The Seraf Compass

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Being CEO is one of the loneliest jobs in the world. As CEO, you are ultimately held accountable for the success or failure of the company. Your employees and their families depend on you for their income. Customers depend on you to solve important problems for them. Shareholders depend on you to deliver the promised return on investment. When times are good and the company is growing and profitable, it’s a great job to have.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 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. Whooo-weee interesting times for crypto land, as Bitcoin crashes down to under $17,000 for the first time in a while. Wild, given that the cryptocurrency was trading at $65,000 or so a year ago. That’s a 74% decrease. What kind of winter is this — are we seeing a crypto cold snap or crypto permafrost?

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

VisiCalc, the first computer-based spreadsheet, was launched in 1979. For the first time, this brought data analysis and computing together, in a way thousands of times more powerful than pen and paper. While VisiCalc is no longer around, the … The post Investing in Equals appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Twitter’s new CEO and owner Elon Musk is rattling the cage at his social network and ruffling a lot of feathers both inside and outside of the company. But while some in the tech world describe that kind of chaos as a garbage fire, others see it as something very different: an opportunity. Years-old federated social networks, legacy social platforms that have their own issues and a cacophony of pre-existing fringe efforts are all emerging as possible alternatives to Twitter.

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Forward Cities

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

“There is a strong spirit of collaboration in the ecosystem. It’s inspiring to see organizations go above and beyond, to live out loud, show in real time, everyday what is meant by community over competition. It’s a beautiful thing.” – Magalie Yacinthe, Director of Ecosystem Engagement.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Intuition Robotics, the developer of the award-winning care companion robot ElliQ, announced today it has been named to Red Herring’s Top 100 Global Companies of 2022. The Red Herring Top 100 recognizes the leading private companies from North America, Europe, and Asia, celebrating these startups’ innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Game engine company Unity and adtech company IronSource finalized their merger this week, aiming to “create an end-to-end for developers to build and monetize games,” TechCrunch reported. While there’d be a lot to say about the deal from the perspective of game developers, we’d like to look at this from a different angle and wonder who might one day do the same, but for non-gaming apps.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Global venture investing platform OurCrowd announced today it has passed $2 billion in investment commitments. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in Forbes] Israel’s most active venture investor OurCrowd reaches $2 billion investment commitments appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Kabam , the gaming company that has developed mobile games in partnership with entertainment brands including Disney, Marvel and Universal, has laid off about 7% — around 35 people — of its workforce, TechCrunch has learned from sources and confirmed with the company over email. The Vancouver-based company informed the affected employees about the move earlier this week, a person familiar with the development said. “As we at Kabam reviewed our strategic priorities, we made the decision to

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

From a Y-Combinator Founder and ex-Softbank Investor Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Mobile developers earned more than $260 billion on Apple’s App Store between its launch in 2008 and the end of 2021. And yet, Apple doesn’t provide an easy way for companies to maximize how much they make from their apps — and neither does Google, which owns the rival Google Play Store. Enter New York City-based Adapty , which hopes to help developers earn more from their apps.

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Mark MacLeod

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Many companies say that their people are their greatest asset. This sounds nice. But for starters, your staff are not an asset. They are portable. More so than ever. They come. They go. But this statement does hint at the […].

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Greg Soh. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Kuan Wei (Greg) Soh is a technology entrepreneur and angel investor who enjoys building world-class technology teams. Previously, he worked in financial services, the hedge fund industry and at high-growth startups. Remote work is not for every business and it may not be everyone’s cup of tea. When my co-founder and I decided to build a distributed engineering team for our startup, numerous questions raced through our minds: Will they be productive?

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

… The post Building Helios: Fully trustless access to Ethereum appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We’re packing our bags and getting pumped about flying to Miami for TC Sessions: Crypto on November 17. What about you? Don’t miss your chance to rub elbows with the kings and queens of blockchain, cryptocurrency, DeFi, NFT and web3 — the current rulers and the up-and-coming contenders for the crown. Buy your pass today and join the royal courtiers of the cryptoverse.

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Founder Bounty

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

So a recession is coming and you need to figure out a way to get paid and start a side hustle and get yourself a passive income. We have put together a list of things you could do. Things will be worse quickly and its time to get prepared. 1) Start a business It's damn hard so don't take a lightly. The risk of failing is huge. Make sure to understand the risks - It may be well and true that working a side job or going into a smaller job will be easier then starting a join a company - i

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Another day, another 52-week low. It seems that instead of finding fresh support, the value of software companies keeps discovering new basement levels to descend into. This afternoon, software stocks were off 3% or so, while the broader Nasdaq composite was down around 2% in mid-afternoon trading. The dramatic collapse in the value of software stocks has been a key story starting when the trend began in late 2021.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lemonade, Inc. (NYSE: LMND) will hold an in-person Investor Day on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 in New York City. Read more here. The post [Lemonade in Business Wire] Lemonade to hold Investor Day on Tuesday, November 15 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Cleantech startup Airly wants to help communities around the world improve air quality with affordable sensors and software that provides actionable insights. Based in London and Krakow, the startup announced today it has raised $5.5 million. The round was led by firstminute capital and Pi Labs, with participation from returning investors like the Sir Richard Branson Family Office, AENU and Untitled.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

CHICAGO, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The holidays are one of the busiest times of the year for many people. In fact, nearly half of Americans, 49 percent, say they feel they have ruined a holiday season by taking on too many responsibilities, according to a recent study by Wakefield Research1, on behalf of Tovala, the connected food company that makes cooking as simple as scanning a QR code.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We knew it was happening, but U.K.-based online furniture and home accessories retailer Made.com has officially entered administration , confirming previous reports with the appointment yesterday of PricewaterhouseCoopers as administrators. While Made.com had revealed that it was in discussions with potential buyers, nothing materialized in time and the company ceased taking new orders in late October, with none of the interested parties able to “meet the necessary timetable” for clo

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — TytoCare, a virtual care company enabling accessible, high-quality primary care from home, today announced the launch of the Home Smart Clinic, a multi-pronged offering delivering health plans and providers a comprehensive range of elements required to launch a truly successful virtual care program without compromises.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Edge computing cloud and global data network Macrometa has raised $38 million led by Akamai Technologies , as the two announce a new partnership and product integrations. The funding also included participation from Shasta Ventures and 60 Degree Capital. Akamai Labs CTO Andy Champagne will join Macrometa’s board. Macrometa founder and CEO Chetan Venkatesh told TechCrunch that its GDN enables cloud developers to run backend services closer to mobile phones, browsers, smart appliances, connected c

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

According to Albert Einstein, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”. The past couple of years have placed an intense spotlight on the instability of our global supply chain—so much so that the words “supply chain” are now part of our lexicon. Read more here. The post [Remilk in Forbes] Fixing food production: Are we too late?

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Celonis has made a big impact since it launched in 2011, raising $2.4 billion along the way. Its most recent investment, a $1 billion raise in August , was on a $13.2 billion post-money valuation, the kind of money you haven’t been seeing in 2022. The company has primarily made its reputation by using software for process mining, figuring out how work flows through a business and finding ways to make it more efficient.

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