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Miferia wants to expand its wholesale inventory marketplace across Latin America

TechCrunch

Miferia , a Mexico-based business-to-business wholesale marketplace, bagged $7 million in seed funding to continue developing its curated website connecting independent retailers in Mexico with domestic brands in categories like cosmetics, food and beverage and home décor. Meanwhile, Miferia is still in its early stages.

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MVP versus EVP: Is it time to introduce ethics into the agile startup model?

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The rocket ship trajectory of a startup is well known: Get an idea, build a team and slap together a minimum viable product (MVP) that you can get in front of users. Here are three steps that startups — especially the ones that incorporate significant AI/ML techniques in their products — can use to develop an EVP.

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Massdriver wants to abstract away infrastructure to let devs focus on coding

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Modern DevOps turned back the clock on agile software development. According to CloudBolt, 11% of developers responding to a 2021 poll found their CI/CD infrastructure reliable while over half (55%) had difficulty creating consistent pipeline environments. “[It’s] not agile, it’s ‘waterfall.’

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Equinix goes partner prospecting with AI

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So, in 2021 Equinix revisited its prospecting platform to take it a step further by adding a data-driven sales prospecting approach that uses AI to identify partners best positioned to help the company drive new sales, both globally and within specific regions and countries.

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GSK and R/GA Ventures are launching a health studio for startups

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GSK Next, the innovation arm of GlaxoSmithKlein, is launching a new mentorship and business development program. Called the Re/Wire Health Studio, the program will eventually select six startups that will win access to nine weeks of mentoring, business development expertise and cash grants. . Drive and excitement is one aspect of it.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: No-code MVP strategy, hiring under scrutiny, A/B growth testing

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Americans spent nearly $20 billion on pizza deliveries in 2021. In a comprehensive article that weighs development costs and technical debt against time to market , Chopra encourages readers to consider factors like product defensibility and risk before deciding whether to build or buy.

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How Flutter Proves To Be The New Hue For Mobile Development In 2021

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Are you a mobile app developer but confused about which platform to go for in 2021 for your startup? Or, you heard about Flutter, and are curious to know why Flutter is the top pick development framework by startups and entrepreneurs! What’s The Gist Of Cross-Platform App Development ? Simple, because Flutter is Amazing!

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