Startup Digest - Your Weekly Reads

Four diverse reads for you to digest. Build on builders!

Issue #3  •  May 28  •  view online

Startup Reading List A weekly selection of top articles, videos and resources on startup life.

Four diverse reads for you to digest. Build on builders!

Meet Investors & Potential Partners: Apply for Startup of the Year by 5/31 The Startup of the Year program (Established by TechCo) invites startups across all verticals to apply. Over the past decade, GrubHub, Groupon, Maxwell Health and thousands more have participated. The 100 semifinalists will showcase, meet with investors, advisors and network with industry leaders. Funding, prizes and new relationships make this an incredible opportunity for startups. Learn more and apply today.

There are no Shortcuts: Why Showing up In Person is Everything You had an amazing meeting with an investor. Your product demo crushed. The dialog was great. They told you how much they loved your space. The meeting was only supposed to last 45 minutes but you… bothsidesofthetable.com  •  Share

4 Easy Things to Improve Sales at Your Startup – Hacker Noon Here are four straight forward things you can do to improve sales at your startup, that have been proven to work over and over again: 1One of the best things you can do to increase sales and set your… hackernoon.com  •  Share

The Angel VC: Dropbox, the ultimate Mouse Hunter christophjanz.blogspot.com  •  Share

a16z Podcast: Breaking Into Bio – Andreessen Horowitz Whether you're an academic seeking to move out of research and into industry, or simply interested in working at a bio startup, this episode of the a16z Podcast is for you. It covers everything from how to build a brand in the space when you don't have one to how the bio and how the healthcare startup ecosystem is different from traditional tech (or traditional pharma), to how to choose the right co-founder — or even identify what problems to solve and build a company around. a16z.com  •  Share

Techstars Startup Digest Startup Reading List is curated by: Zubin Chagpar - @phylosopher zubin.chagpar@startupdigestmail.com

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Techstars Startup Digest - Emerging Economies - Issue #7

Emerging Economies or Emerged Economies? Excellent news pouring in from the world of startups and tha

Issue #7  •  May 19  •  view online

Emerging Economies Highlighting the budding entrepreneurial ecosystems from regions around the world.

Emerging Economies or Emerged Economies? Excellent news pouring in from the world of startups and that spreads equally from Brazil to Bahrain…from Kenya to South Asia. Enjoy your read on this issue of Techstars Startup Digest Emerging Economies and don't forget to share the good news!

Meet Investors & Potential Partners: Apply for Startup of the Year by 5/31 The Startup of the Year program (Established by TechCo) invites startups across all verticals to apply. Over the past decade, GrubHub, Groupon, Maxwell Health and thousands more have participated. The 100 semifinalists will showcase, meet with investors, advisors and network with industry leaders. Funding, prizes and new relationships make this an incredible opportunity for startups. Learn more and apply today.

She Started a Boot Camp for Kenya's Future Coders | Rising Stars | OZY Young journalist-turned-entrepreneur Audrey Cheng is coaching the next generation of Kenyan coding wizards. www.ozy.com  •  Share

PayPal Joins Indonesian Venture Firm to Develop Fintech Startups - Bloomberg Quint PayPal Joins Indonesian Venture Firm to Develop Fintech Startups www.bloombergquint.com   •   Share

How to apply for the Slush Global Impact Accelerator How to apply for the Slush Global Impact Accelerator. disrupt-africa.com  •  Share

Nigerian startups keep failing without funds unlike Silicon Valley — Quartz A young consumer internet founder blocked me recently. What's your #1 piece of advice for startups in Nigeria? Without missing a beat it was simple. Just F*%king Survive. That's it. Impossible for me to go deeper than that in my brief encounters. But whatever you are doing. Just f*%king survive. – Jason Njoku, founder of iRoko…. qz.com  •  Share

Brazilians might be creative, but can they bring innovation? Latin America's top economy has not ranked well in the latest innovation rankings. However, there are initiatives in Brazil certainly worth noting. brazilian.report  •  Share

An Innovator's City Guide to Cairo, Egypt This is the latest in a series of city guides to global innovation hubs. Each guide features a set of locations, curated by a city local, to help connect innovators and entrepreneurs to like-minded communities across the globe. This post focuses on Cairo, Egypt. singularityhub.com  •  Share

Emerging Asia: A guide for investors - Data Economy Everyone wants a piece of it. Even if they don't, they will end up somehow connected to it. Asia's tech heart is beating fast and data centres are pumping streams of revenues across the investor landscape. But what does the market really look like and what do you need to know? data-economy.com  •  Share

Southeast Asia's Carro raises $60M for its automotive marketplace and car financing service – TechCrunch Carro, an automotive marketplace and car financing startup based in Singapore, has closed a $60 million Series B round to scale its business in Southeast Asia. techcrunch.com  •  Share

New Middle East Over 500 international investors and select business leaders flocked to Bahrain to explore how to unlock opportunities across the 'New GCC' as 'Gateway Gulf Investor Forum' defined the region. www.wamda.com  •  Share

Techstars Startup Digest Emerging Economies is curated by: Rajesh Johnny (RaJ) - Co-founder - Oryx/InQ rajesh.johnny@startupdigestmail.com Anurag Maloo - Techstars Regional Manager (South & Central Asia) anurag.maloo@startupdigestmail.com

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