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Black Swan analyzes social media to predict which products will be successful

TechCrunch

While founded long before the pandemic, Steve King says that Black Swan Data , the data science and tech company that he helped co-launch in 2011, is well-suited to the current environment. Prior to co-founding Black Swan, King was a technical director at creative agency Digital Jigsaw. to start Black Swan. .” ”

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

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Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started ( today and 2005 ), largely due to the emergence of cloud technologies, no-code tools, and artificial intelligence. Flyover Tech ) have played a significant role in this shift. the free YC Startup School courses).

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

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He then started Social West , a Calgary-based digital marketing conference that, before long, expanded to three cities. Atlantic Canada had four major tech acquisitions in a five-month period. Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene.

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Women Who Code Launches Job Board Catered Directly to Tech Professionals

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Women Who Code (WWCode) is an international non-profit that empowers career aged professionals to achieve success in technology. They do this through a series of over 60 Networks around the world which host technical talks, study groups, hackathons, and other career development and social events.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

The answer can be found in the theory of economic rents, and in particular, in the kinds of rents that are collected by companies during different stages of the technology business cycle. Then the cycle begins again with a new class of competitors, who are forced to explore new, disruptive technologies that reset the entire market.

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After bootstrapping for 15 years, energy renovation company Effy raises $22 million

TechCrunch

At first, Effy wasn’t a tech-enabled startup. In 2011, the company acquired Calculeo , a tool that helps you calculate how much you can get in public subsidies for energy renovation work. In addition to organic traffic, the company spent some money on brand awareness ads (like TV spots), as well as Google and social media ads.

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Sequoia picks its horse in the consumer carbon offset market, leading a $2.5 million round for Joro

TechCrunch

The Princeton undergraduate saw the film in 2011, and it started her on the journey that would lead her to launch Joro , the Sequoia-backed startup that monitors consumer spending to offer tips on how to offset and reduce a user’s carbon footprint. . I wasn’t a technology person. “Systems are made of people.

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