Here are the time management skills a successful business owner must have.

For the business owner — here are the essential time management skills that you will want to possess.

That’s because you have the right people working on the right tasks.

Eventually, your time management and productivity suffer — which is never good for business.

By using these tools to automate your most tedious and redundant tasks, you’ll have the availability to focus on your priorities. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575414011.2417827/Time-Management-Skills-Successful-Business-Owners-Must-Have?ref=audio_experience

0 Shares EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInOn Tuesday, Sequoia Capital revealed close to $3.35 billion in dry powder for the firm to invest in U.S. and Chinese startups.

Subscribe to the Crunchbase DailyOn the U.S. side, Sequoia Capital U.S. Growth Fund VIII, L.P. raised $998.5 million, according to today’s amended filing.

On the Chinese side, the firm closed $1.7995 billion for Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund V, L.P. and $549.5 million for Sequoia Capital China Venture Fund VII, L.P..Sequoia’s fifth China Growth Fund is its largest yet, coming in at twice the size of its fourth.

Sequoia raised $899.5 million for China Growth Fund IV between 2016 and 2017, according to Crunchbase data and news reports.

Other filings from mid-June 2018 include Sequoia Capital U.S. Venture Fund XVI and Sequoia Capital China Seed Fund I, which have yet to be updated at the time of writing. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575412206.2685585/Sequoia-Capital-Filings-Disclose-Nearly-$3.35B-For-New-Funds-Focused-On-The-U.S.-And-China?ref=audio_experience

Content experience platform Uberflip has acquired Boston-based SnapApp, an interactive content creation platform.

The Toronto-based company said this purchase will strengthen its capabilities for demand marketers within the Uberflip platform by providing more insights on how to automate personalized content.

RELATED: Uberflip’s charity Startupong tournament returns for fifth yearSnapApp’s platform allows marketers to build interactive experiences and deploy them across multiple channels.

“Uberflip re-defined content marketing’s potential by coining the term content experience and building out a platform that equips marketers with the right content at every touchpoint to drive demand,” said Seth Liberman, CEO of SnapApp.

“SnapApp joins the company to help continue its unprecedented growth and bring a broad array of new platform capabilities to Uberflip for demand marketers.”Image source Uberflip via Instagram | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575410406.5976152/Uberflip-acquires-interactive-content-creation-platform-SnapApp?ref=audio_experience

But actually doing this is difficult or impossible without some kind of plan, and business owners can be a catalyst to help employees along this journey.

But understanding income means doing some due diligence, and business owners can help employees understand the ins-and-outs.

Basic health insurance is probably a good idea, but loading yourself down with lots of extra policies at work may not be your best bet.

Basic health insurance is probably a good idea, but loading yourself down with lots of extra policies at work may not be your best bet.

Have quarterly meeting with employees or provide an open door policy to offer guidance to employees who ask for it. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575408610.0255806/6-Ways-Business-Owners-Can-Help-Employees-Achieve-Financial-Security?ref=audio_experience

But if your schedule already feels packed, you might be wondering how there’s room for any other work-related activities.

With that in mind, here are five ways to build your business skills and fast-track your startup success in 2020.

Absorb excellent thought leadershipThere’s nothing wrong with standing on the shoulders of giants when it comes to achieving business success.

Distance learningHigher education remains one of the best ways to boost your business skills and earn a formal qualification that lasts a lifetime.

Share your own 2020 startup success tips in the comments section. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575406806.5563018/The-Startup-Magazine-5-ways-to-fast-track-your-startup-success-in-2020?ref=audio_experience

Well datacenter are one potential target you might not have thought of.

But there are challenges, which is why a new partnership between Florida-based space startup OrbitsEdge and Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE) makes a lot of sense.

The partnership will make OrbitsEdge a hardware supplier for HPE’s Edgeline Converged Edge Systems, and basically it means that the space startup will be handling everything required to “harden” the standard HPE micro-datacenter equipment for use in outer space.

That process can be expensive, and difficult to source in terms of even finding companies and infrastructure to use.

As with in-space manufacturing, doing things locally could save a lot of overhead and unlock tons of potential down the line. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575405007.181174/OrbitsEdge-partners-with-HPE-on-orbital-datacenter-computing-and-analytics-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Just as Qualcomm was starting to highlight its 5G plans for the coming years, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg hit the stage at AWS re:Invent to discuss the carrier’s team up with the cloud computing giant.

As part of Verizon’s (TechCrunch’s parent company, disclosure, disclosure, disclosure) upcoming focus on 5G edge computing, the carrier will be the first to use the newly announced AWS Wavelength.

The platform is designed to let developers build super low latency apps for 5G devices.

“AWS Wavelength provides the same AWS environment — APIs, management console, and tools — that they’re using today at the edge of the 5G network,” AWS CEO Andy Jassy said on-stage.

Verizon has addressed this to some degree with partnerships with third-parties like Boingo. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575403206.7011075/Verizon-and-AWS-announce-5G-Edge-computing-partnership-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

LivePerson, a world leader in providing businesses with conversational commerce solutions, has launched two new platforms designed to help small businesses manage their digital conversations with customers.

New LivePerson PlatformsSocialConnect provides simplified customer care of social media, helping businesses manage social interactions through the LiveEngage AI-powered messaging platform.

Regardless of which channel conversations with customers occur on, whether it’s email or social media accounts, SocialConnect and EmailConnect allows small businesses to manage customer conversations with ease, all from one convenient place.

You’ll find the issues small businesses routinely face through the cross-communication channels of the modern day are effectively eliminated.

With a more streamlined approach to social conversations, small businesses can also benefit from increased consumer engagement and conversations in their customers’ preferred messaging channels. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575401411.359125/SocialConnect-and-Email-Connect-Help-You-Manage-Digital-Conversations?ref=audio_experience

Now you can re-embrace the popularity contest by installing the Socialinsider Chrome extension that reveals Instagram Like and comment counts.

“The Return Of The Likes” extension overlays the numbers of Likes and comments on the top right corner of posts on Instagram’s website.

If you don’t want Instagram’s overprotective helicopter parenting, now you can download the extension here to put an end to it.

Obviously, it’s not as useful as showing Like counts right in the Instagram mobile app.

TechCrunch tested Return Of The Likes and verified that it works. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575399606.1264129/This-browser-extension-unhides-Instagram-Likes-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Most likely, the Mexican fintech Konfío can concur.

If US$100 million from Goldman Sachs wasn’t enough, things just got even better for the alternative finance provider with another US$100 million investment round, this time led by East Asian powerhouse, SoftBank.

On average, Konfío loans go for about US$12,000.

Prior to this, in May, SoftBank also led another US$100 million round for fellow Mexican fintech, Clip.

Rather than distributing loans for SMEs, this company has developed a payment solution for companies to accept credit and debit payments. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1575397809.624564/Mexican-fintech-Konfío-closes-US$100-million-Series-D-led-by-SoftBank-to-boost-support-for-SMEs?ref=audio_experience