Sunday, January 14

Startup and VC news, curated for you

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Juliet McAlee
January 14, 2024

Hello!

While you ideate ways you can make an impact with your startup this year, grab that first (or fifth) cup of coffee and peruse TechDay Express. Who knows? You might learn something.

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🌟 This Week’s Headlines 🌟 

🪺 A former formerly-known-as Twitter CEO landed $30 million in funding

🪽 The bells are a-ringing for all the women becoming angel investors

😬 Carta exits the secondaries market after mismanaging clients’ data

📓 Meet the 15 recipients of AWS’s first Education Accelerator program

📉 Out of $27.85 billion in Web3 VC funding, only 6.34% went to women-led startups

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Results from our poll last week:

  • 35% of startup founders voted ‘securing our next fundraise’ is at the top of their to-do list for 2024.

  • 29% chose ‘learning new go-to-market strategies and tactics’

  • 19% went for ‘launching our first MVP’

  • 17% indicated ‘recruiting new talent to join our team’

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📚 Quick Reads 📚

🗣️ ON-STAFF STORYTELLERS — Any startup can have a great product or service, but what spells success for startups is a compelling narrative and elevator pitch. It’s the oldest form of marketing for a reason!

🚪 TREAD LIGHTLY THROUGH TO IPO — 2024 is looking like a good year for tech startups aiming to IPO, but there are right and wrong ways to achieve this milestone.

🤝 STARTUPS, MEET IP REGISTRATION — Startups that register Intellectual Property (IP) early on in their company journey can have more robust growth and potentially enhance their attractiveness to investors.

🤖 GENERATING PROFIT AS AN AI STARTUP — Though AI is the hottest of topics for investors and innovators alike, startups specializing in the technology need to work smarter to earn harder.

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Thank you to our friends at Koridor for presenting the webinar, “How to Build the RIGHT Product, Faster” last week.

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