Jeffrey
@Jeffrey
436 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Americo
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about 3 years ago
TikTok and Snap alums launch mayk.it, a social music creation app, with $4M in seed funding
After living through the global upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, many workers are re-evaluating their career path. Stefan Heinrich Henriquez, a former head of Global Marketing at TikTok and chief marketing officer at Cameo, is one of them.“I have been thinking about mus...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Elliott
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about 3 years ago
Business Updates: Return-to-Office Plans Are Disrupted Again
Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, has promoted the digital currency’s adoption.Credit...Jose Cabezas/ReutersEl Salvador faced a rocky transition in its adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday as the country adjusted to new technology that will allow payme...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Immanuel
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about 3 years ago
Life on the newsdesk: ‘Technology has changed. Expectations haven’t’
In my three years as assistant news editor, there has been no shortage of historic moments: Brexit and a general election followed swiftly by a pandemic that changed the world. Even on quiet days, our operation begins at 7am when the first editor in London picks up the ba...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Giles
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about 3 years ago
Make accessibility part of your startup’s products and culture from day one
Joe Devon is the co-founder of Diamond, a digital agency that builds accessible experiences. He is also a co-founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day and chair of the GAAD Foundation. The world of accessibility has experienced a tipping point thanks to the pandemi...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Sathish Kumar
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about 3 years ago
Fastest way for weight loss
MeticoreLosing weight isn’t always easy. There are so many different factors that impact one’s ability to lose weight and keep it off in the long-term. While proper diet and exercise are a must, some find that adding a supplement to their daily routine makes it much easie...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Josiah
@Josiah -
about 3 years ago
Cox Automotive acquires battery health company Spiers as ‘EVs take center stage’
Cox Automotive acquires battery health company Spiers as ‘EVs take center Automotive is getting into the electric vehicle battery lifecycle business.The company said Wednesday it acquired Oklahoma City-based Spiers New Technologies (SNT), a business that provides repair,...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Maureen
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about 3 years ago
Databricks raises $1.6B at $38B valuation as it blasts past $600M ARR
Databricks this morning confirmed earlier reports that it was raising new capital at a higher valuation. The data- and AI-focused company has secured a $1.6 billion round at a $38 billion valuation, it said. Bloomberg first reported last week that Databricks was pursuing ...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Raoul
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about 3 years ago
Sales experience platform Walnut raises $15M to improve product demonstrations
Walnut raised $15 million in Series A funding, led by Eight Roads Ventures, to continue developing its sales experience platform.Founders Yoav Vilner and Danni Friedland started the company in July 2020. Vilner told TechCrunch that while at a previous company, he was buil...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Marlon
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about 3 years ago
Home Depot Wants to Sell You Tools That Require Bluetooth Activation
In a bid to crack down on organized retail crime, Home Depot is piloting a program where power tools must be activated via Bluetooth at checkout—or they won’t work. It’s a clever solution to deter theft, but it also highlights how technology can sometimes change gadget ow...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Josiah
@Josiah -
about 3 years ago
Chicago sues DoorDash and Grubhub for ‘unfair and deceptive’ practices
The city of Chicago has sued food delivery services DoorDash and Grubhub for allegedly using deceptive and unfair tactics that hurt restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic. The two lawsuits accuse the services of a panoply of misconduct, including falsely advertising ...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Hulda
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about 3 years ago
Europe’s quick-commerce startups are overhyped: Lessons from China
Alexander than 10 companies currently compete across Europe with an instant grocery delivery business model. Half of them were established in 2020, the year of the pandemic. These companies have raised more than $2 billion to date.Existing and well-funded online food-del...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
Bart
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about 3 years ago
Atheneum nabs $150M to build out its “research as a service” platform for virtual surveys and int...
