Tag: Startups
The MKT1 interview: Growth marketing in 2021, hiring versus outsourcing, and more
Emily Kramer and Kathleen Estreich are the founders of of MKT1, a strategic marketing firm that does much more than just marketing. As we mentioned the last time we spoke with the company, it offers a plethora of services ranging from marketing consulting and organizing recruiting and mentoring workshops to…
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Financial firms should leverage machine learning to make anomaly detection easier
Bikram Singh Contributor Bikram Singh is the CEO and co-founder of EZOPS. He has built and managed operational services and technology solutions for banks, hedge funds, asset managers, fund administrators and custodians. Anomaly detection is one of the more difficult and underserved operational areas in the asset-servicing sector of financial…
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China’s regulatory crackdown is good news for startups aligned with CCP goals
But central planning will tilt business away from certain areas of investment Alex Wilhelm 7 hours Watching the Chinese technology sector over the last week has been a fascinating exercise. The Chinese government took on entire industries like edtech while also coming down on individual companies (Tencent, Meituan) in a…
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Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital leads $20M investment in Brazilian healthcare startup Pipo Saude
Pipo Saude, a startup that developed a platform that sells and manages healthcare benefits for Brazilian companies, has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding. Joshua Kushner’s Thrive Capital led the round, marking the first time the New York-based venture firm has led an investment in a…
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Twitter ‘acqui-hires’ the team from subscription news app, Brief
Twitter’s recent acquisition spree continues today as the company announces it has acqui-hired the team from news aggregator and summary app Brief. The startup from former Google engineers launched last year to offer a subscription-based news summary app that aimed to tackle many of the problems with today’s news cycle,…
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What I’ve learned after 5 years of buying common stock in startups
Jamie Goldstein Contributor Jamie is the founding partner of Pillar VC, a Boston-based seed-stage venture capital firm. He has spent the last 22 years investing in early-stage startups. More posts by this contributor Introducing the term-sheet grader From day one, Pillar VC has offered to buy common stock in startups.…
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