Insider, a global marketing technology platform that uses artificial intelligence, raised $500 million in a funding round led by General Atlantic — a cash influx that will support plans to expand its business in the US.

General Atlantic Leads $500 Million Funding for Startup Insider - Bloomberg

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In the last years I’ve met and helped many international entrepreneurs and investors who felt somewhat lost or misinformed upon arrival to Barcelona.

Barcelona Startup Ecosystem: An Insider’s Look

On June 30th, 2020 my new book, The Humility Imperative — Effective Leadership in an Era of Arrogance — will be released. 

Why My New Book is a Failed Attempt at Something I Can’t Put My Finger On

I like to summarize things. For example, at the end of each month I create a <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/google" target="_blank">Google</a> Doc and write a report for myself where I track wins and failures and write about what I achieved and what I still need to work on.

What happens when your Medium post makes it to the front page of Hacker News?

Explore Gennady Volchek's insights on Shping's blockchain journey, transforming loyalty programs, combating counterfeits, and future tech strategies.

Revolutionizing Loyalty Programs: Gennady Volchek Unveils Shping's Blockchain Journey

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.   
- Charles Darwin

Will Baltic states Embrace Crypto Startups and Blockchain Companies?

Use these tips and tricks to gain media coverage for your startup. 

Media Coverage Options for a Startup With No News Pegs and Zero Budget 

A new report may indicate that insider threats are finding new innovative ways to attack core systems while circumventing important controls. 

Insider Threats are Increasingly Using Privilege Escalation Exploits

Michil Androsov shares an insider's perspective on how a simple idea from the depths of Siberia grew into a global ride-hailing phenomenon.

Building a Unicorn: The inDrive Tech Journey from Local Startup to Global Phenomenon 

Richard Zhang is the President of the University of Southern California's Blockchain@USC.

Richard Zhang on the Power and Potential of Blockchain: An Insider's Perspective

Article focuses on five major mistakes Startup owners make after getting funded.

5 Major Mistakes Startup Owners Make After Getting Funded

Learn secrets for increasing the likelihood of garnering an outlier valuation (as well as tips for avoiding an unfortunate re-trade).

6 Insider Secrets to Successful Mergers and Acquisitions

Reputational problems hit startups more painfully than established companies. And the matter may not be limited to only a scandal - the business often fails.

From Startup to F@*kup: How To Protect Your Online Reputation

Are your sales coming too slowly? Maybe you’re spending some money on Marketing, just to realize that you are not getting a return on your investment… Ugh, that feeling of powerlessness is painful. Right?

UX For Startup Founders: How to Grow Faster With Less Marketing Spend

For the last three years, the hype in blockchain space went from its highest ever to the lowest point. There are a lot of niches where blockchain technology found its product market fit, such as exchanges, cross-border payments, grey market financial operations, DeFi (not quite yet, but it works). But there are still tons of areas where it didn’t.

If You Were To Restart Your Blockchain Startup From Scratch In 2020. What Would You Do Differently?

by Anne Szustek Talbot, VP of Content, BX3

Don't Sell Solutions: How Your Scrappy Startup Can Tell Stories That Resonate

A collection of insider tips from our "How I Raised It" podcast

25 Startup Tips From 25 Venture Backed Founders

I was looking at the doctor’s face, my heart beating super fast, scared of what will come out of his mouth:

How I screwed up myself building my dream startup

An ICO or an initial coin offering is a form of funding through cryptocurrencies. Here, new projects sell their tokens in exchange for Ethereum or bitcoin. It is quite similar to the popular initial public funding where people purchase the shares of a company. Well, a token often gives access to the product that a certain company wants to bring to the market after getting the funds they require, often known as a utility token. It can ideally act as a virtual asset or a digital representation of the material.

Insider Tips for Launching a Successful ICO

So by now, most of you will have heard that Burning Man happened, on the playa at Black Rock, Nevada (I don’t know where that is either — somewhere near Reno, NV).

What, You Didn’t Go to Burning Man Either?? What Kind of Silicon Valley Insider Are You??

