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Embracing sustainable IT unlocks environmental, business, and financial benefits

CIO

Norway is a leader in sustainability. Its use of renewable energy, sustainable technologies, and recycling is common in homes and businesses throughout the country, as well as the neighboring Nordic region, making Norway a role model of environmental stewardship. Promote sustainable business practices to help the planet.

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How our SaaS startup broke into the Japanese market without a physical presence

TechCrunch

In 2014, our company attracted its first Japanese client when we were featured on product discovery platform Product Hunt. While this initial awareness got us on users’ radar, awareness alone wasn’t enough to sustain and grow a reliable pipeline. Japan is not a testing ground for MVP products.

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AgriWebb’s software seeks to boost yields, lower environmental impacts for farmers and ranchers

TechCrunch

AgriWebb is on a mission to help livestock producers feed the world efficiently, profitably and sustainably by providing its comprehensive, ground-truth database for beef production worldwide. million since its inception in 2014. “In fact, the long-term sustainability and viability of their land are of utmost importance.

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Here’s what I learned while leading a bootstrapped startup to $40M ARR

TechCrunch

Bootstrapping a startup is one of the effective means of building a self-sustaining and successful business, especially as VC investments slow down. It all starts with creating a product, testing it and finding the right market fit. Since our founding in 2014, we’ve reached $40 million in ARR through bootstrapping.

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Hootsuite lays off nearly a third of its workforce as CEO tries to ‘refocus’

TechCrunch

Social media marketing firm Hootsuite says it has slashed its workforce by 30%. “We need to refocus our strategies to drive efficiency, growth and financial sustainability,” CEO Tom Keiser said in a statement sent to TechCrunch. The company offered no specifics on what exactly is changing about the business.

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Joywell Foods raises $25M to bring sweet proteins to market

TechCrunch

The new investment brings Joywell’s total funding to $38 million since the California-based company’s inception in 2014 by Alan Perlstein and Jason Ryder. As a part of the investment, Piva partner and co-founder Adzmel Adznan will join Joywell’s board.

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Hong Kong accelerator Brinc raises $30M Series B

TechCrunch

I knew the organization primary through its consumer hardware companies — a primary focus when it was founded, back in 2014. I’ve visited Brinc’s headquarters the last few times I’ve been to Hong Kong, and been impressed with the range of different startups the accelerator works with.