StartupNation
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Over 3.2 million Americans filed a business application in 2020, 500,000 more than in 2019. Are you a member of this group? If so, you’re proof that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in America despite present day challenges. As a new business owner, you’re likely struggling with where to spend your valuable resources (time, energy and money) to run the most successful business you can.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
JANUARY 30, 2021
Do you collaborate? Or do you “collaborate”? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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Smart Hustle Magazine
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
No matter what stage your business is at, it’s never too soon to have a scaling-up strategy in place. It can always be amended as you go, but being mindful of where your business can use an efficiency boost will always be a winning strategy. Keep in mind, however, that this is not a guide to grow your business. This is a guide to increase the efficiency of your business as you grow.
This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 31, 2021
There’s been an emergence of “pre-accelorator” or “people accelorator” programs—experiences that you can buy your way into with cash, as opposed to potentially valuable future equity, that replicate the education and network provided by the likes of YCombinator. They’re popping up in a variety of different verticals, led by one called On Deck and they’re causing a lot of people to ask the question if a very specific and highly relevant continuing professional education and network is buyable in
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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?
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
I’ve been thinking a lot about the economics of rooftop solar. Our family has invested in rooftop solar over the last five years in an attempt to reduce our carbon footprint and reduce our electric bills. When you do that in combination with electrification of your heating and cooling (using electric heat pumps vs gas or oil), you can save money and live a more sustainable life.
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
By Jewelle Saunders. Driven by a desire to help people from a young age, YLAI 2018 Fellow Janeel Boon aims to empower others to see their leadership ability within themselves. Before starting his own company, Boon’s Computer Repairs , in 2014 in St. Kitts and Nevis, Janeel came from humble beginnings. He studied computer science at a local college and worked for three years across the Caribbean region.
Revolution
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
On February 1st, the AppHarvest team?—?led by Founder & CEO Jonathan Webb ?—?rang the opening bell on the NASDAQ stock exchange, signifying the start of their new chapter in life as a public traded company after successfully completing a merger with Novus Capital Corporation. In that moment, it became the ~20th publicly traded company in Kentucky, the third in its corporate-office HQ of Lexington, and the first in our Rise of the Rest Seed Fund portfolio.
Venture Well
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Faculty grants recipient Rucha Joshi from University of California, Davis helps students identify an entrepreneurial pathway through scientific innovation. The post providing an entrepreneurial pathway to student innovators: a q&a with Rucha Joshi of University of California Davis appeared first on VentureWell.
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Jessica Li. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jessica is on the growth marketing team at Zageno, a multi-vendor, online marketplace for life science products, and is head of content at Elpha, a Y Combinator-backed community of 40K+ women in tech. More posts by this contributor. How and when to build marketing teams at deep tech companies. Fundraising is challenging, especially for deep tech founders who need to get investors excited about a complex technology, a complex sales cycle and a complex ri
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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.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
STATE COLLEGE, PA –Ben Franklin’s Tech Celerator @StateCollege; a partnership with the Invent Penn State initiative, is again offering local entrepreneurs, grad-students, professors, and university researchers its VIRTUAL 10-Week Business Startup Boot Camp. You’ll expand your network, engage with other successful entrepreneurs, discuss your business model with experts and develop a pitch that could win you up to $10,000!
Feedough
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Entrepreneurship is all about finding opportunities, converting them into a business, and taking risks while doing so. While many entrepreneurs find their motivation in money, challenges, creativity, or ego, some do find their motivation in solving the social problems a society might have. Such special entrepreneurs are social entrepreneurs. But what is social entrepreneurship, and what’s so social about it?
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
And what his approach can teach you about how to deal with “The Next Big Thing” Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, products and services that will compete for VC and consumer attention over the next few years. You never know where a hit will come from, which is why these events capture our attention.
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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.
Source Link
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Each quarter, we are proud to bring together our affiliates for conversations around industry trends or challenges; we share best practices and insights gained from the previous quarter and celebrate in each other's successes. Our affiliates gathered virtually in December for our last Quarterly Conversation of the year, and to celebrate entrepreneurship community building.
StartupNation
JANUARY 31, 2021
As a new entrepreneur, you might overlook valuable sources of publicity for your business in favor of aiming for big press logos. But winning press from major online outlets doesn’t always impact your bottom line, nor is it cost efficient for new businesses. There’s a good chance that the following unexpected sources of publicity will get you in front of the right target audiences.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
It kicked started my real estate career where I began earning 3X more than my job as a teacher. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
BeGreatTV , an online education platform featuring Black and brown instructors, recently closed a $450K pre-seed round from Stand Together Ventures Lab, Arlan Hamilton, Tiffany Haddish and others. The goal with BeGreatTV is to enable anyone to learn from talented Black and brown innovators and leaders, founder and CEO Cortney Woodruff told TechCrunch. “When you think of being a Black or brown person or individual who wants to learn from a Black or brown person, there’s nothing that really
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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.
Tomasz Tunguz
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
On Wednesday, February 17th at 9:30 AM PT, Redpoint Office Hours will host Allison Pickens , the former COO of Gainsight and one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women. Throughout her time there, she scaled the SaaS company from $1M ARR to pre- IPO, along the way, creating the category of customer success software, and paving the way for Gainsight’s $1.1B sale.
FundersClub
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
We'd like to congratulate FundersClub portfolio companies on their ongoing progress, as well as to welcome aboard their new VC investor partners. Selected recent FundersClub portfolio company follow-on rounds and events: DoorDash completed an IPO. We became early shareholders via their acquisition of portfolio company, Rickshaw. Coinbase announced it has confidentially filed Form S-1, expressing its intent to go public.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Here’s what no one tells you about entrepreneurship Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Prakhar Singh and ex-Paystack employee Abdul Hassan have known each other for seven years, building different tech products individually and collectively along the way. Before joining Paystack in 2018, Hassan co-founded OyaPay, a payments startup the year before. After leaving the Stripe-owned company in 2019, he launched a data startup called Voyance where Singh, who had already exited one of his products — Transferpay.ng , an offline payments startup — was a software engineer.
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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.
Impact Hub
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
New Roots. Access to capital and network is the most critical barrier to entrepreneurship for underserved communities. In April 2019, Impact Hub partnered with GoDaddy , an American publicly traded Internet domain registrar and web hosting company, to create the New Roots program. The New Roots brand represents a startup program for entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities that started in London (Impact Hub King’s Cross) in 2019 and has now scaled to Munich.
Feedough
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Businesses tend to have several sources of revenue. Take Apple Inc. , for example; the company generates its revenue from iPhones, iPads, MacBooks and other devices while also offering services like Apple TV+ and Apple Music. These sources of revenue are revenue streams of Apple. Businesses prefer to have more than one revenue stream as depending on just one revenue source may prove risky.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
The 3 step process to improve your answer gathering process. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
London and Barcelona based audio-as-a-service SaaS startup Aflorithmic has scooped up $1.3 million in seed funding from Crowd Media Holdings , an Australia-based company focused on influencer-based ‘social commerce’ and marketing. It’s taking a 10% stake in Aflorithmic, per a press release , where it says the strategic investment is aimed at enabling it to offer FaceTime conversations with celebrities through “best-in-class voice cloning technology” Two year old Afl
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