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Kodland, which teaches kids digital skills, grabs $9M to scale its online coding school

TechCrunch

Where kids are concerned, a giant of the category remains Roblox — which leverages social gaming to get children interested in learning programming and potentially earning money off of their creations. And the unique result-oriented way their programs are structured make them highly appealing to modern kids.

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Stream raises $38M as its chat and activity feed APIs power communications for 1B users

TechCrunch

The company already has amassed a list of notable customers, including Ikea-owned TaskRabbit, NBC Sports, Unilever, Delivery Hero, Gojek, eToro and Stanford University, as well as a number of others that it’s not disclosing across healthcare, education, finance, virtual events, dating, gaming and social.

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Skich’s new app brings social discovery to mobile game recommendations

TechCrunch

Users aren’t promised in-game rewards, virtual currency or anything else. Upon first launch, users simply tap on the categories of games they most enjoy — like board, adventure, card, casino, educational, strategy, word, racing, sports, casual, puzzle, and others. It’s just a recommendation.

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Reflections on YCombinator Demo Day: How the Seed Market Has Changed

Tomasz Tunguz

enterprise), segment (ecommerce, education, social, gaming, delivery) and by revenue model (subscription, ads, transactional). Shifting to consumer, social apps have fallen from 24% of consumer startups to 15% at the most recent demo day. Unlike the 2012 class, there were no gaming companies in 2014.

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15 Business Leaders Share Their Experiences and Insights on Getting Through COVID-19

StartupNation

Insights gained from an effective analytics strategy can not only save you resources and time, but also broaden your customer base, increase productivity, and put your employees at ease by showing that leadership is educated and responsive.”. Jen Laloup , CEO, Mobile Growth Association . Prioritize. ” Key takeaways.

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Turkey’s Spyke raises $55M in a seed round to bring a social twist to casual mobile games

TechCrunch

“We have long-term goals to be one of the largest gaming companies in the world, and we want to be able to reach that goal in a quick amount of time.” ” Spyke’s arrival in the market comes at an interesting crossroads for casual gaming. .”

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Lesson: As CEO, it is your responsibility to educate everyone and mediate the difficult tensions that can arise by removing excuses. Social currency. WoW and social gaming addiction. The role of a CEO is to find the happy medium so that: Salespeople do not blame engineering and marketing for a lack of features.