Investors taking 30% of a startup in a round are short-sighted
Over the last couple of months I’ve spoken to a number of early-stage investors — both angels and VCs — who seem to be proud of having been able to take 25-30% of a startup’s equity in an early-stage funding round. In one case, an angel investor patted themselves on
Read MoreAfrican VC firm Enza Capital launches founder partner program as it closes $58M across funds
Enza Capital, a venture capital firm that backs startups “organizing the offline online” and “digitizing key African industries,” has closed $58 million across two funds. In 2019, the company launched an early-stage fund to “find, back, and help build category-defining startups” in the pre-seed and seed stages. The fund is
Read MoreHow to Create CSS Ribbon Shapes with a Single Element
Learn how to use modern CSS tricks to create fancy CSS ribbon shapes with minimal code and hover animations, using just a single element. Continue reading How to Create CSS Ribbon Shapes with a Single Element on SitePoint.
Read MoreVivaldi launches an iOS version of its browser
Almost eight years after former Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner launched a new browser for desktop users, his company named Vivaldi has introduced its iOS version today. As it’s mandatory for browsers on iOS today to use WebKit as the core engine, Vivaldi uses the same engine. Von Tetzchner told
Read MoreThe Raspberry Pi 5 is here and looks yummier than ever
Four years after the release of the Raspberry Pi 4, the Raspberry Pi team is back with a new small-but-mighty computer — the Raspberry Pi 5. It’s a worthy successor that features updated components with better specifications — and even some custom silicon. But first, you may not be familiar
Read MoreThe Engineer Bouquet: Making a Team Where People Can Grow
Career ladders are a poor model for personal growth. People don’t take pre-defined steps, and they never go in a straight line.Continue reading on Better Programming »
Read MoreX will be profitable in 2024, CEO claims in tense interview
According to X CEO Linda Yaccarino, the company formerly known as Twitter will be profitable by early 2024. “Now that I have immersed myself in the business, and we have a good set of eyes on what is predictable, what’s coming is that it looks like in early ’24, we will
Read MoreEpic asks the Supreme Court to weigh in on its beef with Apple
We haven’t heard the last of Epic’s crusade against Apple over the iPhone maker’s App Store fees. Epic Games filed a cert petition with the Supreme Court on Wednesday, setting things in motion for the highest court in the land to reexamine if Apple’s software business violates federal antitrust laws.
Read MoreTeamsters urge NHTSA to deny Cruise Origin exemption
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union is urging U.S. auto safety regulators to deny a petition by General Motors to grant an exemption to Cruise, the automaker’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary, that would allow it to build its Origin AV without traditional vehicle safety standards. Cruise’s Origin is purpose-built for autonomy,
Read MoreFrom AI Assistant to image restyler: Meta’s new AI features
Meta announced a host of new AI-powered bots, features and products to be released across its messaging apps, the Meta Quest 3 and the future Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The new features — ranging from an AI assistant to image editing — harness the power of generative AI to make
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