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Bill Gates wants Western countries to eat “synthetic meat”; Meatable has raised $47 million to make it

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The company aims to have its first product approved by European regulators by 2023 and notching commercial sales by 2025. Now with 35 employees and new financing, the company is trying to shift from research and development into a food production company.

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Entity Academy, an edtech startup that trains, mentors and places women in tech roles, secures $100M

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Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Entity’s sweet spot is a bifurcated one, Schwab said in an interview.

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Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste

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After coming up with the idea Paiji had to find a manufacturer, who’d be willing to help reinvent an entire product category for a startup retailer. While Paiji won’t disclose who the manufacturing partner is for the cleaning supplies, she did note that the company was in an adjacent consumables category to cleaners.

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Deal Hair: Is Your Startup More Like Russell Brand Or Bruce Willis?

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A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Venture Capital is a game of pattern matching. Hairy Pattern Matching.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. “COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.

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Interview with Loren Bendele, Savings.com

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We definitely benefited from consumers hungry for a deal and merchants hungry for sales. The way we do that, is you can come to our site, pick a particular category or merchant you like, and we have all of the deals available for that merchant or category ranked by popularity, and also by what the community thinks is the best deal.

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How to Make Employee Training Count

Startup Professionals Musings

This article was originally published under Jeff Miller’s column “The Science of Workplace Motivation” on Inc.com. Even though US companies spent more than $70 billion last year on learning and development , this training stereotype is unfortunately the reality for many employees. Make it learner-centric. Hold people accountable.