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Redefining ‘founder-friendly’ capital in the post-FTX era

TechCrunch

Blair Silverberg. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Blair Silverberg is co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital , a financial services company using technology to accelerate the fundraising process. More posts by this contributor. The right questions to ask investors when fundraising in a down market. 8 steps for building a financial model to calculate your fundraising needs.

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How to Pitch Like a Pro, Even if You Aren’t

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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How To Name Your LLC: 14 LLC Naming Tips

Startup Blogpost

From incorporating an entity type to Googling possible business names first, here are the 14 answers to the question, “What are some helpful tips for naming an LLC?” Include the Entity Type. Pick a Company Name With an Available Domain Name. Find a Name That Conveys the Purpose or Mission. Consider Using Keywords. Keep It Simple to Pronounce.

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Why now is the ideal time to learn from your successes

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Brooke Lively, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member in Fort Worth. Brooke is founder and president of Cathedral Capital , which provides strategic financial advice to drive profit by creating customized teams of financial professionals to analyze data trends and guide entrepreneurs through their numbers so they can predictably scale and grow their businesses.

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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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A $30B Software Company from a $15m Investment

Tomasz Tunguz

Constellation Software is a $30b+ publicly-traded software holding company employing more than 25,000. A former venture capitalist, Mark Leonard started Constellation in 1995 with $15m of outside investment & a goal of buying vertical software companies with a moat & good unit economics. Vertical software companies pursue a particular market segment like car dealership management or hotel management software.

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Dispatch from Bangalore, end of 2022 edition

TechCrunch

In 2014, Prayank Swaroop made a pitch to the storied venture firm Accel, where he worked as an associate, about future marketplaces in India. At the time, Flipkart and Snapdeal were the only two e-commerce startups in India that had shown a semblance of scale. Swaroop made a case that as more Indians come online, opportunities will emerge in food delivery, automotive aftermarket, warehousing, road freight, and social commerce among many other marketplace areas.

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What Might You Bring Into Existence in the New Year?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Brian Kight, an entrepreneur, coach, keynote speaker and EO member in Colorado. Brian is the founder of Daily Discipline , through which he shares powerful mindsets and explores personal skills that help accelerate the path to achieving your biggest priorities. In his work as a coach, he helps teams simplify and execute on leadership, culture and discipline.

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Can a VC Think Like a Startup? That’s Part of Homebrew’s Goal in Switching to Our Own Capital.

Hunter Walk

Why Investing Our Savings Instead of Other People’s Money Let Us Rethink What Venture Capital PMF Looks Like in the Decade Ahead. [Part Two]. a group of happy bees, digital art [DALLE-E]. According to the physical rules of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly, but it doesn’t know that, so it does. The same can be said of startups and their founders, in the sense that so many things can go wrong in the building of a company to an exit, that success almost seems to be a stati

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Tata Communications acquires The Switch Enterprises to gain strong foothold in US media, entertainment market

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Tata Communications, a global digital ecosystem enabler, has publicly announced that it entered into a definitive agreement, through its wholly owned international subsidiary Tata Communications (Netherlands) B.V., to acquire The Switch Enterprises LLC.

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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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High-growth startups should start de-risking their path to IPO now

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Carl Niedbala. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Carl Niedbala is COO and co-founder of Founder Shield, a commercial insurance broker. High-growth companies often set significant goals, knowing full well that the idea of “overnight success” is for the storybooks. However, there is no better time than the middle of a market downturn to start planning for the leap from a private to a public company.

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Seraf Toolbox: How to Conduct an Effective CEO Performance Review

The Seraf Compass

In a previous post, we discuss ways in which a board can help make a CEO successful. One of the best ways to facilitate the CEO’s future growth and success is by providing her with an annual review detailing how she is doing in the job. It is the responsibility of the board to conduct this review since the board is responsible for hiring and firing the CEO.

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How to Create Profitable Courses With the Cheapest Tools (Like These 6-Figure Creators)

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Your permission to ban perfectionism, launch faster, and increase ROI. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Regional healthtech Doctor Anywhere acquires Asian Healthcare Specialists

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register After it successfully earned $38.8 million from Series C1 of its funding round, Doctor Anywhere (DA) has announced its acquisition of Catalist-listed Asian Healthcare Specialists (SGX:1J3), an integrated healthcare provider in Singapore.

