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Penpot inks $8M as signups for its open source spin on Figma jump 5600% after Adobe’s $20B acquisition move

TechCrunch

Now, a Spanish startup called Penpot — which is taking a new approach to design collaboration through an open source platform that brings designers and developers into the mix simultaneously — says that it’s been seeing a huge amount of adoption since the Figma deal. Ruiz-Múzquiz refers to this as “the handoff mindset.”

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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Reimagining B2B Commerce with Faire

Y Combinator

In contrast, the number of independent bookstores in the US increased 49% from 1,600 stores in 2009 to 2,500 stores in 2018 6. million in 2012 to 1.55 3) De-densification: Data from the Brookings Institution suggest that migration in the US had already been shifting to the suburbs before COVID.

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6 Steps to Make a Trivia Quiz That Generates Leads Like Crazy

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Use personal words like “you” and “your” if possible. Humor is good for building engagement but also a useful tool for communicating your brand’s personality. Use the element of surprise to delight your participants. Short: You’ve only got a few seconds, so don’t overdo it. Unexpected.

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Recruiting and Retaining the Right Executive Talent

Andreessen Horowitz

Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. So, for example, when I first started here back in 2012, there was a ton of energy being put towards building a network of executive relationships that is now somewhat more about sustaining those relationships.

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Most Older Americans Might Not Realize They Have Already Lived Through Several Pandemics

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SARS & MERS, 2003 and 2012. A virus is a small infectious agent that uses other cells to replicate. Viruses have developed that infect and parasitically use all forms of living cells. Vaccinations have been the most widely used and effective. Using the 0.2% Recent Historical Pandemics. Asian Flu, 1957.