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African tech took center stage in 2021

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Entering 2021, the bullishness of African tech stakeholders returned — and why not? Stephen Deng, the co-founder and partner of DFS Lab, a firm that invests in digital commerce startups, serially compared the 2016 Southeast Asia funding landscape to where Africa might be in 2021, at $3 billion. It wasn’t a bad year, though.

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5 strategies for biotech startups to outlast a market downturn

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Inflationary market dynamics and ongoing fiscal tightening continue to pose significant risks to capital commitments. A successful raise in 2021 feels like ancient history. With a smaller pool of investors, you can also maintain a stronger influence over your company’s strategy.

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4 Indian investors explain how their investment strategy has changed since 2021

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After a blockbuster year for venture capital funding in 2021, the flow of capital to Indian startups seemed like it would buck global trends in early 2022, but dried up in the second half of 2022. How has your investment strategy changed? What advice would you give your portfolio startups to continue growing at this time?

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How AerCap’s CIO has been a catalyst for a robust M&A strategy

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In the press coverage of aviation leasing company AerCaps 2021 acquisition of General Electric Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), there was much talk about how bold a move it was. The financial mantra that market volatility is a good time to invest would be thoroughly tested. So far so good.

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A Recruiter’s Guide To Hiring In 2021

With vaccination rates rising, consumers spending more money, and people returning to offices, the job market is going through a period of unprecedented adjustment. Businesses are looking to hire quickly, but they face a disjointed market. As the New York Times observed, “It’s a weird moment for the American economy.”

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M-KOPA raises $75M as it clocks 2 million customers across four African markets

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The company, which enables underbanked customers in select African markets to access a broad range of products and services without collateral or a guarantor, announced today that it has raised $75 million. In the company’s more established markets, Kenya and Uganda, customers can access the full suite of M-KOPA’s offerings.

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Juni, the banking platform for e-commerce and online marketing companies, raises €2M seed

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Juni , a Swedish pre-launch startup that’s building a banking app and platform for e-commerce and online marketing entrepreneurs, has raised just over €2.1 Various angel investors have also backed Juni, including NA-KD founder and CEO Jarno Vanahatapio and iZettle’s former chief strategy and communications officer Johan Bendz.

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Marketing-Led Post-COVID-19 Growth Strategies

Any return to normalcy may seem far-off, but sales and marketing are on the front lines of restarting the economy. However, there’s no team better suited to lead that charge than the marketing department. Strategically aligning your systems and teams. Getting consensus on how to define “qualified leads”.

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Post-Pandemic eCommerce Growth: Leverage Product Data, Market Research & Shopping Trends

Speaker: Phil Irvine, VP & Director of Audience Intelligence

One-to-one communication has been a trendy philosophy for marketers and advertisers for years now. The more personalized an organization can be with growth strategies and communications, the more likely engagement would increase and ultimately sales. August 26th, 2021 at 11:00 am PDT, 2:00 pm EDT, 7:00 pm GMT

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Run a Business, Not a Backlog

Speaker: John Mecke, Managing Director of DevelopmentCorporate, Jon Gatrell, Principal Partner at Market Driven Business

In today’s Agile world, product managers are expected to be leaders in market knowledge, strategy, organizational enablement, etc. In this webinar you will learn: How product managers can distill market facts from the market and express them in relevant numerical and visual contexts.

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How to Avoid the Pain and Cost of PCI Compliance While Optimizing Payments

Speaker: P. Andrew Sjogren, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Very Good Security, Matt Doka, Co-Founder and CTO of Fivestars, and Steve Andrews, President & CEO of the Western Bankers Association 

The key is to take the right strategy to PCI compliance that gets you both. In this webinar, we have a great set of panelists who will take you through how Zero Data strategies can be used as part of a well-rounded compliance and security approach, and get you to market much sooner by also allowing for payment optimization.

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The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Strong and Effective Value Proposition

Speaker: Robin Zaragoza, Product Coach and CEO of The Product Refinery

But what strategy do managers use to keep the customer and their key problems at the center of the product development process? Historically, marketing teams use this tool as an anchor to ensure messaging resonates with customers. Execute your product strategy with a “customer-first” mindset.