Internet of Things
The IoT demonstrates the interdependence of Chinese and U.S. tech companies
This opinion piece shares insights into U.S./China market dynamics for companies trying to navigate this challenging path.
This opinion piece shares insights into U.S./China market dynamics for companies trying to navigate this challenging path.
It’s natural for market interest in your startup to diminish to some degree in the weeks and months after launch. Take these five steps to avoid post-launch depression.
Immigrant-founded ventures leverage unique strengths to create 100,000 American jobs.
Between April 10 - April 30, 2020, RevOps Squared partnered with SandHill Group to conduct research that will help us understand how financial planning and 2020 forecasts within the SaaS industry have been impacted by COVID-19. This is the summary report of our findings.
The challenges businesses and services are facing right now vary from wild fluctuations in supply chains; to enormous digital demand on the technologies and platforms that enable us to stay connected and live productive lives. This is why Jay Chapel is looking for ways to help organizations reduce costs across the board. Collecting information from great companies, we hope our conversation shares some ideas that may help in some small way.
Ryan Maguire is CTO & VP of emerging capabilities and partnerships at Kin + Carta. Prior to navigating our way through social distancing, Ryan and I connected about his work at Kin + Carta, a business "built for the 2020's" - with a collaborative ecosystem of 1,600 strategists, engineers, and creatives across four continents. When we last checked in, like so many of us, Ryan and his teams are spending their time closely monitoring and manoeuvring the impacts COVID-19 on their business, clients and investors. However, here is the conversation we had in early March.
In partnership with RevOps2, we are conducting research on how COVID-19 is impacting SaaS companies. Our goal is to use the collective knowledge and actions of our membership to provide insights and guidance to the overall SaaS industry. All information will be aggregated and anonymized to protect the privacy and confidentiality of every participant.
The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) is closely monitoring the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and is working diligently to address the VC industry’s needs and provide resources that aim to help firms and portfolio companies during this challenging time. This webpage provides important information and resources to venture-backed companies about the federal response to COVID-19, including tax credits, loan opportunities, and sick leave. NVCA will update this information as it becomes available.
For those of you who find yourselves with more time to read over the next few weeks, Managing Partner at Blue Dots Partners LLC., Philippe Bouissou, Ph.D., explains how his research and strategies help businesses stay aligned while working to survive a time of uncertainty.
This year will likely bring far less unicorn hype, but tech firms with promising business models and profit outlooks could be poised for healthy IPOs in 2020.
Subscription focused, The Athletic has grown rapidly since its start in 2016. Founded by Adam Hansmann and Alex Mather, the VC-backed sports website, has bucked the trend by focusing on annual subscriptions. And with its latest funding of $50 million, the company is now worth $500 million.
In 2018 there were 15 unicorns born with at least one female founder. This year, there were 21 startups founded or co-founded by a female that became unicorns.
In February 2019, CB Insights announced their third annual AI 100 - a list of the 100 most promising AI startups across the globe. And today, they're recapping where those companies made it in the past 12 months.