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What do you give up when you take outside investors?

Berkonomics

Setting your expectations Taking in angel or venture money requires a setting of an entrepreneur’s expectations that may come as a shock at least at first. From the moment such an investor looks seriously at your company, the investor or VC partner is thinking of the end game, the ultimate sale of the company or even of an eventual initial public offering.

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Work-from-Where?

Revolution

In the following series, I’ll examine the current status of “work” and how it impacts lives — from where people are moving to how they are spending their time — and various business models that support these new habits. First up: Where are people spending their time now compared to pre-pandemic? For decades, most people’s existence revolved around a 9-to-5 workday with a lengthening two-way commute, (hopefully) bookended by some family time.

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5 Entrepreneurial Trends That Never Go Out of Fashion

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Fast money, big dreams, and never-ending hustle. That’s what entrepreneurship is all about, right? I take a different view. To me, entrepreneurship is about more than making a quick buck. It’s about building something that lasts. Something that makes a difference in the world. At age 21, I took control of the debt-burdened family business my parents started many years earlier.

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YLAI4All Playbook: A Guide to Inclusive Business, Partnership, & Community

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Young people across the Americas are brimming with creativity, diversity, and potential. As we move toward a more inclusive hemisphere that embraces the value of marginalized communities, we must also be honest about the history that has prevented marginalized groups from enjoying the full benefits of growing, dynamic economies. Nurturing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in our communities fosters belonging, improves livelihoods, and creates the conditions for prosperity and opp

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Thoughts on: From Innovation Theater to Growth Engine

Paul G. Silva

Alexander Osterwalder and the team at Strategizer published a small eBook chock-full of best practices on corporate innovation called From Innovation Theater to Growth Engine. Ahead of the book they also released a set of videos explaining some of the concepts. Strategizer is likely one of the top innovation consultants out there. They don’t build the innovations, but they do teach you how to find, vet, and manage a portfolio of innovative ideas.

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How to Lead Through Uncertainty and Change

Startup Blogpost

How to Lead Through Uncertainty and Change Navigating uncertainty and change is a common challenge for startup leaders. To shed light on this, we’ve gathered ten insightful strategies from CEOs and Founders. From embracing agility amidst market shifts to planning for the long game, these leaders share their experiences and lessons learned in successfully steering their startups through uncertain times.

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Karakalpakstan Empowers Startups and Entrepreneurs with $200 Million Soft Loan Initiative and Youth Center

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Karakalpakstan , a region in Uzbekistan, outlines plans to allocate $200 million in soft loans to support companies and establish a Youth Socio-Economic Center in the Khojaili district, with an investment of 1 trillion soums. The city unveiled its plans to support local startups and nurture entrepreneurship with a series of new initiatives under the guidance of President Shavkat Mirziy

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Psychological Safety & #LovinglyCritical

Paul G. Silva

A few years back Google published research on what made their teams thrive. By far the most important attribute was Psychological Safety. Psychological safety refers to an individual’s perception of the consequences of taking an interpersonal risk or a belief that a team is safe for risk taking in the face of being seen as ignorant, incompetent, negative, or disruptive.

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Zoom knots itself a legal tangle over use of customer data for training AI models

TechCrunch

Three years ago Zoom settled with the FTC over a claim of deceptive marketing around security claims, having been accused of overstating the strength of the encryption it offered. Now the videoconferencing platform could be headed for a similar tangle in Europe in relation to its privacy small print. The recent terms & conditions controversy sequence goes like this: A clause added to Zoom’s legalese back in March 2023 grabbed attention on Monday after a post on Hacker News claimed it a

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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Bridging the Gap Between Imagination and Reality: An Interview with the Visionary Behind Plantech…

Jason Malki

Bridging the Gap Between Imagination and Reality: An Interview with the Visionary Behind Plantech Industries I had the pleasure of interviewing Djordje Planincic, the founder and CEO of Plantech Industries , a visionary technologist with a deep passion for robotics, AI & ML, and IoT. His career is a testament to innovative projects that challenge conventional thinking, bringing us closer to a future where science fiction becomes reality.

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Pangyo Techno Valley: Korea’s Prime Innovation Cluster Bolstered by Local Governmental Support

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register In July’s end, an Egyptian governmental delegation toured Pangyo Techno Valley, Korea’s premier innovation hub, seeking insights into its unparalleled growth. Frequently termed the “Silicon Valley of Korea”, Pangyo Techno Valley is garnering global interest.

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Pleasing the CEO is not enough – B2B applications that only serve senior leaders FAIL

Paul G. Silva

Picture it. Your team gets the big meeting with the CEO of a company right smack in the middle of your target market. This company could be an amazing reference client. The CEO spends a lot of time with your team, telling you exactly what she needs. She gladly looks at multiple iterations of the product, giving concrete, actionable feedback at every stage.

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The civil rights movement comes to venture capital

TechCrunch

For the last year and a half, there is only one point I’ve sought to make with my venture coverage: that the industry is not separate from sociopolitical context. That the tech industry and its backers are not separate from the economic fabric of this nation and the mores of our society. This became evident when the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) announced last week that it was suing Fearless Fund.

