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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

As I recently shared in my post on the 32 Israeli Centaurs , the rare breed of SaaS companies that reached $100 million in ARR, there are now over 1,000 unicorns globally. While they can outspend you, a startup offers real ownership (equity/options), more impact per employee, and the chance to change the world/industry.

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The Fog of War: Three Themes Crypto Investors Should Pay Attention To Now

thebarefootvc

The unspeakable violence and aggression that Russia has unleashed against Ukraine and its people is the first all out “hot war” invasion in Europe since WWII. Fallout is being felt across the global economy, roiling markets and causing many investors to seek relative shelter amidst the volatility.

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Advice for startups in a downturn (May 2022 Edition)

VC Cafe

Rising inflation and interest rate hikes, growth in debt to GDP ration, the war in the Ukraine (and global instability), increases in prices of energy, changing consumer habits to a post Covid-19, supply chain issues, etc, might be all contributing factors to the stock market (and tech in particular) declines.

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Ukraine, Estonia, Chile, Finland: The saga of four accelerators

The Next Web

At the moment of writing, Seed-DB, a global database of seed stage accelerators, listed 235 programs (both active and defunct) that 5,688 startups had gone through. Some of the programs take equity in exchange for a seed round, some are free for participants, others work anywhere in between those two models.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4

Steve Blank

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Conditions were far from where we hoped in the heady optimism following the Cold War. and other countries.

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21 Entrepreneurs Share How They’re Incorporating Corporate Service Responsibility (CSR) In Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

#10- Funding scholarships Photo Credit: Samuel Leach CSR has always been an aspect of Samuel and Co Trading, and we are always keeping an eye on social issues both globally and locally. For example, in April of 2022, we donated 10 tonnes of aid to Ukraine. Hence operates on four principles- equity, access, design, and rewards.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 4 – Bridge Colby

Steve Blank

Putin’s Russia is intent on undermining the US and West in any way it can – aggression in the Crimea and Ukraine and destabilizing activities in Syria ; Venezuela and beyond. Conditions were far from where we hoped in the heady optimism following the Cold War. and other countries.

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