A Smart Bear: Longform

MARCH 22, 2025

Identifying useful frameworks for companies, strategy, markets, and organizations, instead of those that just look pretty in PowerPoint.

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Revolution

MARCH 26, 2025

Steve Case Testifies at U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Hearing, Beyond Silicon Valley: Expanding Access to Capital AcrossAmerica On March 25, 2025, Revolutions Chairman and CEO, Steve Case, testified before the Committee during a session examining policy proposals to improve capital access. Watch the hearing and read his full testimony here andbelow.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 25, 2025

This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 (Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). The Challenge of Seeing the Truth In BE 2.0, Jim Collins makes a powerful observation: the most successful organizations don’t stagnatethey continuously self-correct. But as leaders, we often find it remarkably difficult to recognize when correction is needed, especially when we’re busy, successful, or have a long track record.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2025

The companys enterprise browser is a breakthrough innovation that embeds enterprise-grade security and IT controls directly into the browsing experience. In a significant milestone for the cybersecurity and enterprise software space, Islandthe company behind the rapidly emerging Enterprise Browserhas announced the successful close of its $250 million Series E funding round.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 26, 2025

Sanjit Singh I had the pleasure of interviewing Sanjit Singh, the Co-Founder and CEO/CTO of Julia Technologies , where he is pioneering the future of trauma care through the integration of augmented reality, robotics, and AI. A Rutgers University graduate with a concentration in Graphics & Vision, Sanjit brings a decade of experience in immersive technologies and human-computer interaction.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 24, 2025

Ethis Group, through its Halal VC fund HASAN.VC, has been actively investing in ethical and halal tech startups.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2025

The company is building specialized networking solutions that offer cloud giants hardware and software that integrates seamlessly into each customers optimized stack. At the intersection of artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure, Nexthop AI has officially launched from stealth mode with a massive $110 million in funding. The funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners included Kleiner Perkins, WestBridge Capital, Battery Ventures, and Emergent Ventures.

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Jason Calacanis

MARCH 22, 2025

Hey friends, I hope you’re doing well in these crazy times. I wanted to let you know that we’re going to launch our 10th cohort of Founder University next Friday, and there is still time to join. Founder University is a “pre-accelerator” for teams of two or more founders who have a great idea and want to start changing the world.

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Founder Bounty

MARCH 25, 2025

We have already done the article is antler worth doing here and a lot of you are asking what exactly are the investment terms if they do offer you investment. This varies on the region but below are some of the key figures Investment Amount Antler typically invests $100,000 to $200,000 in pre-seed startups. In some regions, they offer $125,000 for 10% equity (e.g., Antler US).

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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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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 27, 2025

As startups scale, effective sales implementation becomes the difference between stagnation and sustainable growth. After analyzing hundreds of sales organizations across startups, I’ve distilled the key pieces of advice that founders and leaders should keep in mind. 1. Sales Strategy Fundamentals Start with the right price : Establish pricing that reflects value rather than just covering costs.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 27, 2025

Grab Malaysia has teamed up with Yinson GreenTech, Power-Up Tech, and BYD Sime Motors to promote the use of electric vehicles (EVs) among its driver-partners.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 25, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HoneyBook, the leading business platform for service-based entrepreneurs, today announced its next phase of AI-powered business management, marking a significant evolution in how independent businesses operate and grow. While AI solutions have largely been built for enterprises or consumers, independent entrepreneurs have been left with fragmented tools that require constant coordination.

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Founder Bounty

MARCH 25, 2025

We talk about it again and again. Simons net worth is currently around $636 million and you have probably heard from him by it interviewing people on the street. He is an investor, influencer and entrepreneur and he sold his last company Fluid to PwC. He suddenly started showing up on almost every podcast available. He understand the power of content and content creation.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 27, 2025

71% of exit dollars in 2024 came from a new avenue : secondaries. Historically, IPOs and M&A have been the dominant exit paths for venture backed companies. Some years IPOs dominate, other M&A dominates, but in 2024 secondaries captured the super majority. When a company sells new shares to investors in exchange for dollars, they create new shares in the company - primary shares.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2025

CADDi, a Japan- and U.S.-based startup that leverages AI to enhance supply chain efficiency for global manufacturers, has secured $38 million in fresh funding.

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OkDork

MARCH 28, 2025

This email is an excerpt from my podcast. Listen to it here ( Spotify & iTunes ): Fifteen years ago, I started AppSumo with $50 and a dream to never get a real job. I just wanted to make $3,000/month and work from anywhere. Since then, weve promoted thousands of tools, built a profitable company, helped creators get rich, and made every mistake in the book (and still making a few).

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OurCrowd

MARCH 25, 2025

The post [Hailo in Hackster.io] Hailo demonstrates accelerated LLM-based speech recognition on the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 25, 2025

Who: iCollect What: Debt Collection NZ HQ: Auckland Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? We service companies looking to chase outstanding debtors who are not paying invoices. Using our automated iCollect software you can chase the debt without commission while using the weight of three automated debt collection agency letters to get your debtor to pay attention and take you seriously.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 26, 2025

Gobi Partners has invested in SkyeChip, a fast-growing Malaysian semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) design firm, to support its expansion and operational needs.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 25, 2025

You have to pay a price for your distinctiveness, and its worth it. The fairy tale version of be yourself is that all the pain stops as soon as you allow your distinctiveness to shine. That version is misleading. Being yourself is worth it, but dont expect it to be easy or free. Youll have to put energy into it continuously. The world wants you to be typical in a thousand ways, it pulls at you.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 24, 2025

San Jose, Calif,March 24, 2025Stellar Cyber, the cybersecurity illumination company, today announced that it has been named to the Futuriom 50 for the fourth year in a row. Founded in 2017, Futuriom is the research and analysis community focused on next-generation cloud technologies.

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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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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 27, 2025

The companys platform significantly reduces insurance verification time that once spanned weeks and has achieved a 99.8% success rate in securing insurance approvals. Silna Health is tackling a problem that plagues the American healthcare system: the broken and outdated prior authorization process that forces millions of patients to endure delays in accessing essential treatments.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 26, 2025

Stockbroking platform Groww is in advanced talks to raise between $200 million and $250 million in a pre-IPO funding round ahead of its planned listing by late 2024 or early […]

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 27, 2025

For many SMEs, marketing begins and ends with social media and paid ads – but theres a better way to build trust and credibility. Public Relations or (PR) offers a cost-effective approach for New Zealand businesses to gain media exposure, establish thought leadership and create long-term brand value. While larger organisations have dedicated PR teams to manage their brand image, SMEs can also use strategic PR to create impactwithout requiring the marketing budgets of global players.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 25, 2025

The post [Classiq in Globe Newswire] Classiq powers quantum breakthrough with Sumitomo Corporation and Mizuho-DL Financial Technology appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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