Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

Eventually, she came up with the name Mezclao Studio, which means to “mix.” Mariery uses her unique tropical style of art to transform ideas into products. Now that you understand what a target audience is and why it is necessary, the next step is to use the tools at your disposal to draw customers into your business.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Just yesterday, we talked about Flux , a Nigerian fintech solving this problem in the present YC W2021 batch. This is in contrast to better-known platforms like Western Union and Wise that use traditional banking systems. At the time, Afriex was only present in Nigeria and the U.S. million seed round. . and another continent.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

With #1 – #3 under your belt, you should start preparing the components you will use to support your pitch to outside investors. A comprehensive list of things you might want is listed in the answer to What materials or software should I use to pitch a VC? , Now, and only now, are you prepared to start fundraising.

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Revolution

JUNE 10, 2019

There is something inherently exciting about this growth and the opportunities it implies. These trends, captured by the rise of alternative accommodations platforms (largely driven by Airbnb), have presented consumers with an alternative to hospitality that is more simple at a better value. The future of hospitality is here folks.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 7, 2019

Each January, I look forward to Artisan Creative’s first company-wide team meeting: The day we present our annual vision boards. The physical process of creating the board is, in itself, an opportunity to reflect and plan via a very tangible exercise. Presenting our vision boards. We use a 22-inch x 28-inch board.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

We’ve got a lot of focus on presenting one-to-one advice that is very practical, very focused on commercial success, very focused on operational success. For us, it was not a good use of money. We have teams from across the North and South Island participating in our programs.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

based investors often cited China as validation of the opportunity for direct-to-consumer businesses in the K-12 world. The success of Chinese edtech was used to predict the surge of U.S.-based Edtech investors based in the U.S. When I first started reporting on edtech over a year ago, U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

What are some overlooked opportunities right now? How should investors in other cities think about the overall investment climate and opportunities in your city? What are the opportunities startups may be able to tap into during these unprecedented times? What are some overlooked opportunities right now? Zoomin Software.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The quest to define what exactly a web3 use case looks like hasn’t always been easy but has allowed plenty of founders to get creative in building out products designed to tap the ethos of decentralization and the business opportunities of the creator economy. and web3 music platforms.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 23, 2022

In addition, the zoom audience members had the opportunity to vote for their favorite presentation and award a cash prize of $1,000 in the People’s Choice Award. On Tuesday, March 22, 2022, beginning at 2:00 PM, the teams pitched their business concepts to a panel of independent judges for a cash prize of up to $10,000!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Most investors reject the opportunity to invest and being told “no” hurts. Rehearse your presentation. Mix in humor to show your personality. The investor deck complements your presentation. Take five to 10 meetings so that you can get feedback and adjust the presentation and investor deck as necessary.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There are more than 2 billion websites in existence in the world today, millions of apps, and a growing range of digital screens where people and businesses present constantly changing arrays of information to each other.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

The podcast interview revealed how they used Facebook groups to grow their business from $80K to $500K in monthly revenue. Use this story, and the many others out there, to inspire you to build an engaged and active community of your own. Increase organic traffic using Pinterest. Using apps like Vyper.ai

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

As it turns out, trying to change an industry using 100-year-old technology is a bit like turning the Titanic around. Adversity is always an opportunity to grow, innovate and differentiate, so we kept pushing forward and decided to market our product directly to homeowners, as well. Presentation matters.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

In the 5+ years since CLF was founded, we’ve seen firsthand that these partnerships can produce new ideas, new opportunities, and new shifts in culture faster than operating in silos. Founders seeking to tap into this rare mix of reach, influence, and capital must navigate this terrain with an immense amount of intention and foresight.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

From my own experience and from the experience of helping other people develop their careers, I wanted to share 5 lessons that I found very useful and that will hopefully help you in your pursuit. But in my mind, it all made sense, as I found an asymmetric opportunity that had a good risk/reward ratio. Let me explain.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

.” To achieve this flexibility (or at least try), Morales and Grover co-founded Orb , a pricing platform that helps companies automate a range of different billing types — usage-based, subscriptions or a mix of both. Image Credits: Orb Orb can be used to schedule future price changes for customer cohorts or contract renewals.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Accenture has been using TouchCast’s technology for its own events, but that is likely just one part of its interest: Accenture also has a lot of corporate customers that tap it to build and implement interactive services, so potentially this could lead to more customers in TouchCast’s pipeline.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

