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8 Shocking Confessions Revealed at a Founder’s Meetup Pool Party

Entrepreneur's Handbook

These are the jarring admissions founders rarely tell their friends, family, customers, or even investors. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Potential Partners - Trust but Verify

The Seraf Compass

“There are only so many IPO candidates out there. I invest to make a return. If the entrepreneur or I can’t put our finger on obvious alternatives to an IPO, something is wrong,” said Ron Conway, one of San Francisco’s most prolific and successful early stage investors. Ron has been an active angel investor for over twenty years, investing early in companies such as Google, PayPal and Facebook.

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How to take advantage of a recession to build your brand

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed to EO by Vladimir Gendelman, an EO Detroit member and founder and CEO of Company Folders, Inc. , an award-winning online printing company that has helped over 5,000 businesses print more than 20 million presentation folders. The company made the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America for three consecutive years.

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All About Acquihires

Andreessen Horowitz

In today’s ever-competitive environment to drive growth, identifying and hiring key talent through a structured transaction — known as an “acquihire” — has become an increasingly popular and effective way for companies to address hiring needs and accelerate product innovation and development. Often joining the acquiring company as a unit or existing team, employers also.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

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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Floaters

Entrepreneur's Handbook

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) Sometimes you just want to experience pain to remind yourself that you still exist. Maybe that is why I thought walking on to the University of Pennsylvania rowing team was a good idea my freshman year.

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Pomp and Reality: Real advice for today’s graduates

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The end of May and June marks graduation for millions of students around the world. These students are eager to make their mark in a new phase of life, whether it’s at university or in the real world. Most of these graduations, especially at universities, will feature a keynote speaker charged with inspiring the graduates and entertaining the families.

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SG biotech startup Amili raises $10.5m in Series A funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Amili , a Singapore-based precision gut microbiome startup , has raised $10.5 million in Series A funding. This round was led by Vulcan Capital, the investment arm of late Microsoft Corp Co-Founder Paul Allen, which invests in category-leading technology, internet, and life sciences firms.

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Why I Went from Selling a Software Company to Selling T-Shirts

Entrepreneur's Handbook

The Mark Zuckerbergs and Evan Spiegels of the world have shown how software businesses can be a fast track to fame and fortune. With a good idea, hard work, and skillful execution, you too can go from rags-to-riches (or, in their cases, riches-to-filthy-riches) and own a Hawaiian island or marry a supermodel. I too created a software company out of my dorm room.

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Director of Development

Forward Cities

Overview. The Director of Development is an integral part of the Development and Communications team, holding a key role in helping grow the scale and impact of our work. The Development Director will take part in the creation of the annual fundraising plan and take a lead role in fostering the organization’s fundraising relationships and partnerships alongside senior members of the organization.

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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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Small Innovations Can Make Big Results New Book from Square Execs

Smart Hustle Magazine

The book, Self-Made Boss is your roadmap to help you start, grow and eventually if you wish, sell your business. Lauren Weinberg, CMO of Square, and Jackie Reses, Luna Financial Group and former Square excec, teamed up to put together a book which is a “soup to nuts” guide for aspiring and existing small business owners. Self-Made Boss covers business plans , legal , operations, finances, marketing, hiring , growth and scale and more.

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Indonesian payments platform Flip makes second close of Series B round

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Flip , Indonesia’s biggest consumer payments platform , announced the second closure of a Series B fundraising round headed by Tencent and including Block, Inc. (previously Square, Inc.) and current investor Insight Partners. Guillaume Pousaz, Founder & CEO of Checkout.com, through Zinal Growth; Gokul Rajaram, Executive at Doordash and Board Member at CoinBase and Pinterest;

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Why this Angel Investor Hates Liquidation Preferences

Entrepreneur's Handbook

And Why I Demand Liquidation Preferences, Too Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Five Great Blog Posts I Found This Week

Hunter Walk

Tough Love, Running Effective Meetings, Making Products That Produce Emotion, and More. Cross-country flights are great times to catch up on newsletters and unread feeds. This week there’s a bunch I want to share with you. How Levels Does Meetings. Levels is a consumer health company focused on glucose monitoring and they run themselves in a very deliberate manner, mostly asynchronous and fully remote from what I understand.

