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My First 16: Competing in a Crowd of Incumbents with Mercury’s Immad Akhund

Andreessen Horowitz

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with co-founder and CEO of Mercury Immad Akhund about the idea of a minimum delightful product in fintech, doing the spreadsheet math on unit economics early on, and how to compete in a category already filled with incumbents. and I wanted to be able to support people like me.

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Marco Financial raises $82M in debt, equity seed round to support small Latin American exporters

TechCrunch

International Development Finance Corp. Teichman joins after 11 years with the U.S. government, most recently serving as managing director for the U.S.

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Why Pricing and Packaging Matters More When You’re Launching Your Second Product

Andreessen Horowitz

Atlassian’s flagship product, JIRA software, was intended for developers to create, track, and resolve bugs while providing visibility to the entire team. Agents” referred to members of IT, legal, or customer support teams who had permission to create, update, and close tickets.

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After raising $10M, Breeze breathes fresh air into a stagnant disability insurance market

TechCrunch

Lisa Dolan, managing director at Link Ventures, said she found the company while examining web traffic data, where Breeze was listed among industry incumbents among consumers searching for disability. He will also increase Breeze’s headcount in the areas of software development, customer service and marketing. “We

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Superblocks secures $37M to help companies build and maintain internal apps

TechCrunch

It’s particularly put the microscope on developers where it concerns efficiency. ” A decent chunk of developers’ time is spent on internal tooling, including building admin dashboards, report-generating systems and data pipelines. Image Credits: Superblocks.

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How to Build a Team That Can Navigate Your Business Through Difficult Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

This includes building out personal development plans to keep employees engaged and challenged and refreshing our core values to ensure they remain relevant in a post-coronavirus climate. Meanwhile, it’s incumbent on you as the CEO to create an environment that encourages action-oriented behavior.

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UK challenger bank Starling raises $376M, now valued at $1.9B

TechCrunch

In the latest development, U.K.-based Starling — which competes against incumbent banks, as well as other challengers like Monzo and Revolut — said it will be using the money to continue its growth. . based Starling announced that is has closed £272 million ($376 million at current rates), at a pre-money valuation of £1.1