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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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The Partnership

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I have worked in three venture capital firms in the thirty-six years I have been doing venture capital investing. They have all been small partnerships, between three and seven investing partners, where there is little to no hierarchy amount the partners. There are many models out there for building and managing investment firms. They vary from a single partner to an organization structure that looks like a Fortune 500 company.

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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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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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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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Circularity Tales: a holistic approach to sustainability in Greece

Impact Hub

At Impact Hub, we believe in the power of circularity to create a more sustainable present and future. That’s why we are currently on a mission to mainstream circular principles across our global network. For our second story of the Circularity Tales series, which is showcasing great examples from entrepreneurs taking action on the theme, we spoke with Line Didelot , Co-Founder of ANKAA Project , a Luxembourgish and Greek non-profit organisation that stands for equitable pathways towards educati

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Juneteenth Gave Integrity to Entrepreneurship

Forward Cities

Thanks to Juneteenth, “entrepreneurial ecosystem” is now a resource that all Americans can use to build equity and upward mobility for themselves, their families, and all of our communities for generations to come. So, in this season of freedom, we first must honor the freedom that came second in order to begin recognizing any form of independence that can be claimed by all.

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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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A Founder’s Guide to Startup Due Diligence

Entrepreneur's Handbook

How founders can think like a VC to secure funding for their startup. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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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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.