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Nigeria’s Mono raises millions to power the internet economy in Africa

TechCrunch

Three months later, the startup has a different mission: to power the internet economy in Africa and has closed $2 million in seed investment towards that goal. “The way I see it, our market is not that big. Compare the payments market now with 2016, when Paystack and Flutterwave just started. Image Credits: Mono.

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Emotional marketing and an e-mail titan walk into a bar

TechCrunch

How Klaviyo used data and no-code to transform owned marketing (3,000 words/12 minutes). Marketing in 2021 is emotional and not just transactional (2,200 words/9 minutes). Precursor Ventures’ Charles Hudson on ‘the conversation no one has during an upmarket’ Internet is the new Miami. million in funding.

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Going Global: Key Signs Your Business Is Ready For New Markets

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That includes expanding into new markets before you and your business are ready. First, you must have a successfully proven product-market fit in your current market. Entering new markets is always more expensive and slower than you expect, so its always better to have extra money set aside for this kind of experimentation.

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Singapore-based Transcelestial uses lasers to build affordable internet networks

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Transcelestial is on a mission to make the internet more accessible by building a network of shoebox-sized devices that send lasers to one another, creating a fiber-like network. The two say current internet infrastructure is the main reason so many people lack reliable internet access. Transcelestial plans to enter the U.S.

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The New Tech Toolbelt: Digital Twins, IoT, Cobots, & More

Speaker: Cory Skinner, Founder and CEO of FactR

From limited visibility and a lack of real-time data to a lack of agility and responsiveness to changing market conditions, there's no shortage of difficulties that today's supply chain professionals can encounter. What can be done to not only address these challenges, but overcome them?

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TAM takedown: Investors are looking for market opportunity, not just size

TechCrunch

Every pitch deck needs to have a “Market” slide. Unfortunately, most entrepreneurs get the market slide wrong. total addressable market, serviceable addressable market, serviceable obtainable market or variations on these terms.). You can find templates for this slide all over the internet.

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Taking advantage of Latin America’s market downturn

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Great companies like Nubank, Inter, Gympass, Quinto Andar and several others were in their early innings at the time, but the market dislocation did not last long. Latin America became the fastest-growing VC region globally, and the market expanded to $16 billion in 2021.

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