Venture companies in South and Central America get a jolt of life with a fast-evolving large language model called Latam-GPT. The project complements popular models, but with dynamic regional perspective. Importantly, AI systems often represent human biases in training data. As a sign of a complex worldview, there are more […]
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Young companies fall into two categories. Either they do not have enough cash-at-hand to achieve their near-term business objectives or their capital requirements are so large that they must resort to outside investors to move forward. Pitching funding sources successfully is an enormous task in a global marketplace infused with competition for capital. Startups commonly mimic others’ tactics and strategies to simplify a complex process.
How to Network Your Way to Investors
Our headline understates the scope of this impressive work. The author offers an a-to-z treatment of how to raise capital in a concise do-it-yourself volume. Certainly, strategic networking is an essential component of that process, but we also learn about investor presentations and initial valuations. One take-away from this book […]
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India Sprints, Like a Cheetah
Prime Minister Modi celebrated his birthday on September 17 by re-introducing a group of cheetahs to Kuno National Park, an outsized wildlife refuge in central India. The Asiatic cheetah, a subspecies of the African cheetah, once roamed freely across the nation. By 1952, the animal was declared extinct in India. […]
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