TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.” Having grown up in Karachi, childhood friends Ahmed and Aziz are aware of the challenges about the Pakistani education system, which is notably worse for those not living in large urban areas (the nation’s

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

GitLab is the first fully remote software company to go public. More than 2000 employees work all over the world and have collaborated to build a massive software business. GitLab provides a suite of DevOps tools that enable engineering teams to build and deploy software, and then secure it. The breadth of the solution is hard to convey, unless you visit the features page ; when printed it’s more than 100 pages long.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Meet Xata , a startup with a new take on managed databases. The company runs your database for you and turns it into an API so that you can query and update it from your serverless app. Xata has raised a $5 million funding round. Its product is not yet ready for prime time but the company is sharing details. Xata seems particularly well suited for Jamstack websites.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Unless you are a supervillain, or hiding from the authorities, a cloak of invisibility is not necessarily a good thing. Google’s mobile-first algorithm is key to ensuring your business is visible to your customers. When you’re in business, and you are looking to use your digital presence to drive customers and revenue, invisibility, most definitely, is not a good thing.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Three months into building our product, we had created a lead list and started making loads of phone calls. Here is what we learned. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Securing third-party recognition and validation of your efforts and achievements through business awards can be very valuable in helping establish credibility and a positive reputation for your business. If you’re interested in trying to win business awards, the first step is simple: research. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of different award opportunities for your business.

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