To attend or not to attend: We asked 52 founders whether events are useful or a waste of time
There are many founder-focused events but are they actually helpful or just a distraction? Founders need to strike a balance.
Read moreZendesk emerges from last year’s turbulence with strong outlook
After some recent turbulence, it would be easy to think that Zendesk's overall financial performance suffered as a result, but that really wasn’t the case.
Read moreProsus-backed fast-fashion startup Virgio, valued at $161 million, to shut down
Fast-fashion startup Virgio, founded by former Myntra chief, is shutting down its operations less than a year after raising funds at a valuation of over $160 million, according to two investor sources familiar with the situation. “The fast fashion brand that you have come to love is no longer available,”
Read moreHere’s how Rainforest, a budding Stripe rival, aims to win over software companies
Rainforest raises $8.5M and PayPal gets hit with a lawsuit. We take a look at this and other hot fintech news from the previous week.
Read moreWomen and underrepresented founders aren’t going to wait for the VC industry to transform itself
You will only have one shot to impress your future financial backers — make sure you are confident and ready.
Read moreMGM didn’t pay up after hackers broke into its system and stole customer data
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images The Wall Street Journal wrote on Thursday that MGM Resorts International didn’t pay the ransomware attackers who broke into its systems last month, forcing the company to shut down systems at several of its hotels and casinos. The hack kept many
Read moreSam Altman backs teens’ startup, Google unveils the Pixel 8 and TikTok tests an ad-free tier
Hiya, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s digest of the past week in tech news. It’s TC’s column that highlights the major stories over the past few days, and — we humbly submit — it’s a darn useful resource for folks on the go. This week, we
Read moreCrypto is about a lot more than a former golden boy turned villain
"Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall" by investigative reporter Zeke Faux has several chapters on FTX's founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, but it's also about crypto more broadly.
Read moreE-government in Estonia and what we could learn from them
Welcome to Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition. I’m your host, Jim Love. Today, we are going to look at how one country became a leader in terms of the transformation of it’s economy and it’s government. A country that leads in terms of per capita investment. And that country is:
Read moreHackers are selling the data of millions lifted from 23andMe’s genetic database
Illustration: Beatrice Sala 23andMe acknowledged this week that data from users of its genetic testing and analysis platform has been circulating on dark web forums after what it says was a credential-stuffing attack, according to BleepingComputer. The outlet wrote that a hacker reportedly leaked what they said was “1 million
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