Nonprofits in the Metaverse: Pros and Cons
NonProfit PRO
DECEMBER 8, 2022
While the metaverse is still being built — and is so new that it’s hard to define exactly what it means — there’s a lot of marketing hype (and money) being wrapped up into it.
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The big three cloud providers, Amazon, Microsoft and Google currently make up 67% of the market
TechSpot
MAY 6, 2024
Synergy Research Group has released its latest data on business trends in the cloud computing market. The three major companies involved in the lucrative business are racking up huge amounts of money, aided "in no small part" by the hype surrounding generative AI services. Read Entire Article
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Amid the AI hype, don’t forget about no-code
TechCrunch
APRIL 18, 2023
The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. On the AI side, I don’t need to reiterate just how much market demand there is for modern LLM tooling. Amid the AI hype, don’t forget about no-code by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
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What will it take to reignite the NFT market?
TechCrunch
AUGUST 1, 2022
With July now behind us, we have a full month of trading data from the NFT market to digest. While there are some positive signals from the non-fungible token market that matter, others are decidedly negative. It seemed doubtful that the period of hype that gave us endless Bored Ape derivatives would last forever.
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The upcoming TripActions IPO has us hype
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
The IPO market is still frozen like a Nordic lake dotted with fishing huts, but there are signs that a thaw is now in sight. These are going to be big, noisy, large-dollar transactions that will provide valuable data concerning market appetite for tech shares generally and shed light on two important startup sectors’ respective worth.
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Meet the Bop House, the internet’s divisive new OnlyFans hype house
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
The name itself is a reference to Gen Z slang which stands for baddie on point, a term used to describe a person who uses their body to make money. The deliberate marketing of youthful personas for adult content is creating a demand for barely-legal performers. Many members, including Rain, are 21 and under (one even wears braces).
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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
The process of raising money in Asia is very different from raising money in Silicon Valley and, frankly, it’s not nearly as easy. The region’s other strong VC presence resides in Japan, which has the typical Japanese model of a few large firms dominating the market. First, investors in Asia flock to hype.
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Does web3 need a venture bailout now that AI has all the hype?
TechCrunch
MARCH 1, 2023
The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Happily, we can bring our question concerning the terminal cash date for formerly richly valued startups and the changing genre focus of the venture market together this morning. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.
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Hype, hope and money: Your guide to all the EV SPAC investigations going on
TechCrunch
APRIL 18, 2022
Most of them attracted scrutiny mere months after debuting on the public market for misleading investors with unrealistic projections. In fact, these companies have proven so difficult to monitor that the SEC in March proposed new rules to instill oversight.
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BeReal: Hype or hit? What to know about the Gen Z photo-sharing app climbing the charts
TechCrunch
APRIL 22, 2022
Poparazzi — an app that turned Instagram’s tagging feature into its entire premise — hyped itself to the top of the App Store using a series of growth hacks not too long ago. It sure seems like it’s put some of that money to use. The students would receive the money via PayPal or Venmo, they said.
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Why LatAm’s fintech boom is more than hype and superlative venture investment
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Of all the startup markets in the world, fintech in Latin America is one of the hottest. Capital is flowing into the region’s financial technology companies at a slicing pace, leading to a wave of startups that are building private-market value at a simply astounding rate. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.
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9 Ways to Use Text Messaging for Your Virtual Fundraising Event
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MAY 2, 2021
Explore the many ways your team can reach all your supporters at once and take full advantage of this powerful nonprofit marketing tool. Get event registrants hyped before the big day! 1) Promote your virtual fundraising event. For example: Hey Lend-a-Paw Volunteer! We’d love it if you could help us with our virtual gala on March 20.
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TechCrunch+ roundup: Dry powder’s slow fuse, landing page basics, generative AI hype
TechCrunch
JANUARY 6, 2023
Young looks back at “five key failure points” that are common potholes on every founder’s path and shares tactical advice for addressing internal conflict, losing product-market fit and other stumbles. Money is power, and VCs know it. Based on historical data, the IPO market has opened up after 18 to 24 months, on average,” she found.
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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve
Forj
DECEMBER 29, 2017
This is our most popular Managing eLearning post every year, and by now we know you want to see the hype curve first. Here it is: Our 2018 eLearning predictions set in terms of Gartner’s hype cycle. We use our knowledge of practical use cases to put the media and marketing hype in perspective. Innovation Trigger.
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Friend.tech hype grows, Tornado Cash founders go for a spin and FBI’s monitoring North Korean hackers
TechCrunch
AUGUST 24, 2023
But that’s ok, we dove deep into the hype and looked at what skeptics are worried about for the new application. federal courts FBI says North Korean hackers preparing to cash out after high-profile crypto hacks Friend.tech hype is skyrocketing, but will it actually reach the stars? federal agencies.
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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 3, 2020
This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. In fact, one of the most in-demand job skills for digital marketers and fundraisers is knowing how to effectively use social media advertising channels and Google Ads.
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Nonprofit Event Marketing: 4 Ways To Amp Up Excitement
Greater Giving
JUNE 15, 2022
Making Nonprofit Event Marketing a Priority Can Have a Major Effect on your Event Success. Of course, just because you’re offering the same kinds of events as last year, doesn’t mean you should repeat the same nonprofit event marketing campaigns. Take a multi-channel marketing approach. gatherings. Add incentives. As part of.
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rali_cap gets backing from global VCs and launches $30M fintech fund for emerging markets
TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2022
Rali_cap , an early-stage venture capital firm focused on emerging markets fintech, has launched a $30 million fund. while the rest are spread across Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia, markets where they deployed more than $6 million last year. Last year, rali_cap raised $2 million, money it has since deployed.
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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough
NTEN
MARCH 18, 2010
Simply put, the cloud by its very nature offers you better, more effective software solutions while saving your organization time, money and effort. My own organization (a cloud vendor) looked at our core marketing messages and settled on "where business is going." David Geilhufe, NetSuite, Inc.
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Psychedelics startups are on a long journey to consumer markets, but these 5 VCs are taking the ride
TechCrunch
MAY 4, 2022
.” A more favorable regulatory and social landscape is helping psychedelic startups gain a foothold, but they still have to walk a tightrope that’s susceptible to the vagaries of market sentiment. But as public market sentiment fluctuates, specialized VCs seem more likely to stick around for the whole trip. Ready for the trip?
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For tech titans, AI prominence is the new measuring stick
TechCrunch
MARCH 20, 2023
The current wave of AI hype has two main flavors that I’m interested in. And the second, the startups levering the improving tool set to build and improve products, helping them grow quickly and attack new markets. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.
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Ascend raises $25 million for pre-seed AI startups in the Pacific Northwest
TechCrunch
MAY 9, 2023
We are really fortunate to be investing at this time regardless of the hype.” Winfield isn’t fully avoiding the hype though. “I would say that money trickled in a lot more strongly in 2019 when I raised Fund I,” Winfield said. Plus, we all know how aggressive VCs chasing hype can be.
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Charities in the Cloud: Why the Hype Might Not Be Quite Hypey Enough
NTEN
MARCH 18, 2010
Simply put, the cloud by its very nature offers you better, more effective software solutions while saving your organization time, money and effort. My own organization (a cloud vendor) looked at our core marketing messages and settled on "where business is going." David Geilhufe, NetSuite, Inc.
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Venture capital appears to slow its web3 funding rush
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. It’s canon in the blockchain world that rapid business cycles are part of the game, with periods of hype and spending followed by periods of lower consumer activity. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get The Exchange newsletter every Saturday.
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What Role Does Direct Mail Play In Fundraising In A Digital World?
Bloomerang
JULY 26, 2024
You have to spend money to make money For donor acquisition , direct mail returns of 2% were considered good then. The real money came with repeat giving as measured by donor lifetime value. Despite all the hype, the average response rate of online and social media channels is disappointingly low. And it cost $1.25
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No one knows what anything is worth
TechCrunch
JANUARY 16, 2021
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. Already marked up by their IPO pricing, seeing so many unicorns achieve such rich public-market valuations made us wonder who was mispricing whom. Milestones and megarounds. Minna raised €15.5
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The SPAC boom was a failure, yeah?
TechCrunch
JANUARY 11, 2022
The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. But the results are proving to be pure trash so frequently once the hype has died down and real, post-debut life begins that I would hazard that we’ve collected enough data to call the SPAC boom a failure. A failure in what terms? The unicorn pileup.
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New York City’s enterprise tech startups could be heading for a superheated exit wave
TechCrunch
AUGUST 12, 2021
Yesterday, we dug into preliminary Q3 data for the Chinese startup market. The firm ran the numbers on Q1 and Q2 venture performance in their target market. What emerged from the data is a startup market busy accelerating its ability to raise capital, mint unicorns and, increasingly, generate outsized exits.
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Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms
TechCrunch
APRIL 30, 2021
Mix in the impending SPAC-led debut of eToro , general bullishness in the cryptocurrency space, record highs for some equities markets, and recent rounds from Public.com , M1 Finance and U.K.-based The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. We’ll also put similar questions to their backers. Bullish data, bearish data.
