Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Contributed by Rob Cross , professor of global leadership at Babson College, cofounder and research director of the Connected Commons business consortium, and author of Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead, and Restore Your Well-Being. What is dysfunctional collaboration? The most common collaborative dysfunction is a product of too much collaboration driven either by an overly inclusive organizational culture, formal designs with too many reporting relationships, or e

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

SoftBank Group Corp. is doubling down on its commitment to Latin America. Today, the Japanese investment conglomerate is announcing the launch of the SoftBank Latin America Fund II, its second dedicated private investment fund focused on tech companies located in LatAm. SoftBank is launching the new fund with an initial $3 billion commitment. “Fund II will explore options to raise additional capital,” SoftBank said in a statement.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Over the course of the summer, hundreds of people located in Ben Franklin’s 32-county footprint in Pennsylvania, visited BIGIDEA.BenFranklin.org to check out the rules and the easy application process for our $50,000 innovation contest. Recently, our team had the difficult job of choosing finalists from all the applications received from the region’s emerging tech-entrepreneurs and small manufacturers.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

For entrepreneurs building a business, the initial startup stage is an exhilarating time: you’re energized by your idea and engrossed in building the business. It feels like it’ll always be fun. The hard truth is that in building any business , there are peaks and valleys. When you hit a valley, it can be difficult to stay inspired and engaged — and this is the time to persevere, to remind yourself you’re in this for the long haul and to stick with it.

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Contributed by J. Cornelius, an EO Atlanta member. J. is the founder and president of Nine Labs , which helps companies imagine, design and build world-class web and mobile products. Great design is not a luxury. It’s a necessity. . That bears repeating: Great design—a product that looks good and works well—is essential for success. Product design in the software industry has matured enough that you simply will not succeed with an ugly, ill-conceived digital product.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Hyperscaling Hopin: An early team member’s story Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Every entrepreneur’s story is unique. Many individuals start off with a good idea. This idea allows them to create an offering or product that helps solve a problem facing customers. They acquire the necessary legal assets, including entity formations and tax IDs, so this idea may become a startup, launch, and open for business. What about entrepreneurs that don’t start their business from scratch?

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

First, let’s recognize the problem. Here’s one for executives of any company with next generation products in mind. As your business grows more complex and there are more employees to manage and more customers to care for, slowly you will notice that more and more time of your chief innovation officer or system architect or R&D department is spent focused upon enhancements in response to needs of the user base.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

SOSV this morning announced work on a $50 million HAX facility in Newark, New Jersey focused on growing industrial, healthcare and climate startups. The five-year development plan utilizes $25 million from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. The facility is set to open in June of 2022, with an eye on early-stage U.S. companies working toward their seed round.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Along with anyone who ever started to work on their own thing Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Working in a startup comes with its own set of ups and downs, but owning the creative rights to your work should not be one of them. Whether you are in the early stages of the company or have been around for a while, keeping the intellectual property (IP) at your organization’s discretion is a means for the preservation of integrity. Trademarking your startup is essential to avoid future breaches of confidentiality, and running the risk of others profiting from your ideas.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

What is the product a customer or a prospect buys immediately before they buy yours? We’ve all heard the words digital transformation. Now that I’ve given you time to unroll your eyes and let the sarcastic comments dissipate, please give me a chance to make something useful of this idea. As a customer progresses along their journey, they evolve from a previous inferior state to a new superior one.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Immi is putting a healthy spin on instant ramen by going plant-based and offering more bold tastes. The company announced Tuesday that it raised $3.8 million in seed funding. Co-founders Kevin Lee and Kevin Chanthasiriphan both grew up in food families from Taiwan and Thailand, respectively, and met a decade ago while working at the same tech company.

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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

9 months after getting 100% rejected, this founder turned the tables and bagged his dream team without sacrificing an ounce of equity. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

If you are an entrepreneur just starting out, you’ve probably already gotten a glimpse into the hard work that goes into launching and running a business. While it’s rewarding, there can be sleepless nights and a slew of new challenges you did not anticipate. You’re not alone – a new study this summer by OnePoll revealed that 84 percent of small business owners said they feel like they wear several hats, such as being their own human resources, operations, and customer service.

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OurCrowd

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

JumpCloud, the late-stage startup that is modernizing the notion of corporate directories in a cloud context, announced a $159 million Series F investment on a healthy $2.56 billion valuation today. Read more here. The post [JumpCloud in TechCrunch] JumpCloud raises $159M on $2.56B valuation for cloud directory tool appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In order to support a buildout of renewable energy, which tends to over-generate electricity at certain times of day and under-generate at others, the grid is going to need a lot of batteries. While lithium-ion works fine for consumer electronics and even electric vehicles, battery startup EnerVenue says it developed a breakthrough technology to revolutionize stationary energy storage.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Why I will not invest in an Uncapped Note or SAFE Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Starting a business is incredibly exciting, but it also requires a lot of strategic planning if you want to create something going to last for years. Follow our top five checklist for precisely what new business owners need to know, and you can look forward to creating your own success. . Five tips to know when starting a business: Plan, plan, plan.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

By Scott Meacham. The story of MaxQ is an adventure story of entrepreneurship. This is an exciting time to be an entrepreneur in Oklahoma. Our state recently celebrated our first unicorn, proof-positive that what happens in Silicon Valley and the environs of MIT in Boston can also happen here. In the last few months, i2E and iMCI have invested $840,000 in concept- and growth-stage startups that have the potential to become our region’s next superstars.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Casey Saran. Contributor. Share on Twitter. An ad tech veteran who has logged time at Google and The Rubicon Project (now Magnite), Casey Saran is co-founder and CEO of Spaceback. 2021 has been a good year to be an adtech investor. Valuations are surging , Wall Street is happy and exits are frequent and satisfying. It’s the perfect time to double down and invest in an area that has been largely ignored but is poised for major upside in the next few years: Digital creative ad technology.

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Whatever you do, don’t quit your 9-5 job. Here’s how I did it. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

So, you’re starting a new business? Then you’re also creating a brand from scratch. Building a company brand gives you the chance to get creative and make something that resonates with people. Whether you’re not sure where to start or just want to make sure you’re on the right track, we’ve got the basics covered below. Building your new company brand from scratch .

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

In her decision last week on the Epic vs Apple case, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers wrote this: I am not a lawyer, but I read that to say that apps that use crypto rails for payments cannot be blocked by Apple anymore. If so, that is a decision of enormous consequences for the crypto sector and yet another opening for it. That is so f **g awesome.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Mailchimp is selling itself to Intuit in a transaction valued at $12 billion. The deal is a coup not only for companies that eschew venture capital backing — Mailchimp is famous for its bootstrapping history — but also for the city of its founding, Atlanta. Mailchimp’s mega-exit comes in the same year that fellow Atlanta-based startup Calendly raised a massive $350 million round that valued the technology company north of $3 billion, per Crunchbase data.

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