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8 Important Business (And Life) Lessons A Billionaire Taught Me

Entrepreneur's Handbook

And how I became a second-degree connection to Warren Buffett Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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OK. Let’s AMPLIFY your three levels of leadership.

Berkonomics

Another leadership development bit? Yup. But if you have no time or are impatient, here are the three levels: visionary, strategic and tactical. Skip or stay with me; but think about your balance in your leadership methods either way. The conundrum of competing needs. As a leader, you must worry over issues from mundane to strategic, constantly reordering your priorities to accommodate competing needs.

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AI chipmaker Rebellions gets $22.8M Series A extension from Korean telco company KT 

TechCrunch

South Korean AI chip developer Rebellions has raised a $22.8 million (30 billion KRW) extension to its Series A financing from a strategic investor KT , one of the largest telecom companies in South Korea. . Last month, TechCrunch reported on Rebellions closing on $50 million in funding that valued the company at an estimated $283 million. At that time, Rebellions CEO and co-founder Sunghyun Park told TechCrunch that the startup wrapped up its initial Series A, which was oversubscribed, in less

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500 Founders: Matt Miller, Ani Tawhiao-Lomas, Rob Stirling & Samantha Gadd

NZ Entrepreneur

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Matt Miller – Founder. BrakeAce. “My best piece of advice for founders is to keep in mind that they can’t do it alone. “ “ In terms of the business, you’ll have more fun and build a greater product with a great team.

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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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#36. From Mini Retirement To A 50,000+ Subscriber Newsletter Business w/ Dru Riley

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Learn from the founder of Trends.vc Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Today’s guest is Dru Riley, the founder of Trends.vc. Now, a few years ago, Dru did what many of us would love to do, he quit his nine to five and just traveled and took a sabbatical for years. He learned about himself. He learned about what made him tick, and eventually, he decided it was time to get back to work.

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Celus, which uses AI to automate circuit board design, raises $25.6M

TechCrunch

Just about every electronic contraption you care to think of contains at least one printed circuit board (PCB), which serves to house and connect the various components that allow the device to function as a whole. While circuit boards are mostly invisible to end-users, they are foundational to the world they inhabit, powering smartphones, automobiles, microwave ovens, garage doors, and the entire connected world.

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Ask the right questions of the right people

NZ Entrepreneur

Yes and no. Two simple words that can have loaded connotations. There’s certainly a place for single word answers, but when you’re building a business or teasing out an idea, you want to expand your thinking, not shut the conversation down. Keep your options open. Hearing ‘no’ can feel limiting when you’re exploring why and how. As an entrepreneur, learning to ask the right questions to get deeper, insightful responses is an important skill to master.

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Everything Startups Need to Know About Convertible Notes

Entrepreneur's Handbook

The traditional startup investment instrument remains popular with angel investors Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Fundraising round strategy, when and what type matters with Trade Signal Inc

Gust

Welcome to the Gust Launch Founder Spotlight! Gust Launch supports a variety of exciting founders doing amazing things. In this ongoing series we’ll highlight the experiences of Gust Launch founders, in their own words, as they navigate the challenges of early-stage entrepreneurship. Want to share your story? Reach out at spotlight@gust.com. The Founder, the company, and why […].

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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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YC makes a Product Hunt, Product Hunt makes an a16z, a16z makes a YC

TechCrunch

Tech innovation is a cycle, especially in the main character-driven world of early-stage venture capital and copycat nature of startups. The latest proof? Y Combinator this week announced Launch YC , a platform where people can sort accelerator startups by industry, batch and launch date to discover new products. The famed accelerator, which has seeded the likes of Instacart, Coinbase, OpenSea and Dropbox, invites users to vote for newly launched startups “to help them climb up the leaderboard,

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Korea’s biggest startup event COMEUP 2022 calling for promising startups to be ‘COMEUP Stars’

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Korea Startup Forum (KSF) is calling for startups from all around the world to join COMEUP Stars at COMEUP 2022. COMEUP Stars are promising startups that are bound to lead the global startup ecosystem and are hand-picked annually by professional judges consisting of well-known VCs and founders.

