Editor’s Morning Note: Earnings are boring and you are busy so let’s get you up to speed in record time. This week, a number of major technology companies reported their third-quarter… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: You were asleep, so here’s what you need to know about Twitter’s quarter. Early this morning, Twitter announced its recent operational results. The company bested expectations, reporting… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Starting a startup is more expensive today, too much money used to spoil startups (but doesn’t anymore), and, by the way, the Series A Crunch is a real thing.… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: 2016 tech IPOs are off nearly a third from their highs, which may raise a hackle or two.1 I carefully cropped out the ‘2015’ in this image. Pretend… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Why are so many fashion-tech companies focused on making shopping easier? Because the Internet opens up the possibility. Today’s fashion-tech companies are promoting new ways to sell to consumers… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Deep learning startups are in vogue, but that doesn’t mean fundraising is easy. Here are the pitfalls startups should avoid to get funded and build a business. This how-to… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Twitter is in the middle of yet another critical week. Here’s what’s coming next. Create your own metaphor here. After Twitter’s potential suitors dropped out like wayward 2016… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Google has acquired Eyefluence, which has developed a suite of eyeball-sensing technologies for AR and VR, for an undisclosed sum. Today, Eyefluence quietly announced on its website that it… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Diverse companies outperform non-diverse companies. Here’s one solid way to help diversify your workforce. Promoting diversity in the workplace is a widely supported cause, and one that comes with… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Apple and Microsoft have more than divergent histories, they have conflicting charts! There’s no shortage of high-quality Apple-focused photography on Unsplash. It’s going to be a busy week.… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Slack recently released new growth metrics. Let’s see what we can squeeze out of them! Slack, the unicorn’s whose product you likely use the most by hours daily,… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Microsoft’s cloud business continues to grow. We’ll examine the pace of that growth, and compare it to other recent figures. All that and margins. To paraphrase In Flames, perhaps… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: New notes from Uber’s CEO shed fresh light on Uber’s financial situation. TechCrunch’s Matthew Lynley recently reported new corporate disclosures from Uber’s CEO, with the executive describing… Read Full Article
tl;dr: We find out where your startup is most likely to survive from round to round. In breaking news, it turns out there is more than one city in the United… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Tech discovered that money can buy things, like influence. Major technology companies are spending record sums to influence the government. According to Bloomberg, leveraging data from the… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Have you ever been told that you should only talk to partners at venture firms? That may not be the best advice. A lot of founders these days are being… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Yesterday Twitter’s market cap fell below Weibo’s, a service that is sometimes called a clone of the popular microblogging network. Twitter has since reversed the inversion. Shares… Read Full Article
tl;dr: The nerds are fighting, but this time it’s about something more important than quicker food delivery. Also, please read the disclosure at the bottom of this post. After it became… Read Full Article
Editor’s MornIng Note: The micro VC bull cycle isn’t nearly over. Only the finest stock-ish image for Monday, naturally. It’s a good time to be a venture capitalist. In fact,… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: And lo, did the Fed leave us with a gift even as ZIRP threatens to fade into our memory like QE1, 2, and 3. Yellen has made… Read Full Article
tl:dr: How Shippo bootstrapped its B2B startup by focusing on small businesses. You are building a product geared for other businesses. You’ve talked to potential users, and you have your… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Twilio shares are off again today, continuing the company’s recent declines. Let’s explore what’s up with what was tech’s hottest 2016 IPO1. The Internet is a series of… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Civic Tech companies aim to make interacting with government less painful and contributing to society easier, but they face logistical hurdles. Remember the documentary Startup.com? It’s a canonical film about… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: While Spotify remains in an IPO play, new offerings out today from Amazon and Pandora further complicate the industry. A quick hit this morning, friends, on what… Read Full Article