The rout in the stock market has cast a shadow over the private-equity market, with valuations tumbling for many companies and some delaying plans to go public.

“Fears over the falling stock market, inflation and a potential U.S. recession have spilled over to the venture-capital industry, and multiples on mid- and late-stage valuations are rapidly compressing,” says Asheem Chandna, a partner at Greylock Partners.

CEOs usually have a good rhythm and strategy in place when managing their employees. But many CEOs find managing the expectations of their investors and board members to be something of a fine art.

From my experience, there is a golden rule to remember: No surprises. Keep your board members abreast of any updates, changes and even potential happenings, and you'll maintain good relations. In fact, they'll respect you for it.

Equity crowdfunding provides a viable funding channel for start-ups. SEBI can consider allowing this, with adequate checks

The Indian start-up story received a lot of attention last year when global investors, flush with funds, bet big on fledgling Indian companies. Number of deals as well as deal value was the highest ever in the third quarter of 2021 and a string of consumer-facing start-ups made bombastic debuts on Indian stock market.

REMINGTON, Va. — For years, there's been a cardinal rule for flying civilian drones: Keep them within your line of sight. Not just because it's a good idea — it's also the law.

But some drones have recently gotten permission to soar out of their pilots' sight. They can now inspect high-voltage power lines across the forested Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia. They're tracking endangered sea turtles off Florida's coast and monitoring seaports in the Netherlands and railroads from New Jersey to the rural West.

Axilor Ventures has announced the launch of its second fund with a corpus of $100 million (Rs 770 crore). The Category-I Axilor Technology Fund II (ATF-II) will continue to back early stage startups across enterprise SaaS (Software-as-a-Service), Business-to-Business (B2B) commerce, agritech, consumer tech, fintech, and healthtech.

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Scientists from the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and the University of Stuttgart (Germany) have managed to synthesize and extensively characterize a series of cobalt molecules that exhibit the properties of molecular magnets, an encouraging result for the future of quantum-scale computing.

Image: Molecular magnets CREDIT P. S. Ferreira, A. C. Cerdeira, T. F. C. Cruz, N. A. G. Bandeira, D. Hunger, A. Allgaier, J. van Slageren, M. Almeida, L. C. J. Pereira and P. T. Gomes, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D2QI00601D

“An iPod, a phone and an internet communicator.”

It’s one of the most famous launch lines in tech product history. Fifteen years ago last week, Steve Jobs’s iPhone landed in shops.

It’s hard to recall just what a different world we were living in at the time. There was no TikTok, Instagram or WhatsApp.

People used ‘4’ instead of ‘four’ and ‘2’ instead of ‘two’ because mobile operators charged per text message. Devices called cameras still existed.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) holds great benefits for prostate cancer patients worldwide, suggests a new study.

The largest prostate cancer biopsy dataset - involving over 95,000 images - has been created by researchers in Sweden to ensure AI can be trained to diagnose and grade prostate cancer for real world clinical applications.

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During the pandemic, the global workforce was toiling away under the weight of chronic stress, financial insecurity, and collective grief. We became exhausted, self-efficacy decreased, and cynicism grew. It’s no wonder that people eventually hit the wall and started leaving their jobs in droves.

I know some entrepreneurs with successful businesses, and others who seem to have a great relationship with their family, but I can’t think of many who have both. Some people would argue that these two successes are mutually exclusive, but I’m not convinced.

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? For example, it used to be that marketing via social media meant banner ads on Facebook, buying search engine results, and sponsoring blog entries, but these don’t suffice anymore.

Hope you’re enjoying a long holiday weekend for the Fourth of July.

For a growing number of workers, four-day workweeks aren’t just for holidays anymore.

The pandemic — and its tremendous consequences for the labor market — have led some companies to scrap the traditional five-day workweek that has been a hallmark of the American workplace for decades.

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Facebook when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire or better? So people ask me “How many shares should I ask for or expect when I join a startup today?” In reality, the number of shares doesn’t mean anything – it’s your percent of the total that you need to negotiate.

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If you can dream about your goals, you can certainly achieve them. After all, nothing worth having comes easy. Those who are stubborn about making their dreams a reality can achieve the best of things in life. Proving his potential as an achiever, Dennis Loos is a primary example of an immense success story. He is an entrepreneur based in Dubai with his expertise in marketing and business development.

I recently worked on a pro bono project for a friend, and it reminded me of a time early in my career and how lucky I was then to get such great advice from the more seasoned pros around me. Advice that ultimately saved me from some major pitfalls. I made mistakes here and there over the course of nearly 20 years of projects, but with each hiccup came a lesson. Here are some takeaways from my lessons learned and all that sage advice.

Digital Payments are estimated to grow at a rapid pace to account for more than 70% share of all payments by 2025. The continued innovation and increased performance in digital technology, consumer demand for one-touch payments, policy push towards financial inclusion, desire to marginalize cash, and an exponential rise in digital applications and services are the mega-trends that are driving the Digital Payments revolution.

Taking a cue from the RBI’s views shared in a recent ‘Annual Statistical Conference’, it is time for banks to introspect about the internal data augmentation strategies and linking them with policy and process reforms.

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One of the things I’ve learned over my years as a business mentor and investor is that life isn’t fair when it comes to succeeding in business. You may think that passion and hard work are all you need, but I believe we all have unique strengths, and you need to recognize yours, and capitalize on them above all else, in order to get the advantage you need to win in business.

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What can organizations do to determine if their DEI initiatives are mere scaffolds or performative solidarity — or whether they’re actually positioned to put racial and gender equity at the center of the company’s core values and move the needle on change. Leaving DEI scaffolds in place can create the “illusion of inclusion,” which organizations must resist. The authors describe a framework intended to help leaders move DEI to something deeply woven into an organization’s mission, culture, and values.

Canada has lagged behind its peer nations in innovation for decades. Currently, Canada is ranked 11th out of the 16 similarly developed countries assessed. While our “C” grade is a moderate improvement over our previous “D” grade, innovation still remains a barrier to high-quality job creation and economic prosperity in Canada.