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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

TechCrunch LA

Josh Kaplan and Dee Murthy, both founder and co-CEO of the Los Angeles–based company, started Ghost in 2021 after previously working together at Four Five Group, a men’s apparel business. She went on to write, “Dee and Josh are the exact right team to tackle it.

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There’s Still Time to Commit to Your 2021 Health & Fitness Plan

Both Sides of the Table

It’s March 1st as I write this*. Seems like just a moment ago it was New Year’s Day and we were all committing to our better selves for 2021 as so many of us do. I hope that if you see yourself in any of thee archetypes below you can see a plan for staying the course and having a successful 2021. Still, it’s March 1st.

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Inside the Realms of Ruin

TechCrunch LA

Then fans would be tasked with writing their own stories, submitting them to the Realms of Ruin universe by minting them as NFTs on the Solana blockchain. If the authors are inviting fans to write fan fiction about a universe they created, who owns the derivative works? — Amanda Woody (@AmandaWoody_) October 20, 2021.

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

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2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. Since 2021, Upfront returned more than $600 million to LPs and returned more than $1 billion since 2018. Some investors may have succeeded with this strategy but at Upfront we decided to stay in our lane.

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7 Government Small Business Grants to Apply For in May 2024

Tech.Co

We also offer some advice for writing your application, to make sure your proposal is as competitive as possible. The grant program is provided by the US Department of the Treasury and was expanded by President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act in 2021, providing an extra $10 billion in funding to eligible businesses.

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How to Start a Podcast

Tech.Co

Today, major media prognosticators including market research company Forrester and the Interactive Advertising Bureau foresee podcasting as the next billion-dollar media market , with a report from the latter saying that one-billion-dollar mark could be surpassed as soon as 2021. In other words, there's no better time to launch a podcast.

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How long can Zuckerberg afford to bankroll the AR/VR market?

TechCrunch LA

Apple’s pivot to services has been a mixed bag, and the company is looking to expand the appeal of its Apple News service to a wider swath of free and paid subscribers. This week, the company rolled out a local newsletter in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing bundled local news curated by the Apple team.

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