TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Tech’s guiding principles these days aren’t too difficult to find: discipline, focus and cash conservation. But I’ve always found those same focuses to be especially in conflict with what it means to be an early-stage founder pitching your vision: You have to have Elon Musk-level ambition, big dreams and the abi

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A Smart Bear: Longform

APRIL 29, 2023

Is it good to be "first?" It seems so -- what's the point of being a copycat? While "first" sounds impressive, in reality it doesn't predict who will win.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2023

Identity management used to mean making sure you had your driver’s license when you left the house, but these days it’s not so easy: Identity fundamentally underpins how we engage with the digital world, and identity services can take on many forms (and, unfortunately, abuses). I’m excited to host a TechCrunch Live event with Persona co-founder and CEO Rick Song, one of the early movers in the space, about how his company identified ID management as an opportunity.

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A Smart Bear: Longform

APRIL 29, 2023

You can charge much more than you think, if you reposition your value-proposition. Here's how.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2023

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