ‘credit’ for execution against forward looking plans quarters or years into the future.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 3, 2025

Mediocre VCs get wealthy themselves but they won’t make money for their LPs, and are, at best, just a WITHDRAWALS ATM for average startups. Could be pinning their thesis on a category of technology or type of founder that isn’t yet understood by the investment community.

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OurCrowd

JULY 9, 2025

semiconductor startup Groq has spoken to investors about raising between $300 million and $500 million at a $6 billion post-investment valuation, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. July 9 (Reuters) – U.S. Read more here.

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A Smart Bear: Longform

JUNE 7, 2025

The answer for a funded startup is “Bid as much as possible, to get as many customers—and data!—as You don’t have that budget, and you’re keen on getting a reasonable return on investment reasonably quickly. A surprising number of startups have CAC > LTV. Here’s my way. So how big can CAC be before it’s “too big?”

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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 applied everything I knew about law and regulation to help clients make smart, informed investment choices.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Homebrew makes investments by consensus – it works because there’s just two of us. Second, it matters to us externally that founders know it’s always Homebrew making the investment – never a situation where one of us was excited and the other one didn’t block it. Thanks Alex!

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

If you're a solopreneur on a tight budget or want to experiment with VoIP before investing, Google Voice is a solid starting point. To get more out of RingEX, connect RingCentral to Zapier , so you can send information across all the apps you use. Here are some other examples. and Canada. Do you need a low-cost solution?

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

Higher pricing compared to similar services, especially for small businesses and startups that need advanced features. The platform also requires requesting a demo for detailed pricing information, suggesting a more enterprise-focused approach. 16) Salesforce Marketing Cloud – Good for enterprises 4.4/5

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 22, 2024

His experience at Flexport; his pay-it-forward nature; and his friendly user interface, made his a desirable angel/advisor for startups. How did you originally get introduced to the startup and do you recall how you thought about the ‘pros and cons’ at the time? BB: My first angel investment ever was the Flexport seed.

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The Zapier Blog

AUGUST 5, 2025

Content optimization tools help identify and add related keywords, improve readability, focus on quality, update meta information, and link to external and internal sources, so you can create high-ranking, search- and LLM-friendly content. Some have a free trial; otherwise, sign up for a month before investing long-term. Learn more.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

A small startup still managing a few dozen invoices manually, for example, needs different features and scalability than a rapidly growing enterprise processing hundreds (or thousands) of invoices across multiple departments. Now, an important note before we dive into the specific tools: expect a real investment for a comprehensive solution.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

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