Fri.May 21, 2021

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5 Ways To Make It Easier To Do What Matters At Work

Startup Professionals Musings

During all my years in business, I’ve noticed that some people seem to make their job look effortless , while others are always in a struggle, no matter how simple you thought the task should be. I’ve always wondered if some people are just that much smarter, or what some do that the rest of us can emulate, in order that we too get the best results without working so hard.

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In A Post-COVID World, Good Website Design Is More Important Than Ever 

YoungUpstarts

Web design is important. If you haven’t changed your website’s look in ages, now is the best time to talk to your designer about a redesign. The post In A Post-COVID World, Good Website Design Is More Important Than Ever appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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The stoic resilience of Israel’s Tech Ecosystem – Welcome to the Middle East

VC Cafe

This is a guest post by Kevin Baxpehler , co-founder and Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures. At the time of this writing Israel and Hamas just signed a ceasefire. I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on what was going on in Israel. After “defeating Covid 19” and returning back to a new normal, all of us were back indoors (offices, hospitality, etc).

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How To Market Your Car Dealership Effectively

YoungUpstarts

Here's how to successfully market a car dealership and stand out among the crowded competition to ensure you stay on top. The post How To Market Your Car Dealership Effectively appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Fresh Consulting Expands to Austin

SiliconHills

Dean Kakridas remembers the old Austin tech scene. And by old, he is talking about 2003 when he landed here. But he’s also spent time in Europe, Asia, and Silicon Valley. For the past 18 years, he’s worked in a variety of roles and has seen Austin’s technology scene mature and expand. During that time, […].

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5 Reasons To Take The Entrepreneurial Leap

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Sara Khoudary of Entrepreneurs of Success offers 5 reasons why people should take the entrepreneurial leap and start a business now. The post 5 Reasons To Take The Entrepreneurial Leap appeared first on Young Upstarts.

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Cognite Closes on $150 Million in Funding

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Cognite, an industrial software as a service company that has its U.S. headquarters in Austin, announced this week that it has closed on a $150 million investment round. That funding round values the company at $1.6 billion, earning the company’s unicorn status. TCV, a private equity firm, led the round in Cognite, founded in 2017, […].

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Telemedicine Startup Wheel Lands $50 Million in Funding

SiliconHills

Telemedicine startup, Wheel, announced this week that has closed on $50 million in funding. The Austin-based startup, founded in 2018, created a platform focused on providing services to clinicians to provide better telehealth care to patients. Michelle Davey and Griffin Mulcahey founded Wheel, previously called Enzyme Health to provide high-quality virtual care at scale.

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Austin’s Workrise Raises Another $300 Million in Funding

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In October of 2019, RigUp closed on a $300 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, a16z to expand its marketplace for energy workers. A lot has changed since then. This week, the startup, now called Workrise has announced another $300 million funding round. This time led by Baillie Gifford, an existing investor. In addition […].

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