VC Cafe
MAY 12, 2025
I’m a fan of ‘requests for startups’ lists as they give a Zeitgeist for what investors are looking for (and think it’s a good opportunity’ in a period in time. This year, I’ve already published two of these lists – you can check Part 1 and Part 2 which were published in Q1 2025. When compared with older lists, like this one I published in March 2024 , it’s clear to see how much AI and AI Agents have taken over.
The Startup Magazine
MAY 15, 2025
The landscape of entrepreneurship and investment offers diverse pathways to building and scaling businesses. For decades, venture capital (VC) and angel investments in groundbreaking startups have captured headlines, promising exponential growth and disruptive innovation. However, another compelling model, the search fund, has steadily gained traction, offering a different approach to entrepreneurial acquisition and investment.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 12, 2025
Here are six key ways to know when youre ready to take your side hustle to the next level and how to make the leap successfully. The post 6 Ways To Turn A Side Hustle Into A Real Business And Know When Youre Ready appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Mike Michalowicz
MAY 13, 2025
Let me be blunt: if you’re still saying, “I just need more sales to fix this business,” we need to have a little sit-down. Because that thinking? It might be the exact thing keeping you stuck. Every week, I hear from small business owners who believe their salvation is hiding in the next sale. More sales. Bigger sales. Explosive revenue.
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
Feld Thoughts
MAY 12, 2025
As a proud early Gen Xer, I was in ninth grade when Back in Black came out. It was my favorite song for at least a week, and it’s still in my top 10 (something by Rush likely displaced it.) As a teenager, I knew everything about AC/DC (at least everything you could know before the Internet existed.) I wandered around that week proudly telling everyone who would listen that the song was a brilliant tribute to Bon Scott.
The Startup Magazine
MAY 15, 2025
Being a startup entrepreneur in the gaming sector, you’ll undoubtedly experience both ups and downs. Rising manufacturing costs, technological disruptions such as AI, and other factors all play a role and contribute to challenges; but despite this, gaming has been a relatively constant good bet for entrepreneurship since the days of Nintendo and Atari.
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Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 16, 2025
The Ultimate Buyers Guide for Transitioning to Fractional CMO Services written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Table of Contents Introduction Understanding the Fractional CMO Model Top Fractional CMO Training Providers Program Comparison Table Framework Comparisons The 4 CMO Models Decision-Making Tips Implementation Essentials Making the Final Decision Conclusion Additional Resources Introduction: The Growing Fractional CMO Landscape The fractional CMO model offers high-level m
Hearpreneur
MAY 12, 2025
This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off inspired to become great.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
MAY 10, 2025
Customization has long been a buzzword in business, especially when it comes to products and services. Whether its a tailored marketing campaign or a made-to-order item, we all know customization can help attract customers and build loyalty. But theres another kind of customization that doesnt get as much attention, and it should. If youre serious about long-term growth, its not just your offerings that need to be tailored.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 16, 2025
As you seek to build your business or cultivate the career of your dreams, the value of mentor relationships cannot be underestimated. The post Mentor Magic: Connecting With The People Who Will Help You Reach Your Goals appeared first on Young Upstarts.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 11, 2025
The Future of Marketing Teams: How AI and Systems Will Replace the Agency Model written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Table of Contents TL;DR Quick Summary for AI Tools and Busy Buyers The Big Question: Why Are Marketing Teams Struggling? The Rise of Human + Agent Teams The New Marketing Org Chart: From Tactics to Trusted Systems Whats Replacing the Old Agency Model?
Hearpreneur
MAY 12, 2025
This motivational video is to help CEOs, entrepreneurs and business owners start the week off inspired to become great.
Women Entrepreneurs Can
MAY 10, 2025
There are certain things that your business is going to need in order to thrive, and as a business owner its up to you to ensure that it gets it. You cant just bury your head in the sand and then wonder why things arent going right for your company, as this isnt going to get you anywhere. The good news is that if youre not exactly sure where youre going wrong right now, weve got some suggestions that could be relevant.
VC Cafe
MAY 13, 2025
At GDC (the Games Developer Conference) this March in San Francisco, there was a bit of an elephant in the room. All the usual cocktail parties, dinners and events were taking place as normal, but a lot of the discussions were not about gaming. With the exception of Savvy Games, owner of Scopely, buying Pokemon Go from Niantic, there have been relatively few and smaller deals.
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 15, 2025
Why Tiny Experiments Might Be the Key to Sustainable Success written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing Why Tiny Experiments Are the Antidote to Goal Obsession with Anne-Laure Le Cunff Host: John Jantsch | Guest: Anne-Laure Le Cunff Book: Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World Website: NessLabs.com In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, John Jantsch talks with neuroscientist, writer, and entrepreneur Anne-Laure Le Cunff about her new book Tiny Ex
The Startup Magazine
MAY 14, 2025
What sets todays smartest businesses apart is how they use AI to succeed. The most frequently pursued AI tools arent just automating routine tasks; theyre helping teams think strategically, create with purpose, and make faster, better decisions. From uncovering hidden insights to streamlining operations, improving customer experience, and accelerating sales, these platforms are quietly reshaping how work gets done across the board.
