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Reflections on 2020: Nick Hedges, MomentFeed

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This presented MomentFeed with an immense opportunity to help multi-location consumer brands meet the challenges brought on by an overnight shift in consumer shopping patterns. What are you most looking forward to in the technology/startup world in 2021? What was the biggest news for you/your company this year?

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TikTok Hopes Startups Can Breathe Life Into Its Shopping Struggles

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TikTok’s sister company Douyin, for instance, which is also owned by ByteDance and mainly operates in China, has seen a 320% rise in sales between April 2021 and April 2022. The precise reason why this is the case is somewhat unclear at present, but many experts believe it’s simply down to entrenched tech and ecommerce habits.

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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

With the ITRC 2021 End-of-Year Data Breach Report revealing a 68 percent increase in stolen sensitive personal information, there is a growing population out there worried about all the people intent on hurting them. Internet users need to start watching out for themselves, like looking both ways before you cross the street.

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7 Ways To Balance Your Heart And Logic With Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

To keep you on a positive track with potential investors, I recommend the following logic principles, to balance your passion in presenting your vision of a new business: Make sure your plan includes some business metrics. Present a viable exit strategy for investors to cash out.

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8 Keys To Being A First Responder To Market Changes

Startup Professionals Musings

The recent pandemic was a strong signal for change, and I see most of you entrepreneurs and business owners responding to the business changes required and new opportunities presented. When sales fall off, you need to dig deep for the “why,” rather than just assuming the price needs to go down. We need your urgency and creativity.

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7 Ways To Highlight Your Personal Value To Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Founders who present themselves as a lone entrepreneur may develop an innovative solution, but building a business requires a team. You need to show that you have a powerful team, and can attract and lead people with strong skills complimentary to yours for marketing, finance, sales, and operations.

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The New Style of Startup Vision: Smaller But Sharper?

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The company started as an idea in 2019, but by early 2020 it had “launched a new technical solution that ultimately controls and accelerates sales opportunity management,” says Dawes. ” However, while the pandemic has presented huge problems for some businesses, the jury seems to be still out for startups.

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