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Self-driving cars are taking ages to become a reality, but they won’t take forever
TechCrunch
MAY 16, 2023
The spotlight of hype has lit up many areas since autonomous driving had its own time in the sun , but progress in the technology is chugging along. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. There’s a lot of good news to be found.
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Stop sensationalizing the ‘collapse’ of VC: Look at the data
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Instead of a collapse, the data suggests a healthy “reversion to the mean” following an astonishing and historic hype cycle in 2021. First, inflation soared as COVID stimulus money drove up demand. Massive write-ups can only be followed by massive write-downs when the market softens. More volatility.
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Good morning! We regret to inform you that the wealthy are at it again
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Don’t forget that the code “EQUITY” can save you money on Disrupt tickets and TechCrunch+ access. Get super stoked, because we are hype. Very kind of the market to kick off Disrupt with some good news. Crypto is quieter, with prices not changing much and the general vibe of the market not evolving a whit.
In first IPO price range, Airbnb’s valuation recovers to pre-pandemic levels
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2020
The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. billion valuation and is far superior to the $18 billion, post-money valuation that it raised at during its troubled period early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Expectations, hopes and hype. Its fully-diluted valuation exceeds that $30.5 And if so, is Airbnb expensive or not?
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How to Create the Best Nonprofit Marketing Plan
Qgiv
AUGUST 13, 2021
To successfully market your nonprofit, you need to have a strategy. Whether you’re looking to raise more money, recruit volunteers, or just spread the word about your nonprofit, you should draft a thorough nonprofit marketing plan to help you meet your goals! The Importance of Creating a Marketing Plan. Request Demo.
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The revenge of the quiet companies
TechCrunch
JUNE 7, 2022
The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. On the other end of the newsiness spectrum are companies that grow consistently, don’t burn too much money — and therefore don’t raise too often — and stay busy doing things that don’t demand headlines. Today, we’ll attempt a corrective.
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As venture capital rebounds, what’s going on with venture debt?
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. As The Exchange reported last week, “How much money was raised by U.S.-based So, when some survey data on the venture debt market from Runway Growth Capital came in, I started collecting my notes into a single entry. based startups in Q3 2020?
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Despite blockchain gaming’s play-to-earn angle, I prefer to pay
TechCrunch
JANUARY 11, 2022
It’s a phrase you’ll hear often if you spend time with professional private market investors. There are less crassly capitalistic reads of why venture capitalists allow startups to sell equity to employees at below-market rates through options. Everyone is happy, and the game can go on making money forever, right?
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Flink, the Berlin-based instant grocery startup, is now valued at $2.85B after raising $750M in a round led by DoorDash
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Instant grocery delivery continues to be a very frothy market, but today comes news of a major funding round for one player in it that investors believe will still be standing after the hype has died down. billion post-money). billion post-money). billion ($2.85 billion ($2.85
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Detroit VCs weigh in on fundraising and building startups in Michigan and the Midwest
TechCrunch
APRIL 19, 2021
Like the one we held last month in Miami, the event was a blast and featured a talk with two local VCs on which startups work in Detroit and how to raise money from local investors. Origin story: How StockX became the stock market of hype. TechCrunch just hosted a small virtual meetup with Detroit startups and venture capitals.
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Someone Hacked Paul Krugman's Twitter to Launch a "New York Times Coin"
Futurism
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Driven by a combo of hype and high prices from promises of government legitimacy , the racket is growing and not even crypto's critics are safe. Then there are those who view crypto as a get-rich-quick scheme, a sort of stock market to be played for short-term gains. We dont do any of those things. billion in known revenue.
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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 22, 2024
Chris has helped hundreds of nonprofit charities to raise more money for their mission through gala fundraisers. Kimberly is here to help you break records and raise the most money for your charitable cause. He also did stints in other markets including Los Angeles, Sacramento and Albuquerque.
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1047 Games raises $100M on the runaway success of its debut title, Splitgate
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
“5 years ago it was very hit driven: you spend years developing a product, put all this money into hyping the launch, and then hope it’s a success,” Proulx explained. Why would I spend money marketing a product that I have no idea about whether it will be a success?
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Beacons raises $6 million for its link-in-bio homepage builder that lets creators monetize
TechCrunch
MAY 24, 2021
Mobile landing page builder Beacons has raised a $6 million seed round to expand its vision for empowering creators to make money beyond the cramped confines of their social media profiles. MIT professor wants to overhaul ‘The Hype Machine’ that powers social media. “I Image Credits: Beacons.
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Startups, Supreme, and soft-circling your way to an investment
TechCrunch
MARCH 20, 2021
Hear how Poshmark went from Series A to the public markets with Manish Chandra and Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha. 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. Saying ‘yes, please’ to no code.
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