The Next Web

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Enrique Allen is the co-director of Designer Fund where he provides angel funding, mentorship and connections to designers creating businesses with meaningful impact. We need to be more diligent about not spending our scarce attention working on startups that go nowhere and learn how to pick ones that actually live up to all the hype.

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Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

Before we get completely swept up, let’s not forget the previous technology hype cycles that have come and gone. 2) Fast follow The Gartner Hype Cycle captures the euphoria new technologies tend to generate in the early days. has likely put it near the peak of the hype cycle.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2007

I asked Miles this question: There's a lot of media attention being paid to "Web 2.0" " or what we call "hype" - how does a small nonprofit avoid getting seduced by the hype? tools and business applications for it. apps - are they ready for business uses? and volcom sector adoption.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

In the attention economy, influencers have the eyeballs right now. While the shine of a streamer is enticing, it didnt benefit his business. TikToks Hype House could film themselves dancing for hours and hours, but failed when it came to reality television. But MrBeast misunderstands the power balance.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2021

Okay, the GPT-3 hype seems pretty reasonable. Okay, the GPT-3 hype seems pretty reasonable. New markets emerge for carbon accounting businesses as cities like LA push proposals. Crowdfunding limits are poised to change next week, but most VCs aren’t paying attention — yet. A seedy asset class. Seen on EC .

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

Should we believe the hype? If you have sensitive or proprietary business content, it’s always best to exercise caution and avoid sharing it in a public or unsecure environment.” “I’d I’d pay close attention to that disclaimer,” Jane advised. Is ChatGPT’s style a little stiff? But technology moves fast.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2022

While many funds are returning to more conservative check-writing , with a focus on profitability and business fundamentals, crypto remains a sector in the spotlight that attracts dedicated billion-dollar funds and investment terms that remind us more of 2021 than 2022. Influx of cash-rich attention.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

Five Tips for Busy Fundraisers Every day brings some sort of new data point or insight that you’re expected to act upon. Prioritize what is important to you : A newly-published report does not automatically demand your attention, no matter how much it is being discussed on social media.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

TC Early Stage: It’s All About You Whether you’re still in the idea stage, working full-time while building your business on the side, or hard at work bootstrapping, TC Early Stage cuts through the hype and focuses on information to help you increase your knowledge, build your startup and improve your business future.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

can repair the attention-driven digital economy. But for founders looking to foray into the world of decentralization, it’s all too easy to become distracted from core business objectives by shiny new buzzwords emanating from the space. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. What’s your web3 strategy? FOMO is real.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

The hype around ChatGPT , OpenAI’s viral AI-powered chatbot, hasn’t reached a peak yet. ” That new ventures are jumping on the ChatGPT hype train isn’t surprising, considering ChatGPT’s virality. “Product and business teams [can] use Baselit to query and analyze data using plain English.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Founders tend to think responsible AI practices are challenging to implement and may slow the progress of their business. They just call it “good business.”. It turns out, simple practices that make business sense and result in better products will go a long way toward reducing the risk of unforeseen societal harms.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

There’s hype around the company in its early days. Business as usual is over,” Amol Sarva, Knotel’s CEO and co-founder, said in a statement to Forbes. Anytime a company that has raised more than half a billion dollars basically implodes, it’s worth taking a look at the roller coaster ride it was on before it got to that point.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

They focus on vital topics and issues that help increase your knowledge and grow your business. The 10 speakers — in each category — who receive the most votes will present their topics at the show. Both roundtables and breakouts draw big crowds at Disrupt and for good reason.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

We’re looking at this from another point of view,” Spikes said of the company’s relaunch, adding that he now plans to run the business like a “co-op.” He hyped the relaunch under his new vision, which, he says, will be “powered by web3 technology.”. Real screenshot from the Moviepass presentation. Gotta respect it. Gotta respect it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Digital identity startup Passbase , which offers SDKs for running remote identity checks, has raised $10 million in Series A funding as it dials up attention on crypto compliance — touting tools to help fintechs with rapidly evolving regulatory requirements. as a result of concerns around child safety.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The year-end giving season kicks off with a lot of hype around GivingTuesday, when nonprofits invest significant time, energy, and resources into launching campaigns for the special day. Folks are busy, especially as the holiday season approaches, and they often need to be reminded through multiple channels and touches.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

