TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

After attending TechCrunch Early Stage last week, I was cheered to meet so many first-time founders and experienced investors who are looking for opportunities. Based on my conversations, VCs are very open to working with novices who can show that they understand the market in which they hope to compete. But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Emails are no longer just competing with other emails for your reader's attention. In today's digital age, they're competing with every available inbox, including Instagram DMs and LinkedIn messages. But that doesn't mean you should abandon emails altogether. Let AI write your business emails Learn how Emails can be an incredibly effective communication tool—if you know how to craft attention-grabbing ones.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

TechCrunch Disrupt , our yearly flagship startup event, returns to San Francisco on September 19–21 — and you can bet TechCrunch+ will be in the house. It’s going to be the biggest and best Disrupt we’ve ever hosted: Along with a few to-be-announced surprises, we’ll have Startup Battlefield, as well as six new stages with targeted materials for founders of all types.

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NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 25, 2023

A Hamilton startup, EC8 , has created a world first in the building industry by developing automation technology to measure and cut plasterboard. It is now making its technology available to builders, so they can cut down building times, have accurate plasterboard cuts, and decrease waste. “It’s a world first – nobody has used automation for mass volume plasterboard for building,” Staal says.

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

I’m thrilled to announce this TechCrunch Live event. The startup Cambrian BioPharma is developing a life-changing technology while pioneering a radical approach to a pharmaceutical company. Don’t miss this TechCrunch Live taking place on May 3 at 12 p.m. PDT. Register here. It’s free to watch and participate. Cambrian BioPharma bills itself as a new pharmaceutical company with a revolutionary approach to developing and managing drug development.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

Last year’s techwide reckoning continues. In 2023, layoffs have yet again cost tens of thousands of tech workers their jobs; this time, the workforce reductions have been driven by the biggest names in tech like Google , Amazon , Microsoft , Yahoo and Zoom. Startups, too, have announced cuts across all sectors, from crypto to enterprise SaaS. The reasoning behind these workforce reductions follows a common script , citing the macroeconomic environment and a need to find discipline on a tumultuo

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2023

As a Woman Entrepreneur Craig succeeded in a Male-dominated Industry serving as a Role Model Entrepreneur Carol Craig will share her story that includes her passion for working in the aerospace industry when she is the featured speaker at the Junior Achievement (JA) National Convention on July 27, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. Craig launched her first company in 1999, founding Craig Technologies that specializes in aerospace systems engineering and other services.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

We’re coming at you live from TechCrunch’s Early Stage in Boston. Darrell and Becca are joined onstage by Russ Wilcox who founded E Ink and is currently a partner at Pillar VC. They discussed how Russ navigated multiple economic downturns and eventually sold E Ink to Amazon, why he made the change from Founder to VC, and how he can usually tell within the first two minutes of a meeting if he will invest.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2023

In this week’s edition, we discuss How to evaluate your new business ideas (it has little to do with sales, CAC, LTV, EBITDA, or any other financial metrics) The product-market fit “insane mode” shortcut Let’s get to it. 9 questions to evaluate a new business idea Entrepreneurs are problem-solvers, but to solve a problem inherent in your next big idea, you have to know the problem exists in the first place.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

A flurry of recent activity surrounding student debt repayment, including government policies, like the SECURE ACT 2.0, passed by Congress in December, created provisions for employers to match student loan payments for those with debt while also adding to retirement accounts. In late February, the Supreme Court heard arguments related to a lawsuit trying to block President Biden’s debt relief program.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Whether you're on the "assisting" or "being assisted" end of customer service, you know how painful a three-and-a-half-hour live chat about a software glitch that takes an entire SWAT team of reps to figure out can be. Nobody has time for that. Keep your customer support systems healthy Streamline support To save your organization resources (and your customers a headache), you need an intuitive customer service software that streamlines ticket management and—to put it bluntl