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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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An inflection point for coworking at GCUCNA 2022

GCUC

Guest post by DeShawn Brown, CEO of Coworks Our team returned from Seattle a few weeks ago, but it’s taken that time for me. The post An inflection point for coworking at GCUCNA 2022 appeared first on GCUC Community.

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Cake DeFi releases $317m in payout to customers as it turns 3

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Cake DeFi , Singapore’s fastest-growing Decentralized Finance (DeFi) platform, marked its third anniversary with a significant achievement. The company claimed that it had paid out over $317 million in prizes as of the end of Q1 2022, while continuing to witness strong quarterly business growth of about 90% since 2019.

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A VC Told Me His Favorite Question to Ask Entrepreneurs, and the Brilliance of it Shocked Me

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Even the simplest questions can have unexpected implications Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Mastercard Exec On Black Female Founders and Digitization and Automation

Smart Hustle Magazine

Black female founders get some of the least funding for their business. Ginger Siegel, who heads Mastercard’s small business in North America wants to change that. Her passion is authentic. Listen to our podcast here. Smart Hustle Small Business Podcast · Digitize and Automate – Tips from Mastercard Exec. Watch the video interview here. Grants and Investments.

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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.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO CONTROL LTD – THE LATEST WINNER OF BEN FRANKLIN’S PITCH EVENT!   

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

. Eight entrepreneurial teams just completed a ten-week, virtual, business startup boot camp. This exciting program has been offered by Ben Franklin’s Tech Celerator @State College, in partnership with the Invent Penn State initiative, for ten years. On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, beginning at 2:00 PM, the teams pitched their business concepts to a panel of independent judges for a cash prize of $10,000!

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Biteship raises undisclosed funding to accelerate plans for product development

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indonesian-based e-commerce logistic solution business Biteship , which focuses on enabling SMEs and enterprises has raised an undisclosed sum of initial funding from East Ventures and Beenext, according to a BusinessNewsAsia report. Mirsa Sadikin, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Biteship, said they are happy to partner with East Ventures and Beenext for this investment rou

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Weekly #9: Investment During A Downturn

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Welcome to another edition of our new newsletter! You’ll receive the best practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss: Creating successful online courses, Unexpected turnarounds to become investors, Sources of investment during an economic downturn. How to create online courses that are actually successful Most online courses fail.

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Newsletter: Game-changing tech for lab-grown food + Investing in the Metaverse

OurCrowd

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: Mermade, game-changing tech for lab-grown food Jerusalem, Tel Aviv among world’s best Ag/FoodTech hubs Nas Academy joins OurCrowd portfolio June 20th online: Startups in the Metaverse D-ID generates the virtual presenter of your choice SomaLogic inks licencing agreement with OncoHost FDA clears Scopio Labs’ blood test device and application TechCrunch: Xage Security releases advanced anti-MFA tool Bloomberg: Focus on safety drives Superpedestrian

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

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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Manager of E3 Solutions (Part Time)

Forward Cities

Overview The E3 Solutions Manager will serve as the lead project manager for Forward Cities existing and emerging equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem programs. The role will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and tracking of designated Forward Cities program engagements, as well as coordinating support for Forward Cities’ Durham-based office and related events.

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Terra.do launches mobile app, receives $5m funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Terra.do , a global climate career platform with the goal of putting 100 million people to work in the field by 2030, has launched a mobile app on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The free software provides insider access to leading climate tech businesses’ hiring managers and climate professionals, allowing for direct contact between climate employers and potential emp

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A While Ago, I Won A Startup Competition?—?My Startup Shut Down While The Losers Just Had An IPO.

Entrepreneur's Handbook

It hurts when an expert investor looks at you and tells you that they believe in others more than your startup. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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[Connected Energy in Agility PR] Connected Energy, second life battery energy storage specialist, secures an additional £15 million from investors

OurCrowd

NEWCASTLE, UK / AGILITYPR.NEWS / June 16, 2022 / A further highly successful round of investment for Connected Energy has secured £15m from five new major investors and will be welcome news to all those keen to see increased energy security, improved use of clean energy and extended lifetime use of electric vehicle batteries in energy storage systems (BESS).

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr