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Interview with Tony Adam, EventUp

socalTECH

How do you cut out all of the effort required to discover, find, and book venues for your event, wedding, or conference? The firm just announced its seed funding round, from the founders of Groupon as other last week, and has launched into Chicago as its latest market. Tell us a bit about this seed funding?

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5 Preconditions for Success in Spawning a New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus, I was happy to see some real actionable advice on this challenge in a new book, “ The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed ,” by Linda Yates, the founder and CEO of a leading growth incubator for global businesses. Commit a source of internal or external seed funding.

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Reflections On 2017: Peter Cowen, Sutton Capital Partners

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WhisperSync with Audible became a staple so I can read books at home and seamlessly continue to listen when I work out and travel. We are seeing SaaS companies more and more are competing against other SaaS companies and experiencing more churn, price resistance and customer demand for customization.

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TechCrunch LA

Without the promise of riches or with reduced interest in blockchain-based exclusivity, where will consumer demand go? Levie explained to us how he manages to walk the fine line of being a crypto critic without landing in the bulls’ bad books. . follow the money.

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Six Tech Startups to Look Out For in 2023

Tech.Co

And in addition to streamlining biofuel production, Reversion is also developing ways to improve energy storage for when supply exceeds demand, taking a multi-pronged approach to sustainable power generation. . This April, the startup raised a staggering $4 million in a seed funding round. Wander's apex came in 2022, however.

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How ProGuides Is Helping Gamers Master Their Game, With Sam Wang

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We have highly engaging courses, taught by professional players, and where you track your progress, driven by data, and which also features an on-demand marketplace to help you find any coach you want to help you improve your play on any game. If they just want to book a coaching lesson, it costs only $5 to get started.

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Keep It Down Up There | The Canadian Tech Scene in Toronto

Tech Zulu Event

Next thing I know, my ticket is booked. Available seed funding, check; another one down for the startup ecosystem checklist. We had so much demand that we had to shut down the office for a week and draw shitty avatars. As I toured, he even went on to explain some of the seed funding he does along with incubation.

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