Data is the new oil, as the saying goes, and today a startup that is helping companies mine for it is announcing a major funding round to expand its business on the back of strong growth.Atheneum, which provides a platform for companies to conduct and analyze research sou...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post about 3 years ago:
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Mariano
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about 3 years ago
Can't move forward without embracing technology, says Kipchoge - Reuters
Aug 25 (Reuters) - Marathon world record holder and Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge hopes that technology will take "centre stage" as athletes strive for improvement and chase faster times in the future.The Kenyan, who overcame humid conditions in Tokyo earlier this month...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Pablo
@Pablo -
over 3 years ago
OnlyFans Creators Will Not Be Deterred
It is hard to overstate the degree to which OnlyFans reversed the general downward trajectory of being an adult entertainment performer.Before the subscription service arrived in 2016, so-called tube sites — video platforms that aggregated stolen pornographic content, dis...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Devin
@Devin -
over 3 years ago
Fika Ventures nearly triples its assets under management: “It’s definitely a crazy time”
Fika Ventures is a five-year-old, LA-based seed-stage fund that has been funding mostly business-to-business startups, as well as fintech companies and a sprinkling of healthcare IT startups — as long as they don’t involve hardware or FDA approval.The firm’s investors app...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Devin
@Devin -
over 3 years ago
A New Chip Cluster Will Make Massive AI Models Possible
When it comes to the neural networks that power today’s artificial intelligence, sometimes the bigger they are, the smarter they are too. Recent leaps in machine understanding of language, for example, have hinged on building some of the most enormous AI models ever and s...continued
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Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
over 3 years ago
Myelin launches second venture fund to target North America, Europe, Latin America
Venture capital firm Myelin on Wednesday launched its second fund, Myelin II, that will invest in some 40 early-stage technology companies.
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Hank
@Hank -
over 3 years ago
India’s Zetwerk valued at $1.33 billion in new funding
India’s Zetwerk valued at $1.33 billion in new Indian startup that operates a business-to-business marketplace for manufacturing items is the latest to attain the coveted unicorn status in the South Asian market.Bangalore-based Zetwerk said on Monday it has raised $150 m...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Patrick
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over 3 years ago
Maven’s comprehensive approach to women’s health earns it unicorn status
For Kate Ryder, the founder of women’s health clinic and benefits platform Maven, business is personal. During the first year of building her company, Ryder experienced a miscarriage. Maven began offering support for pregnancy loss and high-risk care management as the fou...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
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Devin
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over 3 years ago
Warholm warns shoe technology could hurt credibility - Reuters
Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 400m Hurdles - Final - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 3, 2021. Karsten Warholm of Norway reacts after winning gold and setting a new world record REUTERS/Andrew BoyersOSLO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warhol...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Rahsaan
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over 3 years ago
A Mirrored Mecca for K-Pop Dancers in Paris
PARIS — On a recent Saturday morning, Carla Kang, Audrey Kouamelan and Emma Letouche assembled in front of a squat glass building called CB3. It stands about 250 yards from the Grande Arche, the architectural marvel that is the signature structure of La Défense, a distric...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Marie
@Marie -
over 3 years ago
GSK and R/GA Ventures are launching a health studio for startups
GSK Next, the innovation arm of GlaxoSmithKlein, is launching a new mentorship and business development program. Called the Re/Wire Health Studio, the program will eventually select six startups who will win access to nine weeks of mentoring, business development expertis...continued
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Jeffrey
@Jeffrey -
over 3 years ago
U.S. shale oil output to rise to highest since May 2020 - Reuters
U.S. shale oil output is expected to rise to 8.1 million barrels per day (bpd) in September, the highest since May 2020, according to the Energy Information Administration's monthly drilling productivity report on Monday./cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/TNI5HX6SQJJDXLXBJZWIKNTKRE.jpg)
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Eleanora
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over 3 years ago
Can Technology Help Us Fight Climate Change?
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.Climate change is undeniably real. Largely caused by human activity, it has resulted in disastrous weather events, threatened the survival of animal species across the globe and put human lives at risk. That's ...continued
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Jeffrey upvoted the following post over 3 years ago:
Cameron
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over 3 years ago
Why Local Marketing is a Startup’s Best Friend
Marketing is tough for new startups, especially those that have an absence of experienced marketing-related leadership. You’re already juggling dozens of important priorities and trying to maintain a grip on your fragile customer base; on top of that; you have to review y...continued
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