IPOs 2021: Braze Expands Partnerships for its App Ecosystem

The Customer Engagement Solutions market was estimated to grow at 10% CAGR from $12.56 billion in 2021 to $21.95 billion driven by the increasing adoption of AI and machine learning, rapid deployment of IoT and connected infrastructure solutions. New York-based Braze (NASDAQ: BRZE), a leading player in this market, went public last month.

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11 Udemy Courses on How To Build a Healthcare IT Startup

Healthcare is one of the fastest-growing startup sectors. If you’re interested in Healthcare innovation, we offer 11  Udemy courses that can help you with building a digital health startup.

Solo Entrepreneur Focused on Autonomy as Key Success Driver: Hank Luhring, Founder of IssueTrak (Part 1)

Hank tells the story of a solo entrepreneur who bootstrapped his product startup with services over a longer, slower period, while maintaining a high quality lifestyle. Success is personal. Autonomy and quality of life matter more to certain entrepreneurs than the flawed “Go Big and Go Home” mantra that VCs preach. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start

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Catching Up On Readings: Top 10 AI Startups 2021

This report from CRN looks at the top 10 AI startups in 2021 and says that the global AI market grew 15.2% to $341.8 billion. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.

Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Krish Ramineni, CEO of Fireflies.ai (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: In building your company, I’d like to understand how you sell. You’re getting leads through different parts of the company, but who buys your product? Is it Head of HR or Head of IT? Krish Ramineni: Our model is 100% self-service. It could be an individual swiping their card to pay or it

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10 Udemy Courses on How to Build a Startup by Piggybacking on a Platform

One of the most exciting trends in the tech industry currently is Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Developer Ecosystems. Entrepreneurs looking for a capital-efficient strategy should seriously consider bootstrapping by piggybacking on these PaaS players.

Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Krish Ramineni, CEO of Fireflies.ai (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Are you going after enterprises or SMBs? How do you go to market? Krish Ramineni: It’s a very blended mix. It’s a very interesting challenge and opportunity with product-led growth. Fireflies can be used by one-person SMBs as well as 10,000-strong organizations. Typically, it starts with that one user inside an organization who

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Colors: Solitude I

I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and

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