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Global VC Flourish launches Madica, an Africa-focused program to back pre-seed stage startups

TechCrunch

And while venture capital and founder support programs within the continent are growing, a lot still remains to be done to meet the financing, technology and social capital needs of the especially marginalized groups like women founders. This is part of its push to ensure a pan-African reach by supporting local, and women founders.

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

TechCrunch

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.”. The firm has traditionally operated by investing $25,000 in a company, usually with a minimum-viable product, and then works with the team to help them grow.

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Deep tech startups in need of funding should consider federal grants

TechCrunch

We’re a group of Ph.D.s We are using the SBIR/STTR funds to convert our technology into a minimum viable product, an essential step for us to reach a broader customer base. Xipeng Shen is a professor at North Carolina State University and ACM Distinguished Member, focusing on system software and machine learning research.

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Don’t Subtract - Restart to Find the Minimum Viable Product

SoCal CTO

Steve Blank wrote a great post recently entitled Perfection By Subtraction – The Minimum Feature Set where he explains the real goals around defining a minimum viable product: Founders act like the “minimum” part is the goal. Challenge the group to find the most minimalist definition. Go to a blank page.

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Things You Need To Know About Planning for a Web Application

Invid Group

The first group will likely have faster internet speeds and use mobile devices. The latter group may be more likely to use a desktop and have slower internet connections. Figure Out the Minimum Viable Product. In software, this proof-of-concept is called the minimum viable product.

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Leaning into Retail’s Challenges with Digital Transformation

CIO

Salling Group , a Danish department store retailer, provides a glimpse into the future through the success its achieved bringing business intelligence into its real-time merchandising insights. About Christian Reichenbach Christian Reichenbach is a digital advisor for exploratory, digital business transformations.

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5 tips for maximizing ROI of IT projects

CIO

As V Ranganathan Iyer, Group CIO of auto component manufacturer JBM Group, says, “the new version of the ERP will accommodate newer technology enhancements, which can be leveraged to derive unforeseen returns out of the project in the long run.”. This visibility on iterations during the project is extremely effective. “At

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