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Welcome to spooky season in startups

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It would be unfair to say that this week in tech and startups felt like 2021’s boom cycle; especially when you look at layoffs coming from Truepill, its fourth this year, and Meta announcing that it will freeze hiring. What’s the human side of the layoff story? We also have a special for those impacted by layoffs.

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Upskilling platform GrowthSpace secures $25M to grow its global business

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As the jobs market remains tight (mass layoffs and hiring freezes in tech aside), companies are laser-focused on retaining staff. One of the areas they’re investing in is upskilling, which aims to teach employees new skills in departments with which they’re unfamiliar.

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Always be prompting

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It’s an impressive price tag for a job role that would’ve blown minds just one year ago. “AI whisperer” jobs are roles made for people who are savvy prompt engineers and able to manipulate ChatGPT or other generative AI tools to get what they want from it.

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Solve the ‘dead equity’ problem with a longer founder vesting schedule

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The news of a media startup raising money was paired with rumors of an exit for email media darling Morning Brew for a price tag of up to $75 million. It’s nice to report on some media news that isn’t fresh layoffs. Undergirding each story was recent reporting concerning the revenue success that Axios is enjoying.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

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My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. There has been a preponderance of early-stage deals that have seen quick exits. As tempting and as deserving as it might be.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. There has been a preponderance of early-stage deals that have seen quick exits. As tempting and as deserving as it might be.

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Daily Crunch: Microsoft lays off hundreds of employees as it kicks off fiscal year 2023

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Just a ‘realignment’ : Microsoft is the latest Big Tech company to announce layoffs. It has a bit of a hefty preorder price tag — $499. Speaking of layoffs: Rivian is saying it will be making some. ET by following the @TechCrunch Twitter account; we’ll announce it when we start! — Christine and Haje. The TechCrunch Top 3.