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5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought

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You probably presented a minimum viable product and initial consumer research, and were backed for that. Here are five things green founders should remember when seeking VC funding at this moment. When it becomes repeatable, you can scale it. Remember the point at which you raised your initial funding?

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3 views: What does ‘Line Go Up’ tell us about the state of the NFT art market?

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Here’s where we ended up: Walter Thompson: NFTs are scarcely minimum viable products. Walter Thompson: NFTs are scarcely minimum viable products. A Pew Research survey found that about 16% of Americans have bought cryptocurrency so far, which shows how quickly it’s catching on.

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Amazon wants to boost ten generative AI startups around the globe

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Our approach to generative AI is to invest and innovate across three layers of the generative AI stack to take this technology out of the realm of research and make it available to customers of any size and developers of all skill levels,” he said. As for why now, isn’t it obvious?

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How can fintech startups outlast the VC winter?

TechCrunch

Here are three tips for achieving those goals: Get feedback and insights from your customers with a working product. Aim high for the long term, but don’t work on anything except your minimum viable product (MVP) in the short term. It’s critical to gather feedback and insights from your customers.

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Deep tech startups in need of funding should consider federal grants

TechCrunch

Xipeng Shen is a professor at North Carolina State University and ACM Distinguished Member, focusing on system software and machine learning research. Our team of researchers started CoCoPIE to solve the chip shortage crisis. He is a co-founder and CTO of CoCoPIE LLC. We’re a group of Ph.D.s

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Inside Walmart’s generative AI journey

CIO

Around the time ChatGPT crossed 100 million users, Walmart executives visited a leading research institution to discuss the long-term opportunity around generative AI. The researchers confirmed Walmart’s assumptions on day one: The technology would initially primarily serve knowledge workers by augmenting their work rather than automating it.

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A complete guide: What is MVP Development?

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Introduction:- Traditional software development has been synonymous with sequential processes, often starting with simple designing to complex software product development. However, the advent of MVP(Minimum Viable Product) has been revolutionizing. Prototype prioritizes design as well as functionalities.