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10 Ways Founder CEOs Can Create High-Performing Leadership Teams

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Great teamwork will be your sustainable competitive advantage Photo: Pexels Many leaders have high IQs, and some also have high EQs (Emotional Intelligence). But only the minority have high WeQs (Collaborative Intelligence). Too often, you come across teams with individual IQs of 120 or more where the team functions at a WeQ of 70 or less, meaning they’re performing at less than the sum of their parts.

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Build Credibility by Writing a Perfect Executive Summary

Reforge

Table of Contents What is the purpose of an executive summary? What your audience is actually looking for 5 steps for writing a great executive summary What good and bad executive summaries look like The mindset shift required for more effective communication A rubric you can use to evaluate your own executive summary You’re ready for the big meeting when suddenly an exec starts some tangent on slide #2 that completely derails the conversation.

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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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How to Raise First Dollars in a Difficult Market: The Venture Perspective

TechCrunch

Raising venture capital is rarely an easy lift for startups, but 2022 is turning out to be a more challenging year than we’ve seen for some time. As venture capital continues its slowdown after an aggressive 2020 and record-breaking 2021 , it’s clear that early-stage founders looking for their first dollars will require a new approach. What do early-stage founders need to know to capture VC interest, and dollars, in a challenging market?

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541 Ventures, a new Los Angeles-based firm looking to globally empower Asian founders in frontier tech

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register 541 Ventures – a new LA-based VC firm , announces its launch on July 5, 2022. Founded and led by a founder-turned investor and a former Techstars Managing Director, Eunse Lee, the new Los Angeles-based firm globally invests in early-stage frontier tech companies with at least one Asian founder, operating dual offices in LA and Seoul, Korea.

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Take A Seat In Our Startup Boot Camp And You Might Take Home Up To $10,000!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Contact: Bob Dornich / Program Director. 814-865-7332 / BobDornich@psu.edu. 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 a 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!

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A Kickass Side Hustle Is How You Survive This Recession

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Here’s how you should think about it. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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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Retail investors or guinea pigs?

TechCrunch

Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. There is a paradox when it comes to retail investors: Many startup-related deals are out of their reach (in part for their own sake). Yet, laypeople have also become the target of novel schemes hoping to attract their bets and savings.

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Juragan Material raises $4M funding from Go-Ventures

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Juragan Material , an Indonesian platform for construction technology , has announced raising $4 million from lead investor Go-Ventures. In this round, Susquehanna International Group (SIG) also took part. With this funding, Juragan Material intends to expand its workforce by making quick hires for crucial positions in product development, engineering, sales, and operations boost marke

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Happy 4th of July: Think Independently!

Continuations

Every 4th of July I like to reflect on what it means to be independent. Today I wrote nearly an entire post on production independence, starting with energy independence. But I have decided to post that another day because there is a different type of independence that I have decided is more important at this particular moment in time: independent thinking.

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5 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make Writing Copy That Cost Them $500,000+

Entrepreneur's Handbook

I fired all my ad teams, social media managers, and copywriters to 100x my revenue with copy alone Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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 e-commerce companies can brave the new retail environment

TechCrunch

Simon Wu. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Simon is a partner with Cathay Innovation , a global venture capital firm investing across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He focuses on software, fintech, digital health and consumer investments. More posts by this contributor. Fintech’s growing role in the healthcare revolution. From startups to Starbucks: The embedded API opportunity.

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Indonesia’s PINA secures $3m in fresh capital from AC Ventures, others

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Indonesian wealth management startup PINA.ID announced raising $3 million in seed funding round led by AC Ventures, Vibe.VC, and & Y Combinator, with participation from XA Network. Indonesia’s top and most seasoned financial management software’s recent funding round also saw the participation of existing investors including Prasetia Dwidharma and 1982 Ventures taking p

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[TytoCare in PR Newswire] Tampa General Hospital is launching TGH at home, an innovative program providing personalized care and improved patient access

OurCrowd

TAMPA, Fla., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Tampa General Hospital patients now have a new option for care that combines the expertise of a world-class facility with the comfort of their own home. Tampa General Hospital (TGH)’s Hospital at Home program combines expert care and innovative technology with a focus on the needs of the patient. Read more here.

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Before Rebranding Your Startup, Do These 5 Things First

Entrepreneur's Handbook

How to avoid Brand Disaster 2.0 Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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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.