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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Entrepreneur to Investor: Jason Mackey’s Personal Journey from Serial Entrepreneur to Emerging…

Jason Malki

Entrepreneur to Investor: Jason Mackey’s Personal Journey from Serial Entrepreneur to Emerging Venture Capitalist Jason Mackey, a serial entrepreneur, and emerging venture capitalist, has a proven track record of fostering successful businesses in the United States and the United Kingdom. Through his various ventures, including CXOHQ, Venturitas Venture Advisory, and Occam Strategy Group he has imparted growth strategies and fundraising insights to over 200 established and burgeoning ventures ac

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Indonesian Startup BintanGo Raises $2.2M to Accelerate Live Commerce Expansion

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Jakarta-based startup BintanGo , a platform facilitating content creators in monetizing their work, has recently secured $2.2 million in fresh funding, a mix of debt and equity. This round of funding has gained support from Contents Technologies, Transcend Capital Partners, and existing backers Investible and eWTP Tech Innovation Fund.

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The Race to Capture Value: Cloud Lessons for the AI Era

Andreessen Horowitz

When a platform shift reshapes the technology landscape, who wins? From mainframes to PCs, desktop to mobile, unnetworked to internet, and on-prem to cloud and SaaS, technical progress in software tends to follow Schumpeter’s creative destruction : new winners emerge … The post The Race to Capture Value: Cloud Lessons for the AI Era appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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How we scaled our App Store performance by approximately 200% in 1 year

TechCrunch

Olga Bakirova Contributor Olga Bakirova is an ASO/ASA Specialist at Keiki , an edtech startup that creates enjoyable developmental apps for kids to keep them interested in learning. App Store optimization (ASO) and Apple Search Ads (ASA) are potent tools for promoting apps that can significantly boost conversion rates. Every prospective user encounters an app’s page in the App Store, influencing their decision to download or purchase.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

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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How Will a Venture Capital Recovery Feel? Observations from 2008

Tomasz Tunguz

What will a venture capital turnaround feel like? Will it be gradual or sudden? What will change the sentiment in the market? In 2008, I had just become a venture capitalist. Three months later, Lehman fell & the Global Financial Crisis started. CNBC played in the lobby of our office & I remember watching domino tip domino into a cascading collapse.

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Japan’s Five-Year Development Strategy unveils KANSAI Startup Night Vol. 4

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Japan unveiled its latest development on its “Startup Development Five-year Plan” started in November 2022. The program comes through a collaboration with Kansai. The plan aims to boost the Japanese startup ecosystem by investing 10 trillion yen, creating 100,000 new startups, and nurturing 100 unicorns by 2027.

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“Winners Take None:” Coworking, Self Storage, Scooters Have Burned Billions of Investor Dollars and Maybe Were Never ‘Tech Companies’

Hunter Walk

The historical dynamic for software markets was one of ‘winner take all/most.’ Economies of scale, network effects, soft monopolies/bundling, patent moats: there are many reasons why. Putting your money into one of these leading companies could produce incredible returns over time for venture, institutional, and retail investors. In some twisted way then, the opposite of these companies (Oracle, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Salesforce for example) would be ‘winner take none&

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Beat the clock: 6 smart ways startups can use lawyers effectively

TechCrunch

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi Contributor Share on Twitter Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member and mentor to startups, and an angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. More posts by this contributor Hidden in plain sight: 5 red flags for investors Finding your startup’s valuation: An angel investor explains how Without informing their board, a certain startup had amassed $150,000 legal fees in just three months.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Three Places At Once: Challenges VCs Face In Managing Their Time [Part I]

The Seraf Compass

Venture Capital is one of those professions that is idealized by many and misunderstood by most. From a distance it seems like it should be great. You are your own boss, you set your own hours, you are not stuck behind a desk, you hang around with interesting go-getters and you sling big piles of cash around. What could be better? Let’s take a close look at some of the issues and challenges you will face in building a successful venture fund.

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AI-Powered Safety Systems: Exclusive Interview with Hwang Yeong-kyu, CEO of Alchera

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register The landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed exponentially since the monumental showdown between Alpha Go and Lee Se-dol in 2016. Today, AI’s applications span diverse sectors, from counterfeit detection and disease diagnostics to advanced security protocols.

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Celebrating Community, Gratitude & International Coworking Day

GCUC

Celebrating Community, Gratitude & International Coworking Day As I sit down to write this, I am filled with an immense sense of gratitude. Over the last decade coworking has opened so.

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Rivian beats on Q2 revenue, raises EV production guidance for 2023

TechCrunch

Rivian gained positive momentum in the second-quarter and beat Wall Street expectations as the company ramped up EV sales, narrowed losses, reduced costs and shored up its supply chain. The company struck a confident tone in its second-quarter earnings, which was released after markets closed Tuesday , even raising its production guidance for the year from 50,000 to 52,000 vehicles.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.