Why You Need to Look at HR Data the Way You Look at Your Finances
People are a company’s greatest asset, and it’s time for HR departments to follow finance’s lead in sharing key information with owners/managers.
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A full day’s work for Dora Manriquez, who drives for Uber and Lyft in the San Francisco Bay Area, includes waiting in her car for a two-digit number to appear. The apps keep sending her rides that are too cheap to pay for her time—$4 or $7 for a trip across San Francisco, $16 for…
November 2022
Feeling Scared and Not Ready? That’s the Time to Go For It, Says This Tech Entrepreneur.
Issac Hicks, founder and CEO of Slipbot, explains how he walked away from ‘Elevator Pitch’ with a big win.
OnlyFans partners with Spring to add shopping features
Merch is coming to OnlyFans. In a partnership with Spring — the merch company formerly known as TeeSpring that just got acquired by Amaze — OnlyFans creators can sell physical products to their supporters directly on their platform pages. The feature works via an integration. If you go to a creator’s page who has a […]
OnlyFans partners with Spring to add shopping features by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Maybe FTX was the real poster child for 2021’s startup excess
FTX’s bankruptcy filing speaks volumes about how quickly venture capitalists dropped their own advice to secure a seat on a rocket they were hoping would only go up. It did not.
Maybe FTX was the real poster child for 2021’s startup excess by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Speak lands investment from OpenAI to expand its language learning platform
Speak, an English language learning platform with AI-powered features, today announced that it raised $27 million in a Series B funding round led by the OpenAI Startup Fund, with participation from Lachy Groom, Josh Buckley, Justin Mateen, Gokul Rajaram and Founders Fund. Notably, Speak is the third startup in which OpenAI, the AI lab closely […]
Speak lands investment from OpenAI to expand its language learning platform by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Binance’s CZ on FTX: “We were the last straw that broke the camel’s back”
Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, commented on the collapse of FTX at TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022. He played down his personal role in the series of events that ultimately led to FTX filing for bankruptcy. “I still don’t think I have that much influence. I think we were the last […]
Binance’s CZ on FTX: “We were the last straw that broke the camel’s back” by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
TikTok begins testing an early version of its platform research API
Earlier this year, TikTok announced that it’s developing a research API to improve access to public and anonymized data about content and activity on its app. Now, the company says it’s ready to make a beta version of its platform research API available and has asked members of its Content and Safety Advisory Councils to […]
TikTok begins testing an early version of its platform research API by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Binance chief says crypto exchange doesn’t currently see a viable business in India
Scores of crypto-focused venture capital firms have raced to India in the past two years, hoping to turn the world’s second largest internet market’s large developer community into a key web3 power house. But what does Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, arguably the most powerful and influential figure in the crypto industry, think about the potential of […]
Binance chief says crypto exchange doesn’t currently see a viable business in India by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Roku lays off 200 US employees, citing economic conditions
Roku wrote in a new SEC filing that it plans to cut 200 jobs in the U.S. as it braces for economic headwinds. Thanks to the workforce reduction, the company expects to incur a non-