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Opaper takes the friction out of social commerce

TechCrunch

After graduating, McIntosh’s professional life became decidedly more high tech—she was senior product manager for data and machine learning platforms at Streetlight Data and then Lacuna Technologies. Opaper was launched to give social commerce sellers the same type of convenience.

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5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought

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This slump is a particularly unpleasant setback for entrepreneurs hoping to advance climate-focused principles and social change. You probably presented a minimum viable product and initial consumer research, and were backed for that. When it becomes repeatable, you can scale it.

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

TechCrunch

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. And while this is a good practice for startups, it’s also a good standard practice for big technology companies building AI/ML products. Contributor.

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

TechCrunch

As someone whose own company focuses exclusively on strategy in social impact organizations, I am also looking for how founders identify and bring to market creative solutions to complex problems, as well as exposure to a network of innovative people looking to solve hard issues in smart ways,” Penn said.

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Skidattl’s augmented reality beacons are ‘like a Bat-Signal for fun’

TechCrunch

Like any new social media app, Skidattl will have to battle the chicken-and-egg problem — no one will want to use it if there’s not plenty of beacons already lit up, but there can’t be any lit-up beacons without people on the app. ” (It goes without saying, but TechCrunch ad sales are totally separate from editorial.).

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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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A complete guide: What is MVP Development?

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Introduction:- Traditional software development has been synonymous with sequential processes, often starting with simple designing to complex software product development. However, the advent of MVP(Minimum Viable Product) has been revolutionizing. What is the cost of developing a Minimum Viable Product?