There’s been a lot of hype about “web3”, but the reality is that it’s still a largely nascent and fragmented concept, and that has led to web3 startups building platforms to engage with it more easily getting a lot of attention.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Taking an unconventional route to a conventional business Kat Norton is a Microsoft Excel influencer. She has over a million followers on TikTok and Instagram, where she goes by the name Miss Excel, and she’s leveraged that into a software training business that is now generating up to six figures of revenue a day. That’s great.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Hands-on learning on the Builders Stage As the original startup conference, we’re extremely proud of how Disrupt has helped generations of founders build their businesses. Only the top 200 win a coveted spot on the show floor in San Francisco, plus the attention of media and investors on the lookout for the next big disruptor.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Naturally, the company’s investors are bullish on the company’s business model. It’s this thoughtful attention to detail and customer trust that sets Abodu apart from other similar offerings.” Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Parsing the hype, though, Pilot AI uses AI to pull information out of sales calls, generating notes and populating CRM fields after the calls conclude. Meanwhile, Attention taps AI tech and natural language processing to fill in CRMs after calls and draft follow-up emails. ” That’s a bold claim.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Especially important for recruiters is finding candidates with the skills that align with their business’ goals and strategy. For example, as more organizations embrace a data-driven approach to operating their business, they need more people with skills in analytics and machine learning to help them make sense of the data they collect.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

With that in mind, Sesamm enables businesses to track textual data from across the web — including news portals, NGO reports and social networks — and convert this into actionable insights. .” ” Example ESG dashboard produced through Sesamm.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The metaverse cometh for us : The TechCrunch crew has been chewing on the metaverse for a while now, trying to tease out substance from hype, and real possibility from rank speculation. Census just raised $60 million for what Ron Miller describes as “a data layer between business operations and a company’s data warehouse.”

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Rivian, which has a steady CEO and founder and relatively modest goals for the next few years, could be a good test of all that hype. Either way, the splashy debut is sure to draw a lot of attention to the startup and its electric vehicles.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Poparazzi , the anti-Instagram social app that hit the top of the App Store last year, is today, for the first time, detailing the growth stats for its business, its future plans and its previously unconfirmed Benchmark-led Series A round. Poparazzi hypes itself to the top of the App Store. 1 position on the App Store.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

There has been significant hype around Latin America’s startup success. In fact, the evolution of business shares far more similarities across countries than we might expect. This is not very different from the timeline of businesses in other markets such as the United States. For good reason, too: Startups have raised $9.3

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2022

If you were plugged in to the startup news cycle recently, you’ve been busy. From falling tech stocks to retreating unicorns and infinite early-stage hype, we are in a strange period, but one that I think we can now put a bow atop and move on from. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

million raised by the SPAC was withdrawn — particularly as the SPAC hype gives way in the face of an underperforming market and tighter regulation. It’s a usual occurrence — for instance, when BuzzFeed went public last December, 94% of the $287.5 Despite the seeming setback, there’s good news for Swvl.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

Image Credits: Arye Elfenbein/WildType There’s a lot of hype around plant-based burgers and nuggets, but alternative seafood products are attracting more attention — and funding — from investors these days. Slower food : Manish reports that Indian food delivery giant Swiggy is about to cut 380 jobs.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The hype is problematic, but the revolution is real. If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? of ChatGPT last December.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Maybe their name helps the firm close new funds with LPs, and maybe their calendar doesn’t need to be busy with a ton of introduction calls, just annual investor meetings. No one is incentivized to say that they aren’t doing business as usual, which creates a landscape of extremes. The tide is shifting on tech’s layoff wave.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

Weaving web3 threads : As Ingrid notes, there is “a lot of hype around web3,” but building platforms within the space is still relatively new. The startup, now with a $160 million valuation, is creating a toolkit for easier development of web3 products and has gained some big-name attention in just nine months. Startups and VC.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Now, with 100,000 creators and hundreds of thousands of players, it’s raised a further $40 million to continue building out its product — specifically to bring in monetization features and more social hooks — as well as to hire more talent and for business development.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

” Despite the hype about ease of use, enterprise companies always ask customers to abandon familiar tools so they can learn something new. “It’s attention.” In recent months, many investors and entrepreneurs have noisily departed for Miami, citing the region’s favorable business climate and quality of life.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Michelle Obama’s show, which was widely hyped as a major exclusive get, also now has its first season available everywhere. Exclusive deals garner headlines and attention, but when it comes to succeeding in the medium to long-term, ad sales will be key. They might not want to put their money in iHeart’s pockets.

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