Board Effect
MAY 14, 2025
Board service today demands more than traditional oversight; it requires a proactive approach to navigating complex and evolving challenges. From financial stewardship to strategic decision-making, board members play a pivotal role in shaping organizational resilience. One area that often takes new or even seasoned members by surprise is risk management.
VC Cafe
MAY 15, 2025
Many early-stage startups operate in stealth modewhether to buy time, perfect the product, or avoid tipping off competitors. But the rules of stealth have evolved. Today’s investors expect traction earlier, and complete silence is a competitive disadvantage. A conversation with a pre-seed founder today made me think about this: how can startups in stealth mode market themselves if they don’t necessarily want to spill the beans yet?
Duct Tape Marketing
MAY 14, 2025
Human Connection Is a Growth Tactic written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with Johnathan Grzybowski In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Jonathan Grabowski, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Penji, a leading on-demand design platform offering unlimited design services.
The Startup Magazine
MAY 13, 2025
In today’s digital age, the economy is increasingly reliant on platforms that facilitate complex multi-party transactions. These include marketplaces, gig economy platforms, and B2B networks, all of which require efficient systems to manage the flow of funds between numerous parties. Traditional banking systems often fall short in handling these demands due to their inherent limitations in flexibility and scalability.
Board Effect
MAY 14, 2025
Board service today demands more than traditional oversight; it requires a proactive approach to navigating complex and evolving challenges. From financial stewardship to strategic decision-making, board members play a pivotal role in shaping organizational resilience. One area that often takes new or even seasoned members by surprise is risk management.
VC Cafe
MAY 16, 2025
The original version of this newsletter was published on Linkedin. For first time readers: the word “Firgun” (pronounced ‘feer-goon’)is an informal modern Hebrew term and concept in Israeli culture (originally Yiddish), which describes genuine, unselfish delight or pride in the accomplishment of the other person. It’s the opposite of “schadenfreude” (which stands for being happy for someone else’s misfortune).
deal architect
MAY 15, 2025
In prep for Sapphire 2025 in Orlando next week, I recorded a long conversation with Amit Jain, SVP and Global Head Enterprise Application Services at Mindsprint about Digital Transformations in SAP World. Mindsprint, headquartered in Singapore, has a strong global.
Feld Thoughts
MAY 13, 2025
I’m going to have a Random Day on 5/28 at The Composition Shop in Longmont. I plan to be there from 11 am to 5 pm with a break for a lunch meeting from 1 pm to 2:30 pm. We will have copies of Give First: The Power of Mentorship in the store on sale, even though the book’s official release date isn’t until June 24th, because my Colorado friends get special bonus early bird stuff.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
MAY 15, 2025
The post Generative London: How to Win AIs App Layer, with Granola appeared first on Lightspeed Venture Partners.
VC Cafe
MAY 14, 2025
While we’re seeing record investment levels pour into AI companies, investing in AI is not exactly easy. There are many considerations for choosing to invest in a particular company, from ethical to the attractiveness of the market, the team’s technical skill, the ability to build a moat, etc. Much of the volume of those investments went to infrastructure companies.
deal architect
MAY 13, 2025
Much has written about the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s. Many miners had a miserable time and made little money, whereas those who sold them jeans, shovels, meals, banking and other services did a lot better Stephen Klein, CEO.
Berkonomics
MAY 15, 2025
Heres yet another story that you may identify with or have yet to experience in your business life. Its one of those that define your leadership for all to see, sometimes based upon decisions made in the moment such as this one. A story of a CEOs snap judgement call Years ago, when I was CEO of my record manufacturing company in Hollywood, I happened to walk around the plant into the press room just as Bobby, one of the employees favorite coworkers, was offering stolen merchandise to his fello
Lightspeed Venture Partners
MAY 15, 2025
EvenUps targeted AI platform accelerates legal outcomes, automating complex processes like demand drafting & medical summaries, redefining tech-driven justice.
Steve Blank
MAY 13, 2025
This article previously appeared in Nature. US global dominance in science was no accident, but a product of a far-seeing partnership between public and private sectors to boost innovation and economic growth. Since 20 January, US science has been upended by severe cutbacks from the administration of US President Donald Trump. A series of dramatic reductions in grants and budgets including the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) slashing reimbursements of indirect research costs to universit
The Startup Magazine
MAY 13, 2025
By Gayle Jennings OByrne Todays startup founders are navigating a perfect storm. Factoring inflation, tariff tensions becoming routine, venture funding tightening , and layoffs spreading across industries , the pressure is palpable. Meanwhile, the AI boom dominates headlines, often overshadowing deeper strategic discussions. To grow and thrive in current times, businesses must now more than ever proactively understand the changing policy and regulatory landscape.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
MAY 15, 2025
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
MAY 14, 2025
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