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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT

Steve Blank

Artificial Intelligence has been the technology right around the corner for at least 50 years. Over the last 50 years I’ve been lucky enough to have been present at the creation of the first microprocessors, the first personal computers, and the first enterprise web applications. This year we’ve invented one more. Should you care?

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The Lodging And Travel Industries Will Reckon With A Multi-Year COVID-19 Event Horizon: 2021 Lodging Trends & Predictions

YoungUpstarts

is showing a 50 percent decline year-over-year in digital travel sales, which are not expected to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels until 2022. Here are some key trends and predictions as we look ahead to the status of short-term rentals in 2021 and beyond. Technology will be widely adopted in the vacation rental industry in 2021.

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How The Economic ‘Reset’ Can Work In Your Favor

YoungUpstarts

economy has been damaged permanently by COVID-19, with more layoffs and business closures still to come in 2021. Seismic shifts are coming in 2021 as companies prepare for the new world economy. The people over 50 and 60 are not grasping technology, and a lot of them are going to be pushed off the playing field.

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Q4 2020 Portfolio Review

Version One Ventures

Let’s ride this momentum into 2021! . Manny Medina of Outreach was named to Comparably’s Top 50 list for Best CEOs in 2020 as rated by employees. . Stay on top of the latest news from our portfolio in 2021 by following us on Twitter! Here’s a quick look back at some of the biggest (public) highlights of Q4. Announcements.

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Conversion, retention and churn benchmarks

VC Cafe

Year over year conversion trends according to Hubspot ( source ) Unlike 2021, when money was cheap and plentiful, the mantra for startups is no longer blitzscaling and growth at all costs. Retention over 50% is considered top quartile. In consumer subscription on the other hand, one of the big challenges is retention.

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9 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Business They are Starting Next Year

Hearpreneur

The year 2021 is most precious to me. Now, with new hope, I’m planning to start the Elderly Care Service business in 2021. It is, without any doubt, a top-notch business to start in 2021. In 2021, I’ll launch The Expat Partner Coach LLC to empower expat partners to live purposeful and positive lives abroad.

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STRAP Technologies, Groundbreaking Device to Aid the Visually Impaired, Announces New Hire

Austin Startup

In 2021 STRAP Technologies was selected as a finalist in the Consumer Products category and an honorable mention in the On The Rise category as part of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards. With a $50 USD deposit now, the remainder is due prior to shipping later this year.