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Which software consultants do startups love to work with?

TechCrunch

Outsourcing engineering has become more common in recent years, so we’re starting a new initiative to profile the software consultants who startups love to work with the most. Founders and other startup leaders, just fill out this quick survey with a few more details to help us find the right ones. Which is an advantage.”

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Goalsetter raises $15 million to go B2B with children’s financial literacy app

TechCrunch

Goalsetter , a financial education platform for kiddos, has announced the close of a $15 million Series A financing round. The startup was founded by Tanya Van Court who had her own struggles with financial literacy after losing more than $1 million in stock during the bubble burst of 2001. Goalsetter raises $3.9

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This early-stage marketing expert says ‘B2B SaaS is actually very, very cool now’

TechCrunch

Doing more with less: This is what marketers get asked for when they join an early-stage startup. British consultant Lucy Heskins knows firsthand how overwhelming that can be, which is why her services can both replace and complement early in-house marketing staff. Typically I will work with startups in two ways.

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A user’s guide to TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

TechCrunch

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 kicks off in just four days, startup fans. Startup Battlefield 200. The TechCrunch team combed through thousands of applicants to select a final class of 200 , exemplary startups to feature on this year’s show floor at TechCrunch Disrupt. Why Nine out of Ten Startups Fail , with Mayfield.

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15 Business Leaders Share Their Experiences and Insights on Getting Through COVID-19

StartupNation

This time, I connected with 15 startup and SME leaders from my network to discover how they are tackling the current crisis, and what advice they had to offer to others in the same boat. In times of crisis, it’s imperative for startups to build a solid analytics strategy to understand how their businesses are functioning at a granular level.

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The Expanding Role of Marketing in SaaS Companies

Tomasz Tunguz

In traditional go-to-market models, marketing teams fill the very top part of the funnel. When a potential customer enters the consideration phase of the buyer journey, the marketing team transitions the lead to his sales account executive, who educates the customer from the consideration stage through purchase.

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YC-backed Amenli raises $2.3M to provide insurance to Egyptian consumers

TechCrunch

The insurance market is still one of the industries least disrupted by technology on the continent. Recently, some startups such as Lami , Ctrl and Naked have sought to take on each regional market by storm, armed with the necessary capital to scale. This YC Summer batch features the largest group of African startups yet.