TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2023

As one VC put it: “It’s bad.” Rippling co-founder and CEO Parker Conrad on March 10 tweeted that his company had historically relied on SVB for payments rails for its payroll and other products but in light of the news, “immediately accelerated a planned switch to JPMorgan Chase.”

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 11, 2024

We allowed the influencers to create content that seemed natural and true to their usual style, while subtly incorporating our product. This collaboration generated a 30% increase in traffic to our website and a 22% increase in sales during the campaign month. In our case, it often comes from our employees.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

At a16z’s recent Connect/Fintech event, a16z Partner Alex Immerman sat down for a broad conversation with Immad Akhund , co-founder and CEO of banking startup Mercury , and René Lacerte, founder and CEO of financial services company BILL. Alex Immerman: If 2023 was the year of efficiency, 2024 is the year of generative AI.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

I alone can put together letters and conjure freshly printed Euros out of thin air. I recommend reading that entry first before diving into this one.) What an evening. I retired to the shed out back to sleep. It took me much longer than usual to doze off, as I gleefully replayed the night’s conversation over and over again in my head.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

TC Live, which is free, will be live-streamed beginning 11:30 a.m. The session starts with networking and pitch practice submissions and then moves onto an interview with Holt and Bennett at noon, followed by the TCL Pitch Practice at 12:30 pm PT. TechCrunch Live records weekly on Wednesday at 11:30 am PT / 2:30 pm ET.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

If you’re just catching up, here’s a complete timeline of what’s going down at the bird app, starting with the most recent news: August 2023 X lowers requirements for its creator payout program The company said that creators who have garnered 5 million impressions in the last three months will be eligible for ad revenue sharing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

CEO Mike Myer says that the funding, which had participation from Venrock, Foundry Group and Next Frontier Capital, will be put toward growing Bozeman, Montana-based Quiq’s platform for helping brands engage with customers via text-based bots. They enable agents to serve multiple customers at the same time, boosting productivity.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

“We started off as two industry founders looking for product/market fit with no-code SaaS, bootstrapping whilst minimising investment. But that multifaceted landscape does perhaps create opportunities to lean into necessary nuance and specialism by applying the specificity that a strong software as a service offering can bring.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

As always, you can email me at rebecca.techcrunch@gmail.com to share thoughts, criticisms, opinions or tips. Fetch , a self-service truck rental marketplace, has raised $3.5 We’re keeping a tally of all the automakers pulling out their operations from the region or halting vehicle exports to Russia. billion valuation.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 6, 2022

Instead, the best squash players put their opponent in a compromised position first, and then select the appropriate shot to force an error. Thankfully, I realised early on that becoming a professional tennis player was not in the cards for me. In high school, I?—?along along with many of my tennis teammates?—?joined

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