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Podcast
Episode 12
Neon Founder Megha Agarwal On Simplifying Buy Now Pay Later
In this episode of Rise of the Next, she explains her approach to scoring customers looking for ease of pay and interest-free loans.
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Emerging Sectors
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demo day
7 min read
Stonks Spices Up Digital Demo Day
The company wants to create FOMO around startup investing.
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Podcast
Episode 9
StructionSite Founder Matt Daly on Digitizing the Trillion-Dollar Construction Business
Instead of a manual inspection, his company allows contractors to tour a job site with a 360-degree video that documents ongoing work with the help of AI.
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space tech
6 min read
Gilmour Space Sees Telecom as the Next Frontier, Not Just Mars
The company builds and launches small, low-cost satellite-carrying rockets for customers focused on the space economy.
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Promising Regions
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Somos Lucha
5 min read
500 LatAm Welcomes Batch 15 Startups to its Somos Lucha Program
We selected 10 companies out of 1,040. They hail from Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Mexico, and for the first time, Costa Rica.
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indonesia
9 min read
To Gauge Bukalapak’s Value, Look at its Mitra Strategy
In light of recent announcements, this article seeks to make sense of public information Bukalapak has shared about how it's catering to smaller enterprises in Indonesia.
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crypto
7 min read
Bahraini Crypto Exchange Rain Wants to Become a Global Player
Armed with $110 million in fresh funding, the company is targeting new licenses from regulators across the Middle East and beyond.
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Building A Better World
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responsible technology
9 min read
Salesforce’s Paula Goldman Talks Ethical Tech for Startups
Ethical tech isn’t just a concern for Silicon Valley giants, early stage companies should be focused on it too.
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8 min read
How to B Corp for Startups
Investing Strategies
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venture studios
22 min read
The Secrets to Venture Studio Model Success
In this study, we look into some of the most commonly held beliefs for why venture studios thrive, and compare them with our internal data and the performance of a select group of noteworthy venture studios.
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sleeper hits
9 min read
Blockbusters vs. Sleeper Hits: What Movies Can Teach Us About Startup Investing
Just like sleeper hit movies, there are unicorns that grow under the radar and get virtually no buzz for years, but deliver high valuations and even better multiples for investors.
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Podcast
Episode 2
Mac Conwell’s Secret Weapon for Raising Funds: Twitter
On December 2, 2021, 500 Global convened the global venture capital community in Miami to its PreMoney 2021 conference for an interactive experience at the nexus of culture, technology, investment and global finance.
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Founder Tips
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Podcast
Episode 11
Tips for Founders on Scaling Globally
Aaron McDaniel and Klaus Wehage of 10X Innovation Lab join us on our podcast Rise of the Next to discuss the importance of building a company with a global mindset from the start.
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