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Why experience sharing is key to entrepreneurial growth

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Almost 10 years ago, I had my first experience with a professional Forum when I joined Entrepreneurs’ Organization. A Forum, which is also often referred to as a Mastermind, is a group of peers who meet regularly, with the goal of helping each member improve personally and professionally. The Forum structure is a foundation of many professional organizations and self-help groups. .

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Learning the Hard Way - Due Diligence Mistakes

The Seraf Compass

It is easy to talk about due diligence in the abstract, but it is much harder to practice what you preach. One of the hardest things about early stage investing is that it is really risky - if you don’t have some suspension of disbelief, and you obsess too much about cataloging every risk, you will never get a deal done. As a way of wrapping up this series of articles with a review, let’s take a look at a few common mistakes and see what we can learn from them.

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#15. Netflix Founder Marc Randolph Shares An Entrepreneurship Masterclass

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Image provided by Marc Randolph Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube. [link] Today’s guest is Marc Randolph, the Co-Founder of Netflix who has had an entrepreneurship career that spans four decades. He’s been a founder of more than half a dozen other successful start-ups, a mentor to scores of early-stage entrepreneurs, and an investor in numerous successful tech ventures (and an even larger number of uns

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Nigerian healthtech startup Reliance Health raises $40M led by General Atlantic

TechCrunch

There’s no denying the growth of healthtech globally over the past three years thanks to the pandemic. The event has accelerated the use of telemedicine, virtual care, and drug delivery, thus fuelling investor interest in the sector. Investment has also trickled down to Africa, with large checks going into growth-stage startups. Lagos- and Texas-based digital healthcare provider Reliance Health is the latest beneficiary and is doing so in grand style, raising $40 million.

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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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Meetings in the Metaverse: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Virtual Office

StartupNation

Virtual reality has been around for a while. However, it wasn’t until recently that technology evolved enough to make VR experiences truly immersive and realistic. Today, VR is popping up everywhere , especially after Facebook’s rebranding as Meta that turned the public’s attention to the metaverse. Even though some believe the true metaverse is still years to come, the metaverse has existed for some time for online gaming.

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LandscapeHub Raises $9M Series A

HPA

We are excited to share that LandscapeHub , an intelligent marketplace streamlining the procurement process in the green industry, today announced raising $9M in a Series A round of funding. HPA participated in the round, which was co-led by a Klaff Realty, LP affiliate and Hyde Park Venture Partners. LandscapeHub’s wholesale marketplace connects landscape and nursery buyers with a network of trusted suppliers on one platform.

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BasiGo secures $4.3 million in seed funding to accelerate mass transit EV adoption in Kenya

TechCrunch

Kenya-based EV startup BasiGo has closed $4.3 million in seed funding, three months after setting up operations in East Africa’s biggest economy , to provide clean-energy mass transit vehicles in a country that is heavily-reliant on fossil-fuel buses. The startup said it will use the new funding to set up an assembly plant in Nairobi and launch the sales and delivery of its electric buses.

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The Metaverse and Your Business. What You Need To Know.

Smart Hustle Magazine

If you’ve noticed an increase in discussions about the Metaverse, you’re not alone. In the end, we don’t know if it will be the future of the internet, like AI or blockchain, or just another tech buzzword. In recent months, technology companies ranging from Facebook’s parent company Meta to Microsoft have hailed this virtual world’s potential for their operations, ranging from entertainment to small businesses.

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Virtual Events Platform Airmeet Raises US$35 million in funding from Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Virtual events platform Airmeet has secured US$35 million in funding in its Series B financing round led by Prosus Ventures , Sequoia Capital India , and Sistema Asia Fund. The funding round was also joined by KDDI Open Innovation Fund, RingCentral Ventures, DG Daiwa Ventures and Nexxus Global alongside existing investor Accel India.

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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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If You Had $10k to Invest, Which Stock Would You Buy?

Tomasz Tunguz

If I gave you $10,000 to invest in one company today among the following four software businesses, which would you pick? Company. Growth Rate. ARR. Multiple (ARR/EV). 1. 100%. 100. 50x. 2. 125%. 950. 25x. 3. 71%. 2800. 20x. 4. 65%. 2960. 10.5x. The first company is a $100m ARR business growing at 100%, trading at 50x ARR, a $5b enterprise value. The fourth company grows 65% on $7b in ARR, implying a $29b EV.

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Deepdub raises $20M for AI-powered dubbing that uses actors’ original voices

TechCrunch

Netflix’s Korean drama “Squid Game” was one of the most-watched dubbed series of all time, proving the massive potential for foreign-language programming to become a hit in overseas markets. Now, a startup called Deepdub is capitalizing on the growing demand for localized content by automating parts of the dubbing process using AI technology.

