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- Applied Separations Cleaning/Recycling Disposable Clean Room Attire to Fight COVID-19
- FAQ: Philadelphia COVID-19 Small Business Relief Fund
- PA’s New COVID-19 WORKING CAPITAL ACCESS PROGRAM is Open for Applications
- Governor Wolf Announces Financial Assistance Available to Small Businesses
- Venture News from PR Newswire
- VEON Trading Update
- InDex Pharmaceuticals Receives Grant From Vinnova for Pre-clinical Development of DIMS Compounds in Inflammation
- Cerebreon: Debt Support Startup Close £1.5m Seed Round to Help Save UK's Most Vulnerable
- Harmonica Linea llega al mercado como una innovación multifuncional para el control de peso
- Lancement d'Harmonica Linea, marque innovante multiaxe pour le contrôle du poids
- Harmonica Linea als multifunktionale Innovation zur Gewichtskontrolle eingeführt
- 12th Asia Pacific General Galvanizing Conference to Be Held in Yokohama in 2022
- Hikma confirms favourable ruling in generic Vascepa® patent suit
- Tetragon Financial Group Limited February 2020 Monthly Factsheet
- La solución de tecnología integrada del "autobús de la salud" de Shanghai Sunwin mantiene seguro al público
- News from the Venture World
- Quiz: Can You Guess What Tool This Is? September 5, 2019
- Quiz: Can We Guess Your Education Level From The U.S. States You Know? September 3, 2019
- Quiz: Can You Name All These Junk Foods? August 28, 2019
- Quiz: Can You Pass 9th Grade History? September 26, 2019
- QUIZ: Can You Identify These Famous American Historical Figures? September 11, 2019
- Venture News from BizJournals
- Seegrid raises $25M, plans to hire 100
- First Commonwealth taking annual shareholders meeting virtual
- Sprint merger nears conclusion: T-Mobile formally requests $23B in loans to complete deal
- Fifth Third Bank CEO: Coronavirus relief requests 'unprecedented, just tip of the iceberg'
- Baird's venture capital arm raises $215M for latest fund
- Bank loan will fuel another Gulch high-rise
- $350 billion will be on the table soon for small business — the time to prepare is now
- Tampa Bay executives offer advice for those seeking SBA loan relief during pandemic
- Bank of America pledges $250M for small business loan program
- BBVA chief economist predicts 2020 recession, Houston energy industry woes
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If a PowerPoint Sucks…It’s The Messenger, not the Medium
Many have wished for and striven for the death of the powerpoint presentation. I have always disagreed with this point of view. There is no doubt that most power point decks are terrible and yes, should be killed. However, it … Continue reading
Tiny Bubbles, In The Whine…Make Your A Round Happy, Feel Fine
Most people younger than 40 may not even recognize the name Don Ho. It’s probably not even vaguely familiar; not stored even on a single synapse way in the back there from when you were channel surfing and accidentally heard … Continue reading
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Have Big VC Funds Become a League of Their Own?
I needed to read this story twice. http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/20/is-late-stage-the-new-early/ There are so many implications that I’m glad TechCrunch plans to follow up on it. They chronicle a handful of funds that are investing $100’s of millions in companies that probably don’t … Continue reading
Yeah, We Need More Finish-Ups…
Excellent post from Don Dodge. http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2011/03/start-ups-we-need-more-finish-ups.html While he probably isn’t aware of us, Ben Franklin Technology Partners TechVentures, and other incubators, have been focused on finish-ups for a long, long time. Our conversion rate of start-ups still in business after … Continue reading
Every Business is an “L” Business
Ah, the “L” word. No, not “love”. The other “L” word. You know the one…the one that puts startup founders into an internal rage. The one that signals to the founder that the person using the word finds their business … Continue reading →