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Aero raises $65M for its semi-private airline

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The company, which previously raised a $20 series A round in 2021, now has a valuation of $300 million. The company, which uses private terminals at the airport it serves, will adjust its schedule based on customer demand (and the seasons) as it expands its fleet in the coming months. Image Credits: Aero.

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Boulevard books $70M to help beauty and wellness salons with their bookings

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Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to getting ahold of an appointment for your hair or another treatment…that’s a different story: The bespoke nature of a lot of the work has meant that a large swathe of the professionals providing these services have stayed offline when it comes to interfacing with customers.

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What Is Claude AI and Anthropic? ChatGPT’s Rival Explained

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It comes courtesy of Google and Amazon-backed startup Anthropic, which was only founded in 2021. It was founded in 2021 by Dario and Daniela Amodei, and now has more than 150 employees. As part of the latter deal, Amazon employees and cloud customers will get early access to the technology.

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Down bad

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Few companies have to deal with the stressed of both crypto and public markets like Coinbase which laid off more than 1,100 people this week, but plenty of startups raised mega-rounds in 2021 to theoretically future-proof their companies. I don’t even think digital assets [are] an asset class. pic.twitter.com/AacdhK3cw4.

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7 Keys To Scaling Your Startup To Be The Next Unicorn

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Bring in an experienced Board and world-class leaders. Of course, customer relationships, and penetration into new market segments are also critical elements. Isolate marketing from sales for maximum customer focus. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 08/04/2021.

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7 Ways To Highlight Your Personal Value To Investors

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You need to show you have a “Plan B,” and a never-give-up mindset, in handling any competitive threat or customer reaction. As an investor, I have seen many great ideas fail by the wrong entrepreneur, and other less grandiose ones sail to success by world-class entrepreneurs. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 09/09/2021.

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United Dwelling is one startup building something to solve California’s housing crisis

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The problem with other companies building pre-fabricated or modular homes for what are called accessory dwelling units on California properties is that they’re not being built for middle-class homeowners. “Homeowners have this valuable property which is a detached two-car garage,” said Dietz.