Knowing <a href="https://amzn.to/2A1d8QX" target="_blank">what your startup is worth</a> can be one of the hardest things as a <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/startup" target="_blank">startup</a> founder. But the real problem is not necessarily finding <a href="https://amzn.to/2uywmI8" target="_blank">the right valuation method</a>, but avoiding a valuation too low or too high. What are the big problems with missing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldilocks_principle" target="_blank">Goldilocks Principle</a> and not finding the golden middle ground?

The Problem of Startup Valuation Going Too High or Too Low!

So, you have decided to digitize your business. But who to entrust this major challenge with? Assuming you are not going to transform your firm into a web-dev, you need third-party IT specialists. The practice is common nowadays. According to <a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/ar/Documents/strategy/us-global-shared-services-report.pdf" target="_blank">Deloitte statistics</a>, 53 percent of IT functions are being already outsourced worldwide. After all, if it’s OK for Skype, Slack, Opera, and Facebook, why shouldn’t it work for you?

7 Secrets of Fruitful Cooperation with IT Outsourcing Company (From the Insiders)

I remember when <a href="https://medium.com/@nostrand.tim" data-anchor-type="2" data-user-id="cdd72a321ae5" data-action-value="cdd72a321ae5" data-action="show-user-card" data-action-type="hover" target="_blank">Tim Nostrand</a> showed me Periscope back in 2015. He was using it to broadcast “messages of positivity” to the world and I was shocked at how many people were tuning in and chatting. Sure, most of them were trolls, but there was the spark of something important there.

2018 Startup Trends: Next-Generation Interactive Live Video with Massive Mainstream Audiences

I’ve learned a lot from the development of <a href="http://www.namelayer.com/" target="_blank">NameLayer</a>, and I’m ready to divulge every trick in my arsenal. In this guide, I provide realistic solutions to the frustrations encountered when naming a company. Plus, I’ll have some fun analyzing both good and bad company names.

READ THIS before naming your startup

In <a href="https://hackernoon.com/insider-reflections-on-the-ico-bubble-6304c4d25ed8" target="_blank">Part I of this series I presented my take on the ICO bubble as CEO of a company in the middle of the ICO process</a>. In this companion piece I present post-ICO insights on what it takes to run a professional ICO at the end of 2017.&nbsp; In part III, I’ll present my predictions for the ICO market in 2018.

Insider Reflections on the ICO Bubble, Part II: What it takes to ICO.

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Barcelona Startup Ecosystem: An Insider’s Look

Why My New Book is a Failed Attempt at Something I Can’t Put My Finger On

What happens when your Medium post makes it to the front page of Hacker News?

Revolutionizing Loyalty Programs: Gennady Volchek Unveils Shping's Blockchain Journey

Will Baltic states Embrace Crypto Startups and Blockchain Companies?

Media Coverage Options for a Startup With No News Pegs and Zero Budget

Insider Threats are Increasingly Using Privilege Escalation Exploits

Building a Unicorn: The inDrive Tech Journey from Local Startup to Global Phenomenon

Richard Zhang on the Power and Potential of Blockchain: An Insider's Perspective

5 Major Mistakes Startup Owners Make After Getting Funded

6 Insider Secrets to Successful Mergers and Acquisitions

From Startup to F@*kup: How To Protect Your Online Reputation

UX For Startup Founders: How to Grow Faster With Less Marketing Spend

If You Were To Restart Your Blockchain Startup From Scratch In 2020. What Would You Do Differently?

Don't Sell Solutions: How Your Scrappy Startup Can Tell Stories That Resonate

25 Startup Tips From 25 Venture Backed Founders

How I screwed up myself building my dream startup

Insider Tips for Launching a Successful ICO

What, You Didn’t Go to Burning Man Either?? What Kind of Silicon Valley Insider Are You??

The Problem of Startup Valuation Going Too High or Too Low!

7 Secrets of Fruitful Cooperation with IT Outsourcing Company (From the Insiders)

2018 Startup Trends: Next-Generation Interactive Live Video with Massive Mainstream Audiences

READ THIS before naming your startup

Insider Reflections on the ICO Bubble, Part II: What it takes to ICO.

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