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Indonesian social commerce app KitaBeli gets $10M led by Go Ventures

TechCrunch

Indonesian social commerce app KitaBeli’s team, including founders Prateek Chaturvedi (seated, right front row and Ivana Medea Tjandra (center front row). KitaBeli , an Indonesian social commerce app for group buying, announced today it has raised a $10 million Series A.

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Can social and e-commerce transform the future of the open web?

TechCrunch

The strategy here is simple: Continue opening up larger swaths of the internet to open-source innovation outside of the walled-garden platforms developed by Amazon and Facebook. When Automattic acquired WooCommerce in 2015 , the move went mostly unnoticed in the broader tech community.

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How to build a social media app: An entrepreneur’s guide

Openxcell

Forbes reports that the number of people using social media worldwide has reached 4.9 Over the last few years, social media has evolved from being primarily a communication channel and entertainment platform to marketing and growing businesses, contributing to significant social and political discussions. billion in 2023.

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Nigerian e-health pharmaceutical distribution startup DrugStoc secures $4.4 million Series A funding, embarks on expansion drive

TechCrunch

Chibuzo Opara and Adham Yehia, being all too familiar with the problems of poor pharmaceutical supply chains, are planning to widen the reach of DrugStoc, a e-health drug procurement platform that eliminates these challenges by linking drug companies with institutions such as hospitals and pharmacies, in Nigeria.

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2015 Leadership Predictions:

The Empowered Buisness

Below are my 2015 leadership predictions – threats, trends and opportunities – that will change the world of leadership as we know it today. They must develop a continuous pipeline of potential leaders and groom early before undertaking those roles. The rise of mobile communications, social media and web 3.0

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Extra Crunch roundup: RapidSOS EC-1, how to prep for an M&A exit, inside Genki Forest

TechCrunch

“It’s closed dozens of partnerships and business development deals, and with some of the biggest names in tech. The fact that Duolingo is raising its IPO price range indicates that we are more likely on the path for a strong offering than a weak one,” Alex Wilhelm notes. How does it do it?

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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. Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” His identity and public persona were intertwined with his adopted city.