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Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

StartupNation

To stay competitive in the new economic environment, small businesses must be agile and adapt to shifting consumer preferences. To stay competitive in the new economic environment, small businesses must be agile and adapt to shifting consumer preferences.

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Cyber firm Arctic Wolf raises $401M in debt, eyeing a potential IPO

TechCrunch

In a sign that pure equity financing is getting harder to come by, cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf , which last July raised $150 million at triple its previous valuation ($4.3 “In a turbulent economic environment, security will remain a top priority for companies. billion), opted for all debt in its latest funding round.

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Taking on Bilt, Stake aims to expand its cash-back rewards program for renters

TechCrunch

“Today, affordability for rentals is front-and-center in every aspect of our current economic environment. Through Post + Beam, Hobbs consulted with banks and brands to create customer loyalty programs, and it’s through this work that he says he had the inspiration for Stake. Image Credits: Stake.

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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

TechCrunch

Schulman added: “Over the past year, we made significant progress in strengthening and reshaping our company to address the challenging macro-economic environment…While we have made substantial progress in right-sizing our cost structure, and focused our resources on our core strategic priorities, we have more work to do.

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9 Steps to Start Making Money in Crypto

Entrepreneur's Handbook

internal network) statistics for Bitcoin as well as the macro economic environment. Kevin Rose ( @kevinrose ): partner at VC firm True Ventures , host of the Modern Finance and Proof podcasts. 6529’s thread on property rights & crypto highlight the need for decentralized finance. and loudest?—?voices voices in crypto.