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SXSW 2022: Building the Sustainable Startups of the Future

Revolution

As the imperative to tackle climate change mounts and more consumers seek brands that align with their environmental values, major companies have sustainability firmly on their radar. Another waste-reducing initiative: using the residual liquid from cooking chickpeas (known as aquafaba ) to make more flavorful and sustainable garlic dressing.

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The Uber that Never Was

This is going to be BIG.

Using the proliferation of newly GPS-enabled mobile devices to enable taxi hailing and beat out stagnant incumbent providers was always going to be a big win for consumers. Had it been built differently, it could have been a better company and honestly I’d like to believe maybe even a more valuable one in the long term.

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How a Little Bit of Fear Breeds Innovation

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Incumbent human processes were cumbersome, laborious, costly, slow and demoralizing. Krupa Srinivas is the co-founder of Owned Outcomes, a software company that enables data-driven decision making for healthcare providers and payers as they seek financial sustainability alongside clinical outcomes in patient care.

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SG’s Equatorial Space bags $1.5m in Seed funding

AsiaTechDaily

The company’s aim is to enable space access at greatly reduced risk, cost, and environmental impact compared to incumbent solutions. Register Equatorial Space Systems, a Singapore-based rocket propulsion and space launch startup, has raised US$1.5 million in seed funding led by Elev8.VC.

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The Complete Guide to SaaS Pricing Strategy

Tomasz Tunguz

Inside sales teams selling $5-30K products can sustain a deal velocity of 3-8 transactions per month, depending on quota. Your Startup’s Unit Economics Your pricing plan has to enable the company to become profitable at some point. This keeps morale high and creates a very predictable revenue forecast.

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Indonesia’s Qoala scores $7.5m in responsAbility-led funding round

AsiaTechDaily

Harshet Lunani, Qoala’s Founder and CEO, said the recent funding would enable the firm to further simplify insurance ownership by advancing its product offerings and experience, strengthening its position for sustainable growth in the region. The post Indonesia’s Qoala scores $7.5m

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Defending a Startups Greatest Asset through Recession & Recovery

Tomasz Tunguz

UBP enabled the company to manage COGs and gross profit. At one startup with product-market fit, Lee and the team paused product and engineering hiring, and instead funneled those funds into the sales and marketing teams to sustain the company’s acceleration. Gross profit equals revenue minus COGS. Compensation.

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