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

Rapid (previously known as RapidAPI), a startup that built out an API marketplace valued at $1 billion last year, is cutting 50% of its staff TechCrunch has learned. According to an email to employees from CEO Marc Friend viewed by TechCrunch, the move is part of “a significant restructuring” in an effort to “right-size the company.” In the email, Friend said that Rapi d tried “to compete on too many fronts” as a product company.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2023

Warning: they may squash 99% of potential ventures Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

Data is becoming as precious as water in precision agriculture, and Hydrosat aims to help provide both with a new set of Earth observation satellites. The company has raised a $20M A round, including $5 million in non-dilutive funding, which should put the first two thermal infrared satellites into orbit. The company’s mission is to provide customers from agribusinesses to the government real-time thermal infrared data, which can be used for solutions from drought prediction to ecosystem m

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 25, 2023

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early trends in the software market to inform startups’ plans for 2023. Yesterday, Microsoft & Google announced earnings. Amazon, Cloudflare, & Mongo announce later this week. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) & Microsoft Azure had strong quarters with about 28% annual revenue growth each.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

Everything you buy and every service you pay for pollutes. In the case of a coffee, it might be a little. In the case of a Chevy Suburban or a flight to Durban, it might be a lot. Exactly how much, though, isn’t easy to determine. That’s in part because hardly any companies comprehensively track their emissions — just 10% log or estimate carbon pollution across all phases of their products or services, according to the Boston Consulting Group.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

I use Calendly to share my schedule with prospective clients—and sometimes my clients send me their links, too. The convenience is the main reason I (and so many others) use Calendly to book meetings. Spend less time on booking and more time with your clients Automate Calendly But knowing how and when to share your Calendly availability can be tricky.

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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

The energy-intensive process of separating and purifying chemicals and gases is a big reason why industries like plastic manufacturing cause so much pollution. UniSieve wants to reduce their carbon emissions and operational costs with its tech, which uses a high-precision membrane with special crystals that can filter specific molecules and ions. Today the Zurich-based startup announced it has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to pilot and expand its operational capacities.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2023

“You’ve become an unpaid slave dumbass” Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

Black founders are seeing a year-over-year decline in Q1 funding, according to new Crunchbase data that looked at seed, venture, private equity and corporate venture capital funding allocated to Black entrepreneurs. This might be a good time to look for alternative funding avenues, according to founders TechCrunch+ spoke with. The dataset shows that in Q1 2023, Black founders raised an estimated 0.69%, or $312 million, out of the around $45 billion Crunchbase totaled for the quarter.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

Coming up with a quick social media post seems like an easy job. But it's hard to land on the best idea out of the dozens flying around inside your head. And then when you finally do, you tap New post, and another challenge begins: how am I going to wrap this idea in a compelling piece of content for my audience? 4 workflows to better market your brand on social media Read now If you're stuck in this cycle, you can use AI to break it and get things moving forward.

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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 25, 2023

JumpCloud an American enterprise software company has announced its partnership with Google Cloud to launch a new joint offering. Read more here. The post [JumpCloud in TechCircle] JumpCloud partners with Google to launch productivity and IT management solution appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

For a single year, it appeared that the venture gambit was going to work out: Hundreds of startups hoped to be worth billions on paper and exit in good order. Sadly for investors and founders alike, that year — 2021, as I am sure you’ve guessed — turned out to be more of an outlier than an indicator of a new normal. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 25, 2023

GREENVILLE, S.C., April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — United Community is proud to announce a new partnership with Greenlight® Financial Technology, Inc. to provide United customers free access to the award-winning Greenlight family finance app, available through the Greenlight for Banks program. Read more here. The post [Greenlight in PR Newswire] United Community partners with Greenlight to help families raise financially-smart kids and teens appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

There are no visible formatting tools in Discord, and yet other users are bolding words. How are they doing that? It turns out Discord uses a simplified version of Markdown for formatting. To bold text, put it between two pairs of asterisks. Like this: Do that, and press enter. Your text will be bolded. That wasn't so hard, was it? Italics and other formatting work similarly.

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