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Logistics startup Slync raises $24M, attempts to distance itself from disgraced founder

TechCrunch

Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. We believe the Slync platform provides an innovative solution that brings the global logistics industry fully into the digital realm. “Obviously the fact that we just raised $24 million helps us weather a lot in the coming months,” Kefer said.

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Technology Companies Need to Make Hard Choices to Teach More ‘Soft Skills”

CIO

In sports, teams that play together well generally have an edge over those who don’t. Being able to listen to others, help others and be helped by others helps organizations advance overall levels of innovation. As an entrepreneur, he has also successfully developed several small businesses into thriving organizations.

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What are NFTs? Top 5 Remarkable NFT business ideas to adopt in 2022

Openxcell

Small businesses that resell the Chinese items on different platforms such as Shopify often engage in the behavior. NFT for Sports. Sports has leveraged the digital arena by selling goods like sports memorabilia, achievements, trading cards, short videos, etc. NFT services can get benefits from similar methods.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

billion in research and innovation it has to spend this year. Ahrefs “Ahrefs is an SEO software company that helps optimize websites of any scale — from giants like Netflix, Facebook, Uber, and Forbes to small businesses looking to build their presence on Google’s top page.” Markets: 39 new countries (169 in total).

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UK’s Big Tech regulator ‘to boost switching, cut killer acquisitions’

TechCrunch

Boosting competition by setting out rules of the road for platform giants so they deal fairly with business customers is another core aim for the reform, with DCMS touting how it will support small businesses and startups. But the dominance of a few tech giants is crowding out competition and stifling innovation. “We

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Leading startups hubs: Barcelona 6th place!

Apiumhub

List top innovation hubs in the world and analyze Barcelona in particular, answering questions like: why entrepreneurs move to Barcelona to open their business, why Barcelona is a growing startups hub and why investors believe in this city and tech companies that are based here. Changing landscape of innovation hubs in the world. .

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Why it’s too early to get excited about Web3

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

There may be opportunities being worked out in the digital art market and for sports highlights. Perez identifies four stages in each of these 50–60-year innovation cycles. Each of these has had its own cycle of innovation, speculation, bust, and maturity. In the first stage, there’s foundational investment in new technology.