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“I think viewing your board as an audience to be ‘sold’ to instead of a partner in your journey will orient your board to be less trusting and collaborative.” Five Questions with Nilam Ganenthiran, Former President of Instacart

Hunter Walk

For startups, a good Board is better than no Board, but a bad Board is worse than anything. One component of a good Board is a high value add Independent Board Member, which in my experience, often doesn’t get added early enough (for a variety of reasons). But sometimes the CEO takes the initiative to recruit an absolute gem and that was the case with ResQ , a software startup servicing the hospitality owners and service/repair vendors.

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[DailyPay in PR Newswire] Retaining Employees With Earned Wage Access: In Conversation with Stacy Greiner, CEO, DailyPay

OurCrowd

The post [DailyPay in PR Newswire] Retaining Employees With Earned Wage Access: In Conversation with Stacy Greiner, CEO, DailyPay appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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rats are surprisingly sweet pets

Derek Sivers

I used to live in a basement apartment, next to the trash room. Rats were often blocking my door, and I could hear them walking in the ceiling right above me as I slept. I hated them so much that I happily killed as many as I could, with no remorse. Many years later, I saw my 5-year-old boy nurturing a ladybug at the playground, giving it so much love.

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[Momentis Surgical in Startup News] Momentis Surgical receives FDA 510(k) clearance for second generation Anovo® robotic platform, introducing haptic feedback and dual-mode articulation

OurCrowd

The post [Momentis Surgical in Startup News] Momentis Surgical receives FDA 510(k) clearance for second generation Anovo® robotic platform, introducing haptic feedback and dual-mode articulation appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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How Trump smartly used influencers and content to win the election

Founder Bounty

It was one of the best strategies ever. Trump using influencers like the nelk boys and pbd podcast to get in front of an ever bigger audience. Its smart and is something any business should learn from. Content is everything. As we have said it again and again. With some of these influencers having multi millions of followers from younger ones to older ones, any person would be silly not to have done it.

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