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How To Build a Pandemic-Proof Business Plan for 2021

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Contributed by Alexis Maness, contributing editor at 365businesstips.com. Nearly 100,000 businesses have permanently closed due to COVID-19. And with no end in sight for returning to business as usual, that number can be intimidating to anyone who’s considering opening their own business or entrepreneurs hoping to survive the next year.

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Going Direct To Learners With Software

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I was talking to a group of education entrepreneurs (on Zoom naturally) last week and was advocating for the “direct to learner” approach that defines our eduction investing strategy at USV. For the most part, we do not like to back companies that sell learning tools to educational institutions. We like to back companies that use software to go directly to learners, wherever they may be.

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sparking innovative student-led solutions to healthcare challenges: a Q&A with Christine E. King of University of California, Irvine

Venture Well

Christine E. King developed a virtual reality immersion course that helps engineering students create solutions to real-world healthcare challenges. The post sparking innovative student-led solutions to healthcare challenges: a Q&A with Christine E. King of University of California, Irvine appeared first on VentureWell.

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B2B marketplaces will be the next billion-dollar e-commerce startups

TechCrunch

Merritt Hummer. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Merritt Hummer is a partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where she invests in the fintech, e-commerce and proptech sectors. Startups involved in B2B e-commerce such as Faire and Mirakl have burst out of the gates in 2020. Almost overnight, these startups transformed into consequential platforms, earning billion-dollar valuations along the way.

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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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Seth Godin Talks Creativity and How to Find Your Passion

StartupNation

In his newest book, “The Practice: Shipping Creative Work,” author and entrepreneur Seth Godin provides the roadmap for all creative people seeking to implement change in the world through their work. “The Practice” is a little book packed with lots of wisdom. Based on The Akimbo Workshops created by Seth and his team, readers now have a compass on how to “ship” creative work , create change by trusting themselves and their voice, and work without waiting for flow.

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10 Ways Entrepreneurs Limit Their Creative Potential

Startup Catalyst Brief Submitted Articles

Every entrepreneur believes in their heart that their startup is more innovative and creative than their competitors. Yet none knows exactly.

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REEF Technology raises $700M from SoftBank and others to remake parking lots

TechCrunch

It seems like SoftBank and the Mubadala Corp. aren’t finished taking big swings at the commercial real estate business in the U.S. Even after the collapse of WeWork, the investors are doubling down on a similar business model as part of a syndicate investing $700 million into REEF Technology. REEF began its life as Miami-based ParkJockey, providing hardware, software and management services for parking lots.

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8 Things Entrepreneurs Often Overlook When Starting a Business

StartupNation

Not everyone has the drive to start their own business. Even deciding to press ahead and take that risk is a massive first step, and one to be applauded. We need that entrepreneurial spirit and mindset in the world in order for innovative new businesses to emerge. However, it’s important to take things slowly and wisely. You need to consider all of the steps that need to be taken to open a business.

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Opinion: As an entrepreneur, avoiding rejection isn’t an option

NZ Entrepreneur

Somehow, in the annals of time gone by, when the notion of business building was in its infancy, a rule was decreed that for every ‘yes’ a business leader got in their quest to build their dream, they would be discouraged by a simply crushing number of ‘no’s’. And it was so that negativity became the foundation of this career path for all eternity, rendering the journey of the entrepreneur, fraught with the merciless onslaught of rejection and rebuff.

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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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FINALISTS IN BEN FRANKLIN’S NWPA BIG IDEA CONTEST ANNOUNCED!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Over the course of the past six weeks, dozens of aspiring entrepreneurs located in the Northwest Pennsylvania counties of Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango, Warren, Forest, and Clarion visited BIGIDEA.BenFranklin.org to check out the rules and the easy application process for our $50,000 BIG IDEA contest. Last week, our team had the difficult job of identifying finalists from all the applications received from the region’s emerging tech-entrepreneurs, innovators, and small manufacturers.

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Udacity raises $75M in debt, says its tech education business is profitable after enterprise pivot

TechCrunch

Online education tools continue to see a surge of interest boosted by major changes in work and learning practices in the midst of a global health pandemic. And today, one of the early pioneers of the medium is announcing some funding as it tips into profitability on the back of a pivot to enterprise services, targeting businesses and governments that are looking to upskill workers to give them tech expertise more relevant to modern demands.

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5 Pro LinkedIn Tips for Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

If you’re not utilizing LinkedIn to network, build and grow your brand, you’re missing out on an essential resource. According to Hootsuite , in 2019, 30 million companies were on LinkedIn (and that number is constantly growing) – so why not yours? For a technology software company like mine, LinkedIn has been a powerful tool for growing our personal and professional exposure.