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Taking care of busy-ness: productivity battles for SMEs in lead up to tax time

NZ Entrepreneur

Nearly three quarters (72%) of SMEs complete admin tasks outside of work hours Half of New Zealand’s SMEs expect tax time preparation to take five hours or more Just over a quarter of SMEs still using excel spreadsheets to track income and expenses. New Zealand’s small businesses are known for their hard work and all-in ethos, however, a new poll reveals that while SMEs are continuing to work harder, productivity continues to wane and many aren’t seizing opportunities to help ease the burden of

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Best Business Gifts for Valentines Day

Smart Hustle Magazine

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and making the day special can be done in so many ways. It’s a great time to consider business gifts for that special someone in your life. A favorite dinner cooked for a loved one, family members, or friends, an extra hand lent in a time of need, or a special gift can all mark the day as something notable to be shared.

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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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To Be Successful CEOs, Entrepreneurs Need to Become Good at This One Important Job

Entrepreneur's Handbook

If you don’t want to be fired by your investors, you’d better learn the difference between being an entrepreneur and being a CEO Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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ODAIA raises $13.8M for its AI-powered commercial insights platform for pharma companies

TechCrunch

Toronto-based ODAIA , an AI-powered commercial insights platform for pharmaceutical companies, has raised $13.8 million in Series A funding led by Flint Capital. The platform combines data analysis, process mining and AI to offer predictive analytics to pharmaceutical and life sciences commercial teams. The funding round comes as the company doubled the size of its team over the past year.

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5 Legal Must-Haves for E-Commerce Businesses

StartupNation

After an e-commerce business incorporates or forms an LLC, it’s time to review a small business checklist. There are essential items every e-commerce business needs, such as filing for business licenses and an employer identification number (EIN). It’s equally important to consider the nature of how e-commerce businesses conduct business. For example, an e-commerce business must obtain certain types of business insurance and build a website with a clear privacy page.

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42Maru’s CEO D.K. Donghwan KIM’s quest to find all ‘Answers’ led to the establishment of a successful startup

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register South Korean startup 42Maru Inc.’s Founder and CEO, D.K. Donghwan KIM, wanted to find ‘Answers’ to all the questions in the world. So, he took inspiration from his favorite science fiction book ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy’ and in 2015 founded the deep-semantic QA (Question-Answering) platform, which understands a user’s real intention in a question and derives a single answer fro

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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 To Unleash The Power Of Asking, By Overcoming Entrepreneurs Myths?

Entrepreneur's Handbook

The world is full of people who want to help, but they don’t know it yet — the best way to know is by asking them. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Remote work and events startup twine acquires YC-backed Glimpse to launch on Zoom

TechCrunch

Twine , a company that provides networking tools for virtual events and remote teams, will soon bring its services to Zoom thanks to its just-closed acquisition of the Y Combinator-backed startup, Glimpse, which had developed a “speed matching” platform designed for virtual events. Glimpse’s idea was to offer a way to facilitate the connections that typically took place at real-world events, and bring them online by matching attendees within video chats using A.I. intelligence.

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OSSM celebrates milestone anniversary

Innovation 2 Enterprise

OSSM celebrates milestone anniversary as it recruits a new president. By Scott Meacham. Here’s great — but not surprising — news. Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (OSSM) is ranked #20 of all the 19,984 public high schools in the country. This places OSSM in the top one-tenth of 1 percent of all public high schools in the United States. This is no feel-good ranking — although with OSSM there is plenty for Oklahomans to feel good about.

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SaaS startup SatSure nets $5M in Baring-led funding round

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register SatSure , an Indian business that is at the convergence of spacetech, artificial intelligence (AI), and software as a service (SaaS), has raised $5 million in a round led by Baring Private Equity India Pvt. Ltd, joining ADB Ventures as investor.

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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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How Skills Gained From Professional Swimming Help Me Become a Better Manager

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Why do so many leaders play sports Source: Dreamtime What makes a great manager? This question is the source of numerous discussions, expert opinions, and books. Nevertheless, we don’t have an answer yet. I decided to find my own, based on my professional experience (I’m the co-founder and the CMO at CodeGym.cc , the company with over 2.5 million users) and personal path.

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Republic’s metaverse real estate arm spins off, rebrands as Everyrealm

TechCrunch

Over $500 million worth of real estate was sold on the top four metaverse platforms in 2021, data shows. Traditional real estate companies are amongst the many investors flocking to stake their claim on plots of land in virtual worlds like Decentraland and Sandbox. Although important questions remain about which platforms and use cases will win the day in the metaverse craze, one thing is clear — capital is flowing fast into the metaverse, and “unreal estate,” so to speak, is n

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Finding “stinky clauses” in legal investment documents

Berkonomics

Here’s the problem: Investors sometimes join into investment rounds that have been pre–negotiated by others, receiving the paperwork already created by attorneys from that negotiation. It is not uncommon for a sharp investor to discover a “stinky” clause or two in such agreements when reading them in preparation for signing. Bill Payne came across just such a stinky clause in a deal we both were joining as investors late in the process.

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Indonesia’s FinTech API provider Brick raises US$8.5 million in its Seed Funding Round

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indonesia-based FinTech API provider Brick has raised US$8.5 million in its seed round led by Flourish Ventures and Antler. The funding round was also joined by Trihill Capital along with existing investors Rally Cap Ventures and Better Tomorrow Ventures.

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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.