TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions have become a fixture of the modern enterprise; organizations with more than 1,000 employees use over 150 SaaS apps on average, according to BetterCloud. Fully managed apps are often a lighter load on IT teams because they’re entirely cloud-based. But increasingly, organizations are under pressure to reduce their SaaS budgets as inflation and related economic stressors impact the bottom line.

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OkDork

DECEMBER 2, 2022

From ages 22 to 26, I was working day jobs. I worked at Intel, then at Facebook, and finally at Mint.com. I had some cool experiences, but overall I was mostly unhappy because I wanted to start my own business, sooooo…. I kept quitting early or getting fired. If I could go back in time I would do things a little differently. and this is the post I wished I had when I felt stuck.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Smoodi wants to see its smoothies in the hands of, well, everyone, and a new infusion of capital and distribution partnership has the startup well on its way. Incubated out of Harvard’s Innovation Lab in 2018, CEO Pascal Kriesche and Morgan Abraham call their company a “healthy smoothie store-in-a-box” that is essentially a robot that mixes fruits, vegetables and add-ins like protein into a smoothie.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 2, 2022

(And no, it didn’t start as a side hustle.). After graduation, many job-seekers hunt down positions in established companies with a large pool of clients. That’s precisely what I did as a new lawyer. Working for a big firm provides financial stability, mentorship , exciting cases, and the potential for upward mobility. . But it’s not the best choice for everyone.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The digital loans business in India has been the subject of a lot of controversy, not least for over-predatory and un-transparent practices, yet that’s existed alongside the rise of a handful of startups that hoping to apply tech to build products that are clearly understood and fill a need in the market for quick, short-term access to capital.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

GoStudent — the Austria-based late-stage tutor marketplace that has raised $686.3 million (and attained a €3 billion valuation) to date — has acquired Germany-based Studienkreis , a traditional tutoring company, founded in 1974, which is focused on the German-speaking “DACH” region. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Studienkreis had previously been owned, since 2017, by the London-based private equity firm IK Partners.

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Feedough

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It has been 17 years since the launch of the. Read more. The post The History Of YouTube appeared first on Feedough.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Michael Dombrowski. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Michael Dombrowski is the corporate treasury adviser at Rho. He is an SEC-registered investment adviser specializing in fixed-income investments and corporate cash management. Liquidity is your company’s lifeline. With it, you have a fighting chance of achieving your vision, but when you’re out of money, you’re on the course to ruin.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 2, 2022

“Currently people are waiting 3.6 hours on average to receive care in emergency departments and it’s soon going to be eight hours or more,” said Dr. Kira Radinsky, CEO and Co-founder at Diagnostic Robotics, speaking to CTech at Calcalist’s Tech TLV conference. Read more here. The post [Diagnostic Robotics in Calcalist] Kira Radinsky: “Our goal is to touch more people’s lives and every story is important” appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

On Wednesday, Erika Brodnock and Johannes Lenhard published their book, “ Better Venture: Improving Diversity, Innovation, and Profitability in Venture Capital and Startups ,” which serves as a guide for those looking to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in the venture capital market. The authors conducted more than 80 interviews to gauge how much progress there has — and hasn’t — been in the American and European startup ecosystem, suggesting that the current venture funding model is arc

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 2, 2022

“We were selected to authenticate all the bots and spam accounts on Twitter. We looked at millions of profiles and found around 11% to be fake accounts, and that is just from a random sample,” said Assaf Danby, VP Global Sales at Cyabra. Read more here. The post [Cyabra in Calcalist] “We need a platform to authenticate what is being said online” appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

A few years ago, I was driving in a rural area on the coast north of San Francisco and found myself low on gas. In fact, the fuel light was flashing urgently. My cell phone couldn’t get a signal to direct me to the nearest gas station, so I put the engine in economy mode and drove on instinct. I knew the car had a reserve tank, but I had no idea how far it would take me.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Carousell , a Singaporean consumer-to-consumer (C2C) service platform operating across Southeast Asia, is letting go of about 110 employees, or 10% of its total headcount, in an effort to reduce costs amid a challenging market condition for the tech industry. . The announcement came from the company’s blog on Thursday, posted by co-founder and CEO of Carousell Siu Rui Quek, saying, “I take responsibility for the decisions that have led us here.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

We’re a month out from the next CES. TechCrunch is returning to Vegas for the first time in a few years and — as usual — we’re on the hunt for the most fascinating startups. Work for a startup showing off a cool new product at CES next month? Let us know by filling out the below form. Our team will be reaching out to those companies we think will be a good fit for coverage.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Heeeey! Today has been a fun, rich, and varied day of news on your favorite tech news site. Haje got the unfortunate news that he will be attending his 15th CES in Las Vegas, so if you’re going with your startup, the TC hardware team wants to hear from you.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Indian social media startup ShareChat, backed by Twitter, Tiger Global and Temasek, is shutting down its fantasy sports platform Jeet11 and has laid off some employees. People familiar with the matter told TechCrunch that the startup sent an email to its affected employees last month. The platform was operational at the time of writing. ShareChat confirmed to TechCrunch that it is ceasing the operations of Jeet11 and has laid off less than 5% of its employees due to the decision.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity , a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. For the last time in 2022, the whole Friday gang got together to chat through the latest and greatest in the world of technology and startup news. From here on out, Equity is heading into Holiday Mode. We have a regular Monday show for you next week, but past that we have a string of kick-butt end-of-year episodes planned for you.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Lora DiCarlo, a sex tech startup that made headlines in 2019 after being blacklisted from the Consumer Electronics Show, seems to have shut down. The company’s website is offline and reportedly orders have gone unfulfilled for months. TechCrunch has reached out to the eponymous founder for confirmation, but it sure looks like the end of the line for a briefly promising high-tech sex toy enterprise.

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