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Overheard at a VC/startup convention lately: Product market match is sort of a product going round from weirdly formed buyer group to weirdly formed buyer group, like that outdated child’s ebook “Are you my mommy?” Startups generally is a little bit like that; generally the customers can shock you, and the product must ask a number of totally different potential buyer teams whether or not it’s a good match.
Oh, and Dominic-Madori needs to listen to Black founders’ tales of VC fundraising — In case you are a Black founder with battle tales (or if you realize somebody who does), get entangled! — Christine and Haje
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Bilt Rewards, which works with a number of the nation’s largest multifamily house owners and operators to create loyalty applications and a co-branded bank card for property renters, entered unicorn standing after securing $150 million in a development spherical at a $1.5 billion valuation led by Left Lane Capital, Christine stories.
Emergency response providers have had an enormous increase of information due to advances in related expertise, with watches that may detect when their wearers are falling down and are experiencing trauma, vehicles that may pinpoint the place their drivers are positioned and residential methods that may transmit vital knowledge about fires whenever you can’t. These are only a few of the improvements we’ve seen in recent times, and right this moment, a startup referred to as RapidSOS is saying some funding because it continues to attach the dots for emergency first responders, Ingrid stories.
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8 inquiries to reply earlier than your startup faces technical due diligence
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Outsiders examine a number of sides of a startup to find out its worth and high quality, and codebase well being is one among them.
A pitch deck is simply a part of the story, writes Matt Van Itallie, founder and CEO of codebase analytics firm Sema.
After technical due diligence (TDD) begins, no quantity of storytelling can cowl the secrets and techniques buried in GitHub and Jira.
To assist corporations put together for TDD, Van Itallie has written a primer with eight questions founding groups should be capable to reply confidently. Tomorrow, we’ll run his detailed TDD guidelines.
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Within the midst of making an attempt out the brand new Google Pixel 7 Professional’s digital camera, Haje discovered “a very dumb, completely avoidable flaw” that detracts from what’s in any other case “the perfect digital camera cellphone on the market,”and he’s telling the world. Talking of product evaluations, Brian has a more in-depth take a look at macOS Ventura.
Additionally, it’s in all probability not smart to have your legislation agency on the opposing facet of the identical difficulty. Natasha M introduced this to Launch Home’s consideration when information of a harassment investigation surfaced and now stories that the venture-backed founder’s membership cut up with its legislation agency.
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