10 Tips to Improve Your Local SEO Rankings

Local SEO is a strategy to rank higher in local Google Search Results. It has different requirements than traditional Search Engine Optimization (SEO) because it needs you to understand what they are looking for when searching locally. Since as many as 46% of the total queries are local, such SEO […]

PatPat, an e-commerce website that sells kids wear and matching family outfits, raises $160M from SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2, bringing its total raised to $700M+ (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)

Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: PatPat, an e-commerce website that sells kids wear and matching family outfits, raises $160M from SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2, bringing its total raised to $700M+  —  SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 has invested $160 million in PatPat, a global e-commerce website that sells baby and matching family […]

Why Local Marketing is a Startup’s Best Friend

Marketing is tough for new startups, especially those that have an absence of experienced marketing-related leadership. You’re already juggling dozens of important priorities and trying to maintain a grip on your fragile customer base; on top of that; you have to review your marketing priorities and keep a balanced budget […]

How to talk to vaccine-hesitant people

Like millions of Americans, Ryan Steward was afraid of getting the covid-19 vaccine.  “I’m generally distrusting of the government,” he says. “I’m not the foil-hat-wearing type, but I’m the type of fellow that wants to verify facts. The vaccine came out quickly after the pandemic had started, too, and there […]

Revenue-based financing startup Jenfi raises $6.3M to focus on high-growth Southeast Asian companies

Many Southeast Asian digital businesses run into obstacles when seeking early-stage growth financing. They might not want to sell equity in their company, but often struggle to secure working capital loans from traditional financial institutions. That’s where Singapore-based Jenfi comes in, providing revenue-based financing of up to $500,000 with flexible […]