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Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) – Definition, Characteristics, & Examples

Feedough

Every business has a journey. Their endings might be different but starting is always the same i.e. from a small-scale business to a large-scale business. But in many cases, the business might remain small/medium-sized throughout its life-cycle. These types of businesses come under small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The number of SMEs in the world is way more than large companies and employs many more employees collectively.

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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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You Don’t Need a Business Idea, You Need a Sale

Entrepreneur's Handbook

How to kill your idea and get your first customer Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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UK report spotlights the huge investment gap facing diverse founders

TechCrunch

New research looking into how U.K. VC has been invested over the past decade according to race, gender and educational background makes for grim reading — with all-ethnic teams and female entrepreneurs receiving just a fraction of available funding versus all-white teams and male founders. The finding of baked-in bias holds true across all funding stages, per the findings.

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10 Tips for Landing a Product Licensing Deal

StartupNation

When you’ve got a great idea for a product, there’s an important decision to make right up front: Do you want to build a brand new company from the ground up in order to commercialize the product, or do you sign a product licensing deal with a pre-existing company that already has the resources in place in order to get your product out into the market?

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Company culture still needed when working from home

Innovation 2 Enterprise

By Scott Meacham. “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” We don’t really know who said this first—maybe Buddha or a Zen master — but the idea is endlessly powerful. When we open our minds and our eyes, we can learn so much from wherever we find ourselves. From wearing so many different hats over the course of my career — banker, attorney, state treasurer, and now in a business whose mission is investing in entrepreneurs to build successful high growth companies in Oklahoma —

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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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Jay-Z & Warren Buffett’s Interview Reveals?—?Billionaires Think Alike

Entrepreneur's Handbook

There’s a trick to every trade, and all the best traders seem to know the same “trick” Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Is Wall Street losing its tech enthusiasm?

TechCrunch

This is The TechCrunch Exchange, a newsletter that goes out on Saturdays, based on the column of the same name. You can sign up for the email here. Over the past few months the IPO market made it plain that some public investors were willing to pay more for growth-focused technology shares than private investors. We saw this in both strong tech IPO pricing — the value set on companies as they debut — and in resulting first-day valuations , which were often higher.

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How Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Visibility on Small Business Saturday

StartupNation

Most entrepreneurs are familiar with Small Business Saturday. The holiday, which falls on the Saturday between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, celebrates shopping locally at small businesses throughout neighborhoods and communities. It gives small businesses the chance to boost their holiday sales and allows customers to learn more about local businesses and embrace the #ShopSmall mentality.

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Getting the Right People in the Bus: A Guide for Startup Hires

Innovation 2 Enterprise

by Stacey Brandhorst , Director, Business Development and Venture Advisor, i2E. In Jim Collins’ book Good to Great , the author shares, “Those who build great companies make sure they have the right people on the bus and the right people in the key seats before they figure out where to drive the bus. When facing chaos and uncertainty… your best strategy is to have a busload of people who can adapt to and perform brilliantly no matter what comes next.”.

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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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Lessons I Learned from My Millionaire CEO

Entrepreneur's Handbook

After 3 years of working 10 meters away from his office Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Got the right stuff? Exhibit and pitch at TC Sessions: Space 2020

TechCrunch

Do you find expression “the sky’s the limit” well, limiting? Join a global community of brilliant visionaries, makers and investors on December 16-17 for TC Sessions: Space 2020 , an online conference dedicated to moving beyond the confines of this world through innovative tech and to creating stellar startup opportunities. Speaking of a stellar opportunity, this one lets you navigate your startup into the orbit of the space industry’s leading experts and decisions makers.

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What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from the COVID-19 Pandemic (So Far)

StartupNation

Hundreds of thousands of American deaths and counting. Staggering unemployment numbers nationwide. Unprecedented hardships for small businesses and their owners. Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clear — perhaps now more than ever — that the ability to adapt swiftly and successfully is vital to survival for entrepreneurs and small business owners.

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[BlueNalu in Vegconomist] MycoTechnology and BlueNalu Announced Winners of Radicle Protein Challenge, Receive $1.25M Investment

OurCrowd

Radicle Growth has announced MycoTechnology and BlueNalu as the winners of Syngenta’s Radicle Protein Challenge. The Challenge was initiated to uncover innovation and invest a total of $1.25 million in two leading players in the transformation of protein. Read more here. The post [BlueNalu in Vegconomist] MycoTechnology and BlueNalu Announced Winners of Radicle Protein Challenge, Receive $1.25M Investment appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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.