TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

A startup called Sanity has built a platform to help businesses (and their people) do that more easily with a SaaS platform that lets developers create code and systems to manage content. .” These days, the medium, as they say, is the message, and in that regard “publishing” has taken on a new meaning in the digital age.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Today, a startup building out a business based on one particular application of that — how to apply AI to knowledge management in the workplace — is announcing some funding as it finds some decent traction for its approach. Menlo Ventures, the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

But should you actually write one if you’re a startup, an industry figure (lawyer, banker) or VC? I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. I use WordPress.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

Sounds like a useful feature, no? OpenAI proposes new moderation technique: OpenAI claims that it’s developed a way to use GPT-4, its flagship generative AI model, for content moderation — lightening the burden on human teams. Perhaps for shoppers and sellers. But what about reviewers?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

We’ve hung out periodically over the past few years and I have enjoyed debating many startup topics. Your goal is to increase the top end of the funnel (more people using the free product) and increase the rate of conversion to paid. there was no frame of reference for the value. Yesterday’s show floored me.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

San Francisco-based Heyday — which buys up and then grows direct-to-consumer merchants and brands that have found initial traction, leveraging the Amazon marketplace — has raised $555 million, a Series C that it will be using to continue expanding its technology, investing in business development, and to buy up more assets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

The company announced it invested $450 million into Wisk, a startup trying to develop and commercialize electric, self-flying air taxis. This new capital will be used to fund the development of the company’s sixth-generation electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Deal of the week. certification process.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

For example, Cliffs Variety, an independent home goods store in San Francisco’s Castro district, uses a Facebook page to alert neighborhood residents about store openings, pickup times, and product availability. Brands actively refer their retailers to Faire because they benefit from managing their wholesale business on a single platform.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Now the bad news: some venture capitalists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

Monica is the CEO of an ambitious startup looking to solve a common business pain she experienced at a previous company before deciding to embark on this entrepreneurial journey. Pricing mistakes are especially tough on startups. Hey Joe, what price should we charge for the new product?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I imagine everyone at this point has used a Zoom Webinar, so we don’t need a full demo, but just so you know, please use the chat to connect with your fellow attendees. This is a program where we invite luminaries from the startup world to share their insights. But we’re so thrilled to have her join with Tomasz.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Can Bitcoin find its practical use case as a currency in Latin America? When they return, young people like Morrison are finding that Atlantic Canadians have quietly built a robust startup ecosystem that has resulted in a dozen acquisitions to companies like IBM and Salesforce, the sum of which likely surpasses $5 million in cash and stock.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

Startups and VC Back in January, a $810 million deal fell apart to buy Angry Birds makers Rovio, but the company suggested they were still in talks with other potential interested parties. There’s an acronym for this — XaaS, or “everything as a service,” also referred to as “servitization.” for a new software update. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

More modern approaches are being adopted these days, which is the case of RxAll , a startup using deep technology to provide quality medication to patients. The machine learning model reads the sample spectra and send test results indicating the identity and the quality versus the reference. Today, the U.S.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

15 Ways to Facilitate Communication Among Cross-Functional Startup Teams In the fast-paced environment of a startup, effective communication across various departments is crucial for success. Here are the fifteen unique strategies these leaders use to ensure seamless communication among cross-functional teams.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Startup of the Week: NanoLock – Securing homes vs hackers. From Startup Nation to VacciNation. Startup of the Week NanaLock: FBI warns that hackers are hijacking home security The FBI has warned that hackers are hijacking home security and other connected devices, allowing them inside into our homes. Learn more.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

To unpack this rare gem of Europe’s startup scene, we spoke to eight area investors. Among the trends they identified are startups in B2B, business automation processes, e-commerce, AI, SaaS and COVID-19-related solutions, as well as “smart” everything: factories, cities, offices, etc. billion crowns or $59 million.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

That’s why so much of our robotics coverage revolves around startups and venture funding. I’d be lying if I told you that every week was an embarrassment of riches here at Actuator HQ (a one-bedroom in a Queens office managed by a mischievous lionhead rabbit mix), but I’ve thus far been happy with the flow of news. More M&A?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

London- and Los Altos-based startup Stability AI this week announced the release of a DALL-E 2 -like system, Stable Diffusion, to just over a thousand researchers ahead of a public launch in the coming weeks. . “We plan to use our compute to accelerate open source, foundational AI.” ” Samples from Stable Diffusion.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

Reference calls. Ask for at least 5 references. As your candidate for at least 5 references. Ask for at least 5 references. As your candidate for at least 5 references. I like to get a mix of people who have reported to the candidate, whom the candidate has reported to (2x) and peers.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 2, 2023

Having founded multiple startups across various industries, I firmly believe having the right co-founder(s) is the most significant determinant of startup success. Without further ado, here are the five actionable steps that I’ve used to find, assess, and partner with the right co-founder.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In this article, we will look at how startups can apply the reciprocity principle as part of their overall growth strategy. Especially in content-related marketing activities, reciprocity presents a cost-effective scaling strategy for startups whose marketing budgets are limited. How to apply the reciprocity strategy. Conclusion.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

A startup tapping into the concept of the circular economy, where people don’t buy items outright but pay an incremental amount to use them temporarily, has raised some funding to scale its business in Europe and beyond.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2022

Istanbul has become a city to watch when it comes to casual gaming startups, boosted by the likes of Peak ( acquired by Zynga for $1.8 Now, a new startup is announcing a major round of funding to make its own mark on the space. As a point of reference, when Peak was acquired for $1.8

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2021

The real estate sales market has been in an upswing this year, and today a startup that’s addressing one of homeowners’ biggest needs — repair and maintenance services, and specifically the stress of sorting these out when things break down — is announcing some funding on the heels of strong growth. More on that below.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Might come as a surprise, but the audio world, in large part, uses general-purpose tools to discuss and iterate their files, which is extremely inefficient,” Bradley said. Highnote is free to use, and no download is required. There’s also the option to create polls to prompt the listener with questions at a specific time.

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TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

Refer a friend, get a reward. million in a mix of debt and equity. Though he wasn’t actively seeking new funds, Al-Ansari had been speaking with Crédit Mutuel Equity, which used to be CIC Capital Canada, prior to the pandemic, and their deal was put on hold. Write a review, get a reward. It raised $54.9

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 17, 2021

Pricing a product actually involves a lot more psychology and art than science and is one of the most challenging problems my co-founders and I have attempted to solve when launching Uizard , an easy-to-use design tool for non-designers. It’s far from perfect but it allows a startup to make a data-backed estimate to start with.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

There’s been a profusion of startups emerging in the last year around the concept of rolling up smaller e-commerce businesses — operations that mainly sell and distribute their products on marketplace platforms like Amazon’s — using economies of scale to bring them together to run and grow them more efficiently.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Today a startup called Redacted is coming out of stealth with a different approach to tackling that malicious activity: It applies threat intelligence, and then proactively goes after the hackers to recover data loss and disrupt their activities. (Ten Cyber Command. Marine Corps, U.S. Cyber Command and the U.K.’s

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Companies like Airbnb, Intercom and Buffer have released the pitch decks they used to raise their first rounds of funding, and if you look at their structure, you can essentially find the same set of slides. Who doesn’t love a good story?

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

Hivery , a startup that bills itself as an “optimization platform” for retailers, today announced that it raised $30 million in a Series B round led by Tiger Global, the embattled private equity firm, with participation from Blackbird Ventures, AS1 Growth Partners and OneVentures.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 14, 2015

But mixing these models by charging for a people-based product in units like bytes. Customers effectively lend the startup money to grow. It can be intimidating to push a customer toward annual prepay, or to demand it from an account executive, especially when a startup is young and the product immature. Employ static pricing.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In 2021, one-third of all unicorns created were fintech companies: investor FOMO, increased use of digital payments, BNPL, and other financial services created a gravitational field that attracted more than one out of every five dollars VCs invested last year. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

But if this 2017-founded Finnish startup, Solar Foods , has its way fermentation could have a very special place in the future of human food too. The industrial biotech startup is working on bringing a novel protein to market — one it says will offer a nutritious, sustainable alternative to animal-derived proteins.

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