As we wrap the year, it’s become clear that “normal” is a thing of the past. This is a reality growth marketers live in everyday. What worked yesterday may not work today and likely won’t tomorrow.
Why the next big entrepreneur must come from climate tech
It is a financial and a moral imperative to make climate technology, together with medicine, the main priority of humanity.
Raise and deliver
Remember all the way back to December 2020. Where were you? What were your plans? What did you expect and hope the new year would bring? I suspect I’m not alone in feeling like I’ve spent much of the past year on a hamster wheel, with better days just over the horizon. Truth is, few […]
Gift Guide: The best business books for 2021 recommended by VCs
Welcome to part two of our venture capital-recommended book gift guide for 2021 – talking about books that do have a business theme.
Work-Bench report finds just 1.9% of venture investment going to female enterprise founders
A new report from early-stage venture capital firm Work-Bench confirmed what you probably already know: Startups with women founders are getting a mere sliver of the overall funding pie. What’s more, the percentages are far worse in the enterprise, where Work-Bench tends to invest. The numbers, which were based on Work-Bench research along with data from […]
How to acquire customer research that shapes your go-to-market strategy
Before you can hire a full-time marketer, you must first get to know your potential customer and what is going on in their life that will ultimately trigger them into using you.
Don’t miss the mission-critical insights our sponsors bring to TC Sessions: Space 2021
With just a tad less than a week until TC Sessions: Space 2021 launches its massive knowledge payload, we’d like to take this opportunity to tip our space helmets to our sponsors. Yes, they write the checks that help make this stellar event possible, but they don’t just cut-checks-and-run. They also bring considerable subject-matter expertise […]
Enterprise escalator Impact Rooms rises to prepare African startups for growth and investment
A few years ago, at the start of the fintech services boom in Africa, Oliver Blantern got an opportunity to work in the continent offering advisory services to high-growth startups. For slightly over three years his company, Riverhouse Technology, helped the emerging tech firms in talent sourcing and acquisition. The trained lawyer did all this […]
TrueNorth has raised $50 million from Sam Altman and others to empower independent truckers
Jin Stedge studied aerospace engineering at MIT, but after she found herself at Scotty Labs, an SRI International spin-out focused on autonomous driving, she says she came to appreciate how far away the tech is from large-scale adoption. Indeed, when Scotty was acquired by DoorDash in the summer of 2019, she teamed up with Sanjaya […]
Indonesian fintech Flip secures $48M in Series B to support expansion
Flip, an Indonesia-based fintech startup, announced today it has raised $48 million in a Series B to accelerate its growth. The funding brings Flip’s total capital raised to $65million. Sequoia Capital India, Insight Partners and Insignia Ventures Partners co-led the Series B round. Flip is Insight Partners’ first investment in Indonesia. The startup plans to […]