“The massive dissonance between personal and business travel processes presented an interesting opportunity. “Today, with most systems, companies have to choose between an easy-to-use system or the one with controls.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Hibob, which sells its platform as “Bob”, says that the last year has seen triple-digit growth in revenues, and its opportunity has been to present its product — which also offers collaboration and other tools — as a modern take on what HR can mean to a company. and other European markets.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Companies like Airbnb, Intercom and Buffer have released the pitch decks they used to raise their first rounds of funding, and if you look at their structure, you can essentially find the same set of slides. We’re going to use that to distill the ideal set of slides for a pitch deck (and combine it with some storytelling ).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 17, 2023

Startups usually have smaller interviews for the reasons I have presented above. At that point, you know their capabilities; you just need to assess their fit and motivation for the opportunity you are presenting. In the past, companies used brain teasers to assess this part. Some candidates use the “we” word a lot. “We

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 19, 2020

There are a lot of examples of developing million-dollar products that no one wanted to use. Estimate the users’ flow and clarify how people will use your product. User flow is a way that customers use to get flawless results by using your product. Use a cupcake model. Luckily, there is a way to avoid a failure?—?choose

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 8, 2024

We ranked the most popular generative AI web products, based on monthly visits, and uncovered patterns in how consumers were actually using this technology. In our updated analysis, we saw two new categories enter the mix: music and productivity (which includes tasks like research, coding assistance, and document summarization).

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StartupNation

JULY 15, 2021

To embrace its limitless opportunities, businesses need to adapt an AI-first culture. Looking at the present day. It starts with earning institutional trust in the promise of the technology in terms of how the technology is used and toward what end. It requires a multi-faceted team with a mix of skills and perspectives.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

It plans to use the funding to continue building out its software and its capabilities, to hire more people, and for business development, according to Artificial’s CEO and co-founder David Fuller. “You can really think of a lab, frankly, as a kitchen,” he said, “and the primary operation in that lab is mixing liquids.”

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2020

On top of this, the pandemic has now given threat actors new opportunities to launch attacks. As employees log on to company networks from outdated home devices and mix their online work and personal activities, business accounts and data are put at risk. Start with cybersecurity hygiene. Update and check all data backups.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2023

Increased data collection: Online events offer greater opportunities for data collection , including attendee demographics, behavior, and preferences. This data can be used to improve future events and marketing efforts. Sell special networking opportunities. Sell online event tickets. Sell online event exhibitor booths.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 13, 2023

In my constant search for an entrepreneurial escape, I found what appeared to be an opportunity in the market: a learning management system built for the ultra-popular WordPress software. Only then did I begin to capitalize on the opportunities being presented. It took time for me to develop a thicker skin.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

This seed round, one of the largest in the Middle East and Africa, is a mix of debt and equity financing. While Opontia does not disclose the ratio of equity and debt, it confirmed that the majority was debt which will be used to make acquisitions. Both regions present Opontia with a huge opportunity.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

In this post, we’ll walk through Faire’s opportunity as a B2B marketplace for independent retailers and brands. For example, Cliffs Variety, an independent home goods store in San Francisco’s Castro district, uses a Facebook page to alert neighborhood residents about store openings, pickup times, and product availability.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Founder and CEO Shaunak Amin said in an interview that the plan will be to use the funding both to continue growing SnackMagic’s existing business, as well as extend into other kinds of gifting categories. Does your VC have an investment thesis or a hypothesis? “We don’t worry about Amazon. .

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

Its solution, in part, may be based on creative ways of presenting content to users, but also keeping a focus on strong material to use in those channels. “We see an outsized opportunity for alternative content that lives at the intersection of daily habit and fulfilling human potential. .

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Here are the steps you need to take in order to add this type of content to your business marketing mix: 1) Define your audience. Now that you have videos to add to your business website and YouTube channel, it’s time to create a comprehensive promotional strategy that details how, when, where and why you plan on using each one.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

We want every merchant selling online to use our tools to run and superpower their stores.”. There was also some venture debt mixed in, and TriplePoint Capital provided that. He estimates there are 2 million merchants just on Shopify, so the opportunity is big. We wanted to be the ‘Microsoft for e-commerce merchants.’

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Feedough

JANUARY 29, 2021

This sales technique is personal selling, and it’s an efficient way of increasing sales using in-person interaction. Precisely, it’s a promotional technique where a salesperson: Uses person to person communication: Personal selling involves direct contact of the salesperson and the customer. What Is Personal Selling? Advantages.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 14, 2023

For investors themselves, angel investing is a mix of exhilaration and caution. The legal structures have gotten so much better, and the costs have come down to assemble investors using instruments like the SPV [special purpose vehicle] to invest together. Aim, instead, to assess opportunities objectively. What is CAC?

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