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The entrepreneur in all of us – How COVID revealed gaps and opportunities in the entrepreneurial landscape

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Despite many small businesses closing their doors in 2020, the pandemic nevertheless brought an increase in entrepreneurial spirit. Between June and September 2020, more businesses were launched than in any other quarter in U.S. Some have been using this time to develop their business plans and launch their own companies.”.

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Creators as Small Businesses Recognized by Visa at Web Summit

American Entrepreneurship

Celebration of the creator spirit and the announcement of an expanded collaboration with Pharrell Williams were made. A major announcement came for Visa, celebrating the impact of creators and expanding the company’s collaboration with musician and filmmaker Pharrell Williams. 1 Marketplaces Survey (March 2020).

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Which emerging technologies are enterprise companies getting serious about in 2020?

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That situation can lead to a huge waste of time for startups that want to sell to enterprise customers: a business development black hole. Some recent research that my company, Innovation Leader , conducted in collaboration with KPMG LLP , suggests a constructive approach. We conducted the survey at the tail end of Q3 2020.

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From sales to CEO: A female entrepreneur’s journey in the beverage alcohol industry

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This historic shift is evidenced in a report published by Women Business Collaborative, C200 and Catalyst, which announced that the number of women CEOs has risen from 6 percent in 2019 to a projected 8.2 First, the “Alexi Cashen Podcast” series in 2020. Collaboration and teamwork. percent by February 2021.

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Passive collaboration is essential to remote work’s long-term success

TechCrunch

In 2020, companies of all sizes, in all corners of the world, were forced to shift to remote work with the onset of COVID-19. The best engineering work isn’t done in isolation, but in collaboration, as teams discuss, wrangle and brainstorm through problems. Active versus passive collaboration. The whiteboard.

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Visual collaboration company Miro valued at $17.5B following $400M in new funding

TechCrunch

CEO Khusid told TechCrunch he considers the company a “pioneer of visual collaboration,” with its early days as a digital whiteboard. Visual collaboration is something that allows teams in companies to better be on the same page. Miro lands $50M Series B for digital whiteboard as demand surges. Image Credits: Andrey Khusid.

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Singapore-based Nektar.ai gets $6M to help B2B sales team collaborate more effectively

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million led by Nexus Venture Partners and announced in November 2020, the new funding brings Nektar.ai’s total seed capital to $8.1 has been in stealth mode since it was founded in 2020 by Abhijeet Vijayvergiya and Aravind Ravi Sulekha, working with hundreds of clients in private beta mode. Combined with its previous round, $2.15