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Bringing startup expertise to the boardroom

NZ Entrepreneur

Maria King’s governance career has focused on supporting and building innovative new businesses, so when she undertook the Institute of Directors ’ Advanced Directors Course (ADC) , she was delighted to see a section on startup governance included. If it has that beautiful mix, alongside growing and scaling opportunities, then I’m happy.

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Do Androids Get Songs Stuck in Their Heads? My investment in Amper Music.

This is going to be BIG.

As phones and other web services have exploded the amount of audio and video created, the need for music to support it has far outpaced our ability to create it or source it through search. The computer will "pair program" with them--riffing back, helping them explore sounds, mixing inspirations, etc.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

Traditional video had very high costs of distribution due to limited time slots of broadcast TV (we only had enough spectrum to support 3-4 channels). The next part of the margin mix online video companies must get control of is talent margins. FullScreen has long been investing in technology to support content producers.

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A Sign of the Times: Why Saving the Kentile Sign is Important #savekentile

This is going to be BIG.

We''ve learned enough from neighborhoods like Dumbo that mixed use communities of commercial and residential can anchor each other to create dynamic ecosystems. If you want to support local ecosystems of makers, producers and craftspeople--help us preserve the symbol of Brooklyn''s industrial past and future opportunity.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Gorgias’ valuation rises to $710M with $30M Series C for e-commerce customer support

TechCrunch

At the time of the Series B, it was supporting more than 4,500 stores with its technology that brings all of the channels that shoppers use to contact online stores into one feed for each company. Customer support startup Gorgias raises $25M.

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Infermedica Raises $10 million Series A for R&D and International Expansion

Dream It

The investment will be used for platform R&D to further enhance patient triage and symptom checking features as well as clinical decision support analysis – including intake collection, differential diagnostics and lab test interpretation – and to expand operations in Germany and the US, where Infermedica currently has one office.

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