This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

They imagine it to look something like this: They think that there are some deals that are automatic yeses and some that are just bad, but there’s a whole lot that are kind of in the middle—deals that can be nudged over to one side or the other based on things like clever fundraising strategy or the presence of bias. This isn’t surprising.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The focus, as tends to be the case for all these customer service conversational AI plays, is freeing (human) support agents from dealing with dull, repetitive stuff — so they can apply their (less limited) skills to more complex, consultative or emotionally demanding customer queries. Though it did also tackle English too.).

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

ABOUT IN THE VAULT “In the Vault” is a new audio podcast series by the a16z Fintech team, where we sit down with the most influential figures in financial services to explore key trends impacting the industry and the pressing innovations that will shape our future. Follow this show on our podcast feed so you don't miss an episode.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . One aspect of management which merits attention is your own cybersecurity, which should not be left until a crisis to address.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . One aspect of management which merits attention is your own cybersecurity, which should not be left until a crisis to address.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. The company, which last year was valued at $45 billion but has since had its own share of struggles, said it teamed up with Marqeta to launch a new Klarna Card in the U.S. Welcome to The Interchange, a take on this week’s fintech news and trends. Case in point.

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Jason Malki

MAY 3, 2023

Radha has over 16 years of experience at large Tech organizations such as Meta, Google, Amazon, and Twitter as well as scaling up some Tech startups, and worked on setting up her own startup. She was managing Global Business Partnerships at Meta and is now Vice President of Sales at Immutable, a leading Web3 Gaming Technology company.

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Red Rocket

AUGUST 3, 2021

When it is done really well, it can unlock huge performance increases and propel your business to new heights. Transparent - OKRs are designed to be shared across teams and not hidden away in silos. Tasks not outcomes are used for Key Results - usually because teams are not good or comfortable talking about measurement.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Besides being “busy doing great deals and distributing cash to your LPs”, what are they’re actually doing to make that happen? Imagine if your past performance in baseball was subject to not a 12-18 month lag in measuring the true outcome. At least it would help young pitchers set a training goal. Actually, it’s even worse than that.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

However, to be a great VC you have to hold two conflicting ideas in your head at the same time. So only need to look at the extreme scaling of companies like Discord, Stripe, Slack, Airbnb, GOAT, DoorDash, Zoom, SnowFlake, CoinBase, Databricks and many others to understand this phenomenon. Hot, Flat & Crowded.” Of course we can’t.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 27, 2021

30 Smart Decisions to Scale Your Ecommerce Business In 2022 Strategies that helped us grow a company from $1 million to $68 million in only nine months Photo by Joshua Sukoff on Unsplash If you’re a new entrepreneur and/or an ecommerce business owner, then you know what it’s like when you hit that wall. We thought so.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

provides aquatic data collection services and aquatic drones that work in pods of 1- 20 to collect data at unprecedented scale at orders of magnitude less cost. Ignitepost IgnitePOST is a service that enables sales & marketing teams to boost conversion rates by 15X. Jaia Robotics Inc. Jaia Robotics Inc.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

23:00 – Post: Holiday sales rocket Peloton memberships ahead of SoulCycle active riders. 23:00 – Post: Holiday sales rocket Peloton memberships ahead of SoulCycle active riders. 47:00 – Their sales process. Mike, Kevin was your group partner when you did YC in the Summer 2015 batch. Google Play.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Some people are more excited by emerging areas like artificial intelligence, which has been a focus of the country’s military for years, and like cybersecurity is now producing many fresh teams of founders. What’s your latest, most exciting investment? Oh, and one more thing. What are some overlooked opportunities right now?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox. Last June, Bird shut down scooter sharing in several cities in the Middle East, an operation that was managed by Circ.) The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. MaaS transit: The business of mobility as a service.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello readers: Welcome to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. This is the time of year when the news cycle is supposed to slow. Rebecca Bellan.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

With the right message, even a small startup can connect with established and emerging stars on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube who will promote your products and services — as long as your marketing team understands the influencer marketplace. Find a middle path, or rather, a bike path.” Walter Thompson.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

DouxMatok’s top team to make America thin again. Global online retail topped $4 Trillion in 2020 and is expected to grow from 14% of retail sales to about 22% in 2023. DouxMatok’s top team to make America thin again Chef Michel Roux and British Bake Off star Ruby Bhogal taste test DouxMatok for The Times of London . Learn more.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 27, 2025

As startups scale, effective sales implementation becomes the difference between stagnation and sustainable growth. After analyzing hundreds of sales organizations across startups, I’ve distilled the key pieces of advice that founders and leaders should keep in mind.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Finding GTM fit is a milestone for any startup that includes everything from expanding the engineering team to launching your first media buy. “You can calculate it by taking new ARR divided by your marketing and sales spending,” Nahm writes. But how do you know when you’ve reached that magic moment?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Can your customers tell they're reading something created by your brand without seeing your name? You create better, consistent, and high-quality content for your audience. Your in-house employees and contractors stay on the same page. Your in-house employees and contractors stay on the same page.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

When did you start your venture firm? Did you find it difficult to be taken seriously because of your age at the time? What is your firm’s investment thesis? What are some of your portfolio companies? TechCrunch sat down with Williams to learn more about how he got into venture capital, and his plans for the future.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

SnackMagic , a build-your-own snack box service, has raised $15 million in a Series A round of funding led by Craft Ventures, with Luxor Capital also participating. SnackMagic , a build-your-own snack box service, has raised $15 million in a Series A round of funding led by Craft Ventures, with Luxor Capital also participating.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. The company is looking for customer-focused skills and asks candidates to tell them about “a time you learned something from a team member that changed your mind or widened your perspective.” Welcome to The Interchange !

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 23, 2022

I decided to offer a relatively low-cost subscription with few 1-on-1 touchpoints, which would allow me to scale the program more efficiently than a traditional consulting model would have and focus my other resources on generating high-quality content. Initiating something on my own, on the other hand? But then something happened.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello readers: Welcome to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Welcome to May, which we have informally dubbed “Mobility Week” over here at TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

For example, sales of e-bikes are outpacing sales of electric cars in the U.S., While both companies are targeting very different products, both have one thing in common: a niche, digitally native focus on a specific industry. The ways in which we live and get around have evolved over the past few decades.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. Internet scale. It allows you many more exit opportunities.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

So on the 70% criterion – team – I was already anxious to see what they would build. I’m very pleased today to announce that I invested, on behalf of GRP Partners, in Burstly alongside Rincon Venture Partners , an early stage VC in Southern California whith whom we love to work (and were our co-investors on RingRevenue ).

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

It also handles the back end as well by automating the posting, sale and shipment of unsold inventory while offering immediate payment to creditworthy sellers. Twenty years ago, if you started a brand, your first hire, outside of a designer, would have been a salesperson,” Murthy told TechCrunch. Buyers then can bid on the goods.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

Pareto’s team of data experts offer actionable insights for sales marketing and recruiting pipelines. That data can be anything from sourcing TikTok influencers to qualifying B2B sales leads, finding job candidates and researching NFT communities. Yao was in the middle of training 20 women when the global pandemic hit.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. But in the country’s huge middle, startups are being built and funded at record pace. So, many companies are building tech to make Ethereum scale. PT, subscribe here. Mubadala Investment Company led the round.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

. “Payment processing is fundamental to customer relationships, revenue and a business’s bottom line, but is getting more and more complex to manage well,” Bäck told TechCrunch via email. Pagos was founded on the principle that almost all companies need help to be more data driven around their payment execution.” billion valuation.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

Smart Hustle Small Business Podcast · Monetize Your Expertise to Start Your Business – Shane Sams – Flipped Lifestyle. Shane, give us your full name and once again, the name of your company. I’ve gotten to know you a bit and have dived into your website quite a bit, it’s very interesting.

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Reforge

AUGUST 8, 2022

Despite fond memories of your favorite office comedies of yesteryear, when I bring up the topic of memos it's usually met with an eye roll and a scramble to change the subject. He began his career in nonprofit education, first as a classroom teacher and then with charter school networks, scaling marketing and operations to fuel growth.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

But the coronavirus pandemic created a cascade of new challenges for Rapti and her team around supply chain and logistics — upsetting their careful calculations on unit economics. As well a s having shelled out to set up a production line it suddenly had to suspend, Inne had also doubled the size of its team to prepare for scaling.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

HubSpot builds software for marketing, sales, and customer service. 28:45 – Keeping your company hungry when you’re big. 29:15 – Building assets for your company. 37:00 – Creating the voice of your company. 28:45 – Keeping your company hungry when you’re big. Google Play.

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