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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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Y Combinator-backed Poly uses AI to generate art assets

TechCrunch

As generative AI like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 attract investor attention, startup entrepreneurs are looking to cash in with new business models built around them. One of the more interesting ventures to emerge from the space recently is Poly, which lets designers create video game and other virtual assets, including textures for 3D models, using only text prompts.

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NFT Tax Lost Harvesting, George Carlin, Living Colour and More: Seven Links To Read (12/30/22)

Hunter Walk

Some link-blogging for the last Friday of the year. Enjoy! a happy monkey reading a book in the style of calder [DALL-E]. The Strange Afterlife of George Carlin (NYT) — Dave Itzkoff. Certain types of humor can be timeless and Carlin, despite having died in 2088, gets recirculated for his incisiveness. Itzkoff looks at why both side of the political spectrum have embraced (some might say co-opted) the comedian’s takes.

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Clues: How to think like a growth CEO

Berkonomics

Growth CEOs differ from those who merely station–keep their way into the status quo, protecting the enterprise by reducing risk and cost – without creating a vision and action plan for growth. Here is how to test yourself. Here is a way to test yourself with a tool useful for any leader seeking to create positive change. Authors Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Oglivie have created a framework for creation of a new product or service – one worth spending at least a cycle of time for review.

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Bynder receives majority investment from Thomas H. Lee Partners to continue product innovation

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Bynder, a global player in Digital Asset Management (DAM), received the much-needed boost for its operations with new investments coming from Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (THL). The company recently announced that it received a majority investment from (THL), a premier private equity firm investing in growth companies.

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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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5 promising fusion startups that aren’t unicorns — yet

TechCrunch

The biggest news last week wasn’t another of Elon Musk’s Twitter tantrums, but the announcement that scientists had finally cracked one of fusion power’s biggest challenges — successfully getting more energy out of a controlled fusion reaction than they had put in. Fusion power, which has always seemed like science fiction and just about as plausible, suddenly took a very tangible step toward reality.

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The Time-Sucking Trap: How Small Tasks Can Derail Your Startup’s Success

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Startup founders — every minute counts. Photo by Kevin Ku on Unsplash As a startup founder, you know that every minute counts. Every decision you make and every task you tackle has the potential to impact the success of your business. However, it’s easy to get bogged down in the small tasks and details that can take up significant amounts of time and resources.

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He Built a Million Dollar Business by the Age of 21 (w/ Chandler Bolt)

OkDork

                                        . Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify. In today’s episode, I talk to Chandler Bolt, CEO of Self-Publishing School & SelfPublishing.com. Chandler was a REALLY fun guest to talk to. He is full of energy and has a lot of insights for people that are just starting out on their entrepreneurial journey.

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Centbee raises $1m in pre-Series A funding round led by Ayre Ventures

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register Centbee, a blockchain payments company based in London, has closed its pre-Series A round with $1 million in investments from Ayre Ventures. The additional investment from Ayre Group will enable the company to scale and grow as well as strengthen its technical and operating capacities.

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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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QuickVid uses AI to generate short-form videos, complete with voiceovers

TechCrunch

Generative AI is coming for videos. A new website, QuickVid , combines several generative AI systems into a single tool for automatically creating short-form YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat videos. Given as little as a single word, QuickVid chooses a background video from a library, writes a script and keywords, overlays images generated by DALL-E 2 and adds a synthetic voiceover and background music from YouTube’s royalty-free music library.

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The Huge Downsides of Quitting Your Job to Make Money Online

Entrepreneur's Handbook

(That no one talks about out of fear) Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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2022 Was The Year We Decided To Not Raise Another Venture Capital Fund. What Happened Next.

Hunter Walk

When Homebrew Started Investing Its Own Money, The Reaction From Our Venture Capital Peers Surprised Me [Part One]. During the last several years venture firms approached fundraising like trips to an All-You-Can Eat buffet: fast, frequent, and without regards for the digestive impact. As they piled more LPs into more fund vehicles, and then deployed that capital faster than ever, it’s not a surprise that everyone involved is now dealing with the after-effects of a decade-long gorge. a buffet of

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Dubai-based TD VC launches $100m Web3 ‘special situation’ fund

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark. Username or Email Address. Password. Remember Me. No account yet? Register TradeDog Group, the parent company of TD VC that is based in Dubai in the UAE, has announced the launch of their $100M Web3 “special situation” fund that will be allocated in projects with good products and businesses with struggling token markets.

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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.