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Fair Technologies Pivots, Plans 2022 Relaunch

socalTECH

Beverly Hills-based Fair, which was most recently focused on letting people lease vehicles on as short as a month-to-month basis, said Tuesday that it has adopted a new strategy, and plans to change its name for an early 2022 relaunch. The company said it will officially be called Fair Technologies.

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7 Key Ingredients to Address the Challenge of Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Business agility can also be improved by proactively looking ahead – for new trends and technologies that will likely attract competitors and customers. Use acquisitions to complement organic growth. Look for economies of scale, complementary skills and technologies, or access to a broader and stronger market.

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“Wow, That Was an Exciting Conference!”

Steve Reich

But I heard a banker say it at the 2022 FedFis Roundup. FinTechs know technology and fundraising, not customers. Treat working with a FinTech as free customer acquisition–their venture capital money can bring you new customers and detailed data about their activity. What made it so exciting? The focus on BaaS banks.

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San Diego Life Sciences 2022: Photos and Takeaways

Xconomy

The list of recent buyouts includes Life Technologies ($13.6 Nevertheless, Xconomy recently brought together some of San Diego’s most prominent life sciences leaders to offer their vision for what the regional biotech cluster will be like in five years. billion), CareFusion ($14.4 billion).

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GrubMarket gobbles up $120M at a $1B+ pre-money valuation to take on the grocery supply chain

TechCrunch LA

We are trying to consolidate the American food supply chain through software technologies, while also trying to find the best solutions in this space.” Longer term, the plan will be to look at an IPO provisionally filing the paperwork by summer 2022, Xu added. “I am focused on the food supply chain,” Xu said.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

Probably not and 10x (May 2022) seems more in line with the historical trend (actually 10x is still high). So we stayed close to our investment themes of: healthcare, fintech, computer vision, marketing technologies, video game infrastructure, sustainability and applied biology and we have partners that lead each practice area.

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7 Goodwill Factors Will Raise Your Business Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

The same goes for business deals that fail during acquisitions or when it is time for you to retire. Proprietary technology with a high barrier to entry. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 2/25/2022.