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TechCrunch+ Roundup: Reaching $1M ARR, tech job market rundown, women-led VC firms

TechCrunch

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

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How to Manage a Board

Y Combinator

So, in this post, I’m sharing the collective wisdom of the YC community to help guide founders on best practices in managing a board––including running board meetings and overcoming board issues. Decision framework. ? Faire often uses the written memo format to discuss the strategic priorities during the board meeting.

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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. I think it’s probably about 40% with the portfolio, about 40% with the executive community, and then about 20% on work with the veterans community, which we can get into later. And it completely blew my mind.

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Daily Crunch: 2 weeks after extended system failure, Alibaba CEO takes over company’s cloud division

TechCrunch

The hub also gives you some DJ mixes from the likes of TT the Artist, Carlita, AMÉMÉ, Coco & Breezy, &ME and Austin Millz. million in a seed funding round to help with a unified API that works with Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams to help customers build apps for a number of use cases. Requires TC+ subscription.).

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Extra Crunch roundup: UiPath’s IPO filing, predicting revenue, how to pivot properly, much more

TechCrunch

But since I’ve never actually done those things, I would encourage you to ignore any advice I have to offer. Trusted advice comes from experience. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. The IPO market is sending us mixed messages. Have a great weekend. Walter Thompson.

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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten VC

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. RBI structures have been used for many years in natural resource exploration, entertainment, real estate, and pharmaceuticals.

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What’s the Real Deal with AngelList?

Both Sides of the Table

I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. I didn’t want to write it because I have mixed feelings about AngelList. What he gave the community with VentureHacks is a pure gift to the community. My view for VCs.