by Walter Thompson | May 28, 2023 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Maëlle Gavet Contributor Share on Twitter Maëlle Gavet is the CEO of Techstars and was previously a senior executive at numerous large tech companies around the world. In these times of heightened tensions and global volatility, I believe startups can play a critical...
by Anna Heim | May 27, 2023 | Business Enhancements, Startups
W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. From cybersecurity to SaaS for restaurants, the key to running a...
by Haje Jan Kamps | May 27, 2023 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Saturday morning. Something really scary is happening. It’s an internet-powered horror story unfolding in front of us in three interwoven acts: (1) AI technology is improving fast enough that I...
by Rebecca Szkutak | May 27, 2023 | Business Enhancements, Startups, Venture Capital
Not all startups are built for a billion-dollar exit — or to grow as a stand-alone company at all. The appearance of easy-flowing subsequent funding likely led to the intense funding swell of the few years leading up to 2022. This is not to say all these companies are...
by Walter Thompson | May 26, 2023 | Business Enhancements, Startups
After sales software startup TigerEye closed its Series A and established a board of directors, its co-founders put them on notice: One thing we’d like to never do is the three-hour, too-in-the-weeds, non-strategic board meeting. “Every board deck I’ve made and seen...
by Anna Heim | May 26, 2023 | Business Enhancements, Startups
Shares of edtech company Chegg still haven’t recovered from their dive earlier this month. As you may recall, its stock fell off a cliff after the company reported its Q1 results. While Chegg beat analyst expectations for the first quarter of the year, it also...