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Six tips for SaaS founders who don’t want VC money

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Aytekin Tank is the founder of JotForm , an online form builder. Established in 2006, JotForm allows customizable data collection for enhanced lead generation, survey distribution, payment collections and more. If you’re a SaaS founder who’s wary of VC funding, here are my best bootstrapping tips. Share on Twitter.

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AI is coming to your Bing and Google searches, Apple’s M2 chip and Super Bowl streaming

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Downloads of the app jumped 10x after the AI news broke since Microsoft promises priority access to the new Bing to those who have it installed. Here are a few highlights from this week: The bias of AI: Dom reports that bias appears in most aspects of AI, from investment and hiring to data collection and production.

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How Amazon’s continued expansion into healthcare could buoy the sector

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But for Adrian Aoun, founder of Forward Health, he said he wished Amazon did more. As Amazon begins to implement its healthcare services in a larger capacity, some have brought up questions about patients’ privacy data in light of recent events. Talkspace and BetterHelp have been in the spotlight as the U.S.

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Apptopia raises $20M to expand its competitive intelligence business beyond mobile

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ABS Capital’s Mike Avon, a co-founder of Millennial Media, and Paul Mariani, are joining Apptopia’s board with this round. Apptopia’s own data, historically, was not always seen as being the most accurate, admits Apptopia CEO Jonathan Kay. But it has improved over the years.

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Daily Crunch: Nigerian startup that stored its ‘day-to-day operational budget’ on FTX announces staff cuts 

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TechCrunch+ is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack. And just like that, VLC’s download ban in India was lifted , Manish reports. : That’s what Becca discusses in her latest piece that looks at all the dry powder in the VC world , and why it’s not yet being deployed. You can sign up here.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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MindLabs raises £1.4 million for its new platform, a “Peloton for mental health”

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million) in pre-seed investment led by Passion Capital, with participation from SeedCamp, as well as several founders of British consumer tech startups: Alex Chesterman (Cazoo and Zoopla); Neil Hutchinson (Forward Internet Group); Steve Pankhurst (FriendsReunited); James Hind (Carwow); and Jack Tang (Urban). million (about USD $1.82

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