Speaking of workers, another article points out the difficulty in recruiting people from social media.

According to a report from Clutch, one in four companies say social media is the least effective method of recruiting.

According to the latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index™, small business loan approval rates at big banks ($10 billion+assests) reached a new record high in January 2020.

According to research from Smartly.io, a social media advertising automation platform, consumers are now shopping via social media.

Small Business Trends contacted Jonathan Kinas, Co-Founder/ Managing Partner, Aqua Vault Inc, to learn the story behind this product. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582326012.1164782/Top-Headlines:-Blowback-from-AB5-and-What-to-Expect-when-Hiring-Zoomers?ref=audio_experience

2 Shares EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInHello, and welcome back to Last Week In Venture, the weekly rundown of deals that may have flown under your radar.

The company announced this week that it raised $2.8 million in a Series A funding round led by Cultivation Capital.

Encrypted data can be decrypted by those in possession of a cryptographic key.

The thing is, to computers, encrypted data is also textual gobbledegook.

Computer scientists and cryptographers have long been looking for a way to work with encrypted data without needing to decrypt it in the process. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582324207.5401618/Last-Week-In-Venture:-Eyes-As-A-Service,-Environmental-Notes-And-Homomorphic-Encryption?ref=audio_experience

Image from Eric Ward on UnsplashEscaping a toxic marriage can be awful, especially when you’re trying to run a business.

But it is important for you to know that leaving a toxic marriage is possible and you can be happy again.

To help you understand your options, here are five tips to help you escape a toxic marriage.

Therefore, when you know you need to escape your toxic marriage, speak to friends and family about how you feel.

Meditation is a much-needed exercise after going through an ordeal such as ending a toxic marriage. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582322406.8365488/Exit-Strategy:-Escaping-a-Toxic-Marriage-–-Running-Your-Business?ref=audio_experience

TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) has released the list of its top-performing companies, as part of its 2020 Venture 50 event.

Venture 50 showcases the top performers in cleantech and life sciences, diversified industries, energy, mining, and technology.

The top-performing company across all sectors was dynaCERT, a Toronto-based cleantech company that offers carbon emission reduction technologies.

RELATED: mCloud to acquire Atlanta-based 3D tech company following TSX Venture Exchange debutWell Health Technologies was the top performer in the diversified industries sector, and Score Media and Gaming (TheScore) was the top-performing technology company.

The full Venture 50 list is available on the TSXV’s website. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582320606.733657/mCloud-Technologies,-MediaValet,-VersaPay-among-TSX-2020-Venture-50?ref=audio_experience

It is known as blogger outreach and it is growing in popularity at a great pace.

It’s best to use outsourced blogger outreach because these external companies have the know-how and the experience to make a success of this.

If it’s done properly, blogger outreach is probably one of the most effective ways to increase your rankings and traffic to your website.

There are many benefits to blogger outreach and we will look at just some of them here.

Look for an outsourced blogger outreach provider today. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582318808.0382252/Blogger-Outreach-And-The-Many-Benefits-That-It-Can-Offer-Your-Business?ref=audio_experience

But Charles Simonyi can claim both of those accomplishments, along with a slew of others.

Simonyi started the applications group at Microsoft that built the first version of Word and Excel.

Simonyi will be speaking about his life and career from 5 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 26 at Atlas Workbase.

Radio station KNKX and The Seattle Times have worked on a Project Homeless podcast series that examined the problem in Olympia in an effort to learn more.

The Project Homeless team members will be talking about their experience in Inside ‘Outsiders’: What One City Can Teach Us About Homelessness at 7:30 p.m. on March 3 at The Great Hall. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582317007.7113483/GeekWire-Calendar-Picks:-Meet-Charles-Simonyi;-cosmic-rays;-Star-Brews-Beer-Festival;-and-more?ref=audio_experience

This post is also available in: Español (Spanish)Contxto – There really is only so much Google’s powerful search engine can do.

In that sense, Colombian/Argentine startup Golondrix developed a search engine for users to seek and find higher learning programs and online courses across the globe.

Colombians María Clara Prieto and Diana Giraldo, alongside Argentine Leonardo López publicly launched their search engine in September of 2019.

In Brazil, there’s Quero Educação’s Quero Bolsa, a marketplace for finding post-secondary institutions in this Latam country.

In any case, the more curated in content and user-friendly the search engine, the more users can be drawn into these specialized platforms. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582315322.5125709/Golondrix-preps-Spanish-content-for-educational-search-engine?ref=audio_experience

A Portland, Ore., startup that develops online tools for architects and designers just closed a $2.5 million fundraising round to take its platform national.

Source, which rebranded from Krowdsourced, has grown from four to fifteen employees and steadily added customers since launching in 2018.

The fresh cash will allow Source to expand across the country, opening new physical locations and widening the reach of its digital platform.

Before the latest fundraising round, Source was available to customers in Washington, Idaho, Hawaii, Alaska, and Colorado.

Source also has a physical location in Portland where customers can check out samples. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582313406.5922396/Source-raises-$2.5-million-to-expand-its-platform-for-commercial-design-nationwide?ref=audio_experience

List of Top Rental Startups in IndiaVehicle Rental StartupsHouse Rental StartupsRoom rental StartupsMedical Equipment Rental StartupsVehicle Rental StartupsMylesMyles Logo | Rental Startups in IndiaMyles is often reviewed as one of the best car rental companies in India.

ZoomcarZoomcar Logo | Rental Startups in IndiaZoom is one of the car rental companies in India.

Also read: Success story of NestawayRoom rental StartupsAirbnbAirbnb Logo | Rental Startups in IndiaAirbnb is a California based startup for arranging and offering lodging.

Medical Equipment Rental StartupsPrimedeQPrimedeQ Logo | Rental Startups in IndiaPrimedeQ provides access to multiple affordable, good quality medical equipment for rent.

Also read: Success story of PrimedeQPorteaPortea Logo | Rental Startups in IndiaPortea provides healthcare equipment rental services. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582311608.4606073/List-of-Top-Rental-Startups-in-India?ref=audio_experience

A few days ago, Andreessen Horowitz’s Martin Casado and Matt Bornstein published an interesting piece digging into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) startups, and, more specifically, how those companies perform as businesses.

This matters, given the amount of capital that AI-focused startups have raised.

Is a16z correct about AI gross margins?

AI economics and optimismWe asked our group of venture investors (selected with the help of research from TechCrunch’s Arman Tabatabai) three questions.

The first dealt with margins themselves, the second dealt with resulting valuations and, finally, we asked about their current optimism interval regarding AI-focused companies. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1582309808.872215/Do-AI-startups-have-worse-economics-than-SaaS-shops?-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience