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5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought

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CB Insights forecasts a roughly 20% drop in total VC investments from Q1 to Q2, leaving ambitious young companies scrambling to fight for scraps. Whether it’s dedicated impact funds or value-based venture capital firms, funders tend to back companies that have demonstrated their ability to scale.

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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. However, building high-performing products and solutions that work for the majority isn’t enough anymore. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Inside Walmart’s generative AI journey

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“Our people make the difference” — a common catchphrase of Walmart founder Sam Walton — still guides the company’s path forward as it ventures into the future with generative AI. The move places Walmart among a handful of companies (aside from tech giants) that have leveraged generative AI at scale. And they did it in just 60 days.

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Equinix goes partner prospecting with AI

CIO

Multinational data infrastructure company Equinix has been capitalizing on machine learning (ML) since 2018, thanks to an initiative that uses ML probabilistic modeling to predict prospective customers’ likelihood of buying Equinix offerings — a program that has contributed millions of dollars in revenue since its inception.

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Deep tech startups in need of funding should consider federal grants

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While we did raise funds from one of the VC world’s glitterati — Sequoia Capital — when we were accepted into the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer ( SBIR/STTR ) program, we knew our solution was much more valuable than a chip that would make its way to the reject line. economic impact.

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Hustle Fund wants to help spawn a new generation of angel investors

TechCrunch

Kara Penn is the mother of four daughters and owner of Mission Spark, a management and strategy consulting company. And, part of the value of having this group is then we can accumulate a bunch of smaller checks to then write one larger check for a company.”. And now, thanks to Hustle Fund, she is also an angel investor.

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Leaning into Retail’s Challenges with Digital Transformation

CIO

Are they adopting digital strategies that serve both younger and older populations? These habits clash with those of retailers’ aging customer base, which is used to visiting stores, browsing, comparing products, and scouting for the best deals. Are they successfully untangling their “spaghetti architectures”?

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