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Lean and Mean: How to Boost Startup Growth on a Shoestring Budget

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The excitement of building your own business can quickly fade when faced with the reality of resource constraints. However, even though the path to success may be challenging, remember that countless thriving companies started with only a great idea and sheer determination. You can, too! By embracing strategic thinking and the lean startup philosophy, you can overcome entrepreneurial challenges and bring your vision to life.

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Metropolis’ AI Platform Transforms Parking Experiences, Backed by $1.8 Billion in Financing

American Entrepreneurship

The four co-founders are continuing to pass major milestones with an acquisition strategy and timely funding since its launch in 2017 Drivers’ parking experiences around the country are now being enhanced through artificial intelligence, enabling them to readily come and go without checking out. Metropolis Technologies’ recent acquisition of SP Plus Corp.

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The Future of Blockchain Data : Our Investment in Allium

Tomasz Tunguz

Large scale ETL (extract, transform, load) processes are a critical part of any data pipeline. They are responsible for moving data from one place to another, transforming it into a usable format, and loading it into a destination system. In the world of blockchain, these processes are even more complex. In web2, the engineering team building a payment processing system will convey to the analytics team the data schema.

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Revolution Statement on Vice Presidential Candidate JD Vance

Revolution

JD Vance worked at Revolution for about a year and a half, starting in 2017, following the publication of his best-selling book, Hillbilly Elegy. The book’s focus aligned well with Revolution’s Rise of the Rest, an initiative started and championed by Steve Case to shine a spotlight on emerging startup ecosystems between the coasts. JD helped launch the first Rise of the Rest Seed fund, joined us for a number of Rise of the Rest Road trips, and led investments in companies such as Anduril, Branc

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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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Innovations in Data Management: Madhukar Kumar on SingleStore’s Updates

AsiaTechDaily

SingleStore, a real-time data platform, recently announced a bi-directional integration with Apache Iceberg, along with several other key enhancements.

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Punctuated Equilibrium in AI : Is it Better to Be A First Mover or A Last Mover?

Tomasz Tunguz

Machine learning advances tend to evolve in bursts. Researchers publish a new paper with a newly discovered technique. It launches the industry forward & more researchers rapidly iterate to improve it further. Progress looks like this - a series of S curves one after another. No one knows the time period between the rapid progress or the slope of the curves or how much progress we’ll make during one of these curves.

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Inspiring True Beauty from the Inside Out, Because Ultimate Beauty IS Health

Jason Malki

I had the pleasure of interviewing Priscilla A. Broward, Founder & Managing Director of Ultimate Beauty Health , which provides high-quality nutricosmetics for general health and beauty for professional and consumer markets. A seasoned executive with a career focused on startup projects, brand innovation, and trend development. Ms. Broward got her start with consumer-packaged goods (CPG) giant General Foods Corp. and from there, went on to The J.M.

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Germany's First Nationwide Coworking Festival

Deskmag

Germany’s first national coworking festival will take place in September. With its theme "Work Renaissance: Shaping the future together," many coworking spaces are inviting people to their premises. Find out how you can participate.

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Aven Reaches Unicorn Status with the First Home Equity-backed Credit Card, Series D closes

American Entrepreneurship

With significantly lower rates and ease of access, Aven’s asset-backed card propelled the company to unicorn status with the backing of top investors. Consumers who own a home now have an alternative to traditional unsecured credit cards—a credit card backed by home equity presenting them with a range of benefits, including significantly lower interest rates.

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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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East Ventures Backs Signapore’s Har Har Chicken! for Regional Expansion and Quality Control

AsiaTechDaily

Har Har Chicken!

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Red Flags Entrepreneurs Should Avoid When Pitching to Investors

The Seraf Compass

We sent out a survey to our Seraf Compass subscribers to ask for tips and advice for first-time entrepreneurs. We wanted to share some answers we thought would be helpful!

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Germany's First Nationwide Coworking Festival

Deskmag

Germany’s first national coworking festival will take place in September. With its theme "Work Renaissance: Shaping the future together," many coworking spaces are inviting people to their premises. Find out how you can participate.

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NJEDA Board Approves Investment of up to $6M into Newark Venture Partners

American Entrepreneurship

Funds will support investments in early-stage technology companies TRENTON, N.J. (July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today approved an investment into Newark Venture Partners, III, L.P. (NVP III) of up to $6 million under the NJEDA’s Venture Fund Investment Program. As a requirement of the program, NVP III will work to match every dollar of the NJEDA’s commitment to the Fund with an additional $2 into New Jersey-based companies.

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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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South Korea’s Miridih Garners $15M in Series B, Eyes Global Markets

AsiaTechDaily

On July 12, Miridih Co., Ltd. (Miridih) announced it had successfully secured $15 million in Series B funding.

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Top Talent for Your Coworking Space: Discover Bottle Rocket

GCUC

Top Talent for Your Coworking Space: Discover Bottle Rocket What started as people reaching out to get involved in the coworking community morphed into Bottle Rocket Search, a platform used to propel spaces.

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[Plenty in PRNewswire] Plenty and Mawarid launch regional partnership to grow fresh produce in GCC

OurCrowd

JBU DHABI, UAE, July 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Plenty Unlimited Inc.

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NJEDA Approves NJ Innovation Evergreen Fund Investment in Women-Led Tech Platform

American Entrepreneurship

Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J. (July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company. Located in Ridgewood, the investment into The Many Company comes from the approval of an application submitted by Bullpen Capital for an initial Qualified Investment of $3 million.

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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 annual pre-pay creates an infinite marketing budget

A Smart Bear: Longform

Dozens of founders have used this technique to transform the cash-flow of their businesses. Now it's your turn.

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A Complete Guide To Choosing the Best Customer Service Email Tool for Your Small Business

The Groove Blog

Customers are a lot more likely to become repeat buyers when they experience outstanding service. However, it’s challenging to provide that level of service when managing emails through basic platforms like Gmail and Outlook. Overstuffed and unconnected inboxes, missed messages, and a lack of organization leads to frustrated customers and overwhelmed support teams.

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[BlueGreen Water Technologies in Startup News] BlueGreen Water Technologies raises millions in series B funding to accelerate water-based CO2 removal at scale

OurCrowd

The post [BlueGreen Water Technologies in Startup News] BlueGreen Water Technologies raises millions in series B funding to accelerate water-based CO2 removal at scale appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Revolutionary – but too late?     

Berkonomics

Too many startup businesses, especially in the technology world, are built upon brand new concepts that have not yet been proven in the field against products from other companies that already have revenues flowing. As a rule, creating a product that does not fit into an existing space, cannot be defined against one or more competitors, or which needs a long description to understand, will require considerably more marketing capital and entail much more risk than one that follows an existing tre

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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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AsiaTechDaily Names Kishore Ravichandran as Investor of the Month

AsiaTechDaily

Singapore, July 2024 — AsiaTechDaily is thrilled to announce Kishore Ravichandran as our Investor of the Month for July 2024.

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8 Top Self Service Options for Customers (To Keep Them Coming Back)

The Groove Blog

Providing great customer support is key to small business success. But answering the same questions day in and day out can take a toll, and pull focus away from other tasks. The good news is that over two-thirds of customers actually prefer to find answers on their own. A customer self service solution that’s efficient […] The post 8 Top Self Service Options for Customers (To Keep Them Coming Back) appeared first on Groove Blog.

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[Innovalve in BusinessWire] Edwards Lifesciences to Acquire Innovalve

OurCrowd

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) today announced it has exercised its option to acquire Innovalve Bio Medical Ltd., an early-stage transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) company, following its initial investment in 2017. Since that time, Innovalve has demonstrated progress in its program with promising early clinical experience.

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Life After Exit: How To Rebrand Yourself From Business Owner to Coach

Entrepreneurs' Organization

As entrepreneurs, we tend to view the exit of our businesses as the ultimate North Star. I’ve sat in countless Forums or other EO meetings where, as soon as someone shares the news of an exit, everyone almost in unison says: “Congratulations!” We don’t even know whether it was a successful exit , but the event itself evokes celebratory reactions. I remember reading a Harvard Business Review article in which the author shared that, after congratulating him on his exit, his mentor followed up with

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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.