The psychology behind startup dealmaking: Pitching your pilot to an industry Goliath
Startups must maintain acute awareness of often short-term corporate psychology, embracing adaptability and nurturing internal champions.
Read moreBuzzy social app Fizz sues rival Sidechat over unfair competition practices
Fizz, the buzzy anonymous social app that’s now being used across more than 80 college campuses, has filed suit against rival Sidechat, alleging unfair competition and a range of abuses, including attempts at disrupting Fizz’s launches, spreading rumors about Fizz having hackers, trademark infringements, sending false spam reports to Instagram
Read more5 Things I Learned the Hard Way as a Manager of Managers
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Read moreChris’ Corner: Can Has Blurs, Filters, and Masks
You’ve seen CSS’ new :has() selector right? There are all these “basic” use cases that leave me smiling because the solutions of the past were inelegant at best, and now are easy and satisfying. Here’s one: You want margin below your <h2> … unless there is a <time> right below
Read moreCalifornia passes law mandating VC firms to release investments’ diversity information
This is the United States’ first piece of legislation that aims to increase diversity within the venture capital landscape.
Read moreSaronic, a defense startup building autonomous ships, raises $55M
Saronic, a startup developing autonomous ships for defense, has raised $55 million in a Series A round led by Caffeinated Capital with participation from 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Point72 Ventures, Silent Ventures, Overmatch Ventures, Ensemble VC, Cubit Capital and the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund. Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas,
Read moreInstagram Threads preps a Trending Topics feature in battle with X
In an effort to better compete with X (formerly Twitter), Instagram’s Threads is preparing to launch a much-in-demand feature: Trends. A Threads user spotted the update in a screenshot posted accidentally by a Threads employee post over the weekend, which showed a numbered list of trending topics as well as
Read moreCanadian startups had a tough Q3, and AI’s popularity isn’t making a big difference
Funding to Canadian startups declined by 57% to $808 million in Q3 2023 from the previous quarter, per Tracxn’s Geo Quarterly report.
Read moreA former TikTok employee is building a social app for content creators to network and ‘spill the tea’
Canopy is a new peer-to-peer social networking app for content creators to connect, crowdsource information and, for lack of a better term, “spill the tea.” The company announced today the launch of its pilot program, with plans to onboard 1,000 influencers. Canopy hopes that the program will help “build critical
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