TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A month after Adobe announced its plans for acquiring Figma, the popular digital design startup, Figma CEO and co-founder Dylan Field sat down with our own enterprise reporter Ron Miller at Disrupt 2022 to discuss the deal and his motivations for selling to Adobe, a company that Figma’s own marketing materials have not always described in the most glowing of terms. “We were having a blast — we are having a blast — but then we started talking with Adobe and Adobe is a foun

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Reforge

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Table of Contents Why Most Testing is a Waste of Time Why Marketers Don’t Make Bigger Bets Examples of Big Bets that Paid Off Case Study: Turning Off Your Best Channel Other Examples of Big Bets Measuring the Value of Anything Decision Making In Uncertain Times The gospel of testing has spread far and wide, and today you'd be hard pressed to find a company that isn't actively experimenting in some form.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Banyan , a platform for product purchase data that allows customers such as banks, fintechs, hotels and merchants to automate expense management and more, today announced that it raised $43 million in a Series A funding round — $28 million in equity and $15 million in debt — led by Fin Capital with participation from M13, FIS Impact Ventures and TTV Capital.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Learn from the CoFounder of Harlem Capital Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Welcome to the Entrepreneur’s Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Today we welcome Henri Pierre-Jacques, the founder of Harlem Capital. After losing money in the stock market, Henri managed to take his own savings of $10k and transform it into the empire that is Harlem Capital.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

With many people buying clothes online versus in-store where they can try them on in the dressing room, finding the right fit can be a challenge. AIMIRR is taking on this challenge by bringing the dressing room to the customer with its real-time garment rendering technology that overlays images of clothing on a live video of the individual. Founder and CEO Pritesh Kanani was exhibiting Seattle-based AIMIRR’s technology as part of the Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt and announced that the c

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Sensat , a platform that helps physical infrastructure companies map and visualize all their data, has raised $20.5 million in a Series B round of funding. Founded in 2015, London-based Sensat is one of a number of so-called “digital twin” software companies that serve construction, mining, energy and similar industries with tools to replicate their physical footprint in the digital sphere.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In this episode of a16z Live, we are joined by Titan co-founder and co-CEO Clayton Gardner; a16z General Partner Anish Acharya; and a16z growth partner, Alex Immerman. … The post Titan’s Clayton Gardner on How the Fintech Market is Changing appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

A new AI research company is launching out of stealth today with an ambitious goal: to research the fundamentals of human intelligence that machines currently lack. Called Generally Intelligent , it plans to do this by turning these fundamentals into an array of tasks to be solved and by designing and testing different systems’ ability to learn to solve them in highly complex 3D worlds built by their team. “We believe that generally intelligent computers will someday unlock extraordinary p

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Is your commission structure so complex that even you must have help understanding it – and calculating a commission on a pending bid? Salespeople are incentivized by the money. Of course. They usually can calculate what’s in it for them before they make the final presentation and ask for the order. But what if the commission plan is so complex that even the people who should be most excited cannot understand or calculate the winning numbers?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It almost sounds too good to be true: Take basalt dust that today is wasted in the manufacturing of things like asphalt shingles, sprinkle it on farmers’ fields, and it raises crop yields while also removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Where’s the catch? For the entire thing to work, farmers need to add just the right amount of basalt. Too little and they don’t capture much carbon and their crops don’t see any benefits.

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Feedough

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Landing an investor for your startup is an uphill struggle. Read more. The post What Is A Lead Investor? – Importance & Role appeared first on Feedough.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

When venture markets flip from greed to fear, there’s a meme that goes around in startup circles that flat is the new up. It’s shorthand for the idea that in more difficult market conditions, a startup defending its prior valuation in a proximate venture round is as good as raising new capital at a higher valuation in better investing conditions.

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Feedough

OCTOBER 20, 2022

How much does privacy matter to you? A lot, right? Read more. The post Privacy Laws for Startups – Compliance Guide appeared first on Feedough.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Organic chemist Manuela Oliverio was working on a new drug when he noticed that test results on mice weren’t consistent, because the molecule being administered was always different depending on the chemist who produced it. It occurred to him that automation and robotics could make the drug development process more predictable, and so he founded Katakem , one of the startups in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 200.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 20, 2022

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Draymond Green, the two-time Olympic gold medalist and professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, says he’s working with well-known investors involved in the tech space. That wasn’t a massive secret — Green has historically been quite public about his investments, like SmileDirectClub — but until this morning at TechCrunch Disrupt, he hadn’t previously named his go-to investing partners.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

When Operator Collective started in 2018, its idea of cultivating a community of operators as LPs to serve as a resource to its portfolio companies was unique. Now, it’s de rigueur as many firms build out their operator teams. But Operator Collective looks to prove that its model still rises above the rest with its second fund. The San Francisco-based organization raised $92 million for its second fund to invest in early-stage enterprise companies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 — the first in-person Disrupt in three years — is in the books. And as always, we end it by crowning the winner of Startup Battlefield. It began with 20: As seasoned TechCrunch readers will know, startups participating in the Startup Battlefield were handpicked to compete in the event. During the first two days of Disrupt, the companies pitched before judges — multiple groups of VCs and tech leaders — for a chance to win $100,000 and the coveted Ba

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

BeReal, the photo-sharing app, has been a huge hit with Gen Z and beyond. Now with other big social apps rushing to clone some of its no-frills ethos, it’s put together a war chest to work on its next chapter. TechCrunch has learned that the startup closed a round of $60 million earlier this year. The funding is coming in the form of a Series B and it values Paris, France–based BeReal at a valuation north of €600 million — which at today’s exchange rates is just under $587 mill

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Worker burnout is real. Reports suggest that work-related chronic stress could be costing businesses up to $190 billion annually in reduced output and sick days, not to mention the much-discussed “ Great Resignation ” where workers are jumping ship in search of a greater work-life balance. In 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared burnout an “occupational phenomenon,” adding it to its International Classification of Diseases.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Last month, on International Equal Pay Day, the International Labour (ILO) Organization revealed that on average, women globally are paid about 20 percent less than men. This pay gap is even bigger for Black and Hispanic women, where Black women were found to earn over 63% less than white men, and Hispanic or Latina women 57.3% less. In survey after survey, this blatant sexism is continually proved evident in the technology industry, and a new survey has provided yet another dismal glimpse into

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It’s no secret the pandemic has pushed healthcare to become virtual, in theory making it easier for patients to attend appointments and access the care they need. But Rebecca Weisinger, CEO and co-founder of Equipt Health , has seen plenty of patients falter in the long process of qualifying for devices they need. Equipt is a home medical equipment company; it aims to streamline the process for providers and patients to access medical equipment needed for care.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Meet Netmaker , a startup that can help you create and manage a virtual overlay network that works across the internet. In other words, Netmaker is a layer that makes it feel like different machines are right next to each other and connected to the same local network. Behind the scenes, Netmaker relies heavily on WireGuard , a VPN protocol with great performances.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Challenger bank N26 is launching a new trading feature in its app — N26 Crypto. Users will be able to easily trade crypto assets using money in their N26 account. Behind the scenes, N26 is partnering with Bitpanda to handle trading and custody. N26 is going to slowly roll out N26 Crypto across Europe. At first, only some users in Austria will be able to access the new feature.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Torben Friehe. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Torben Friehe is CEO and co-founder of Wingback. No matter the circumstances, SasS pricing is always challenging and always will be. Underpricing your product, using a pricing model that is not working for your ICP, not offering self-signup or offering the wrong features as add-ons — all of these pricing and packaging issues (and many more) can cost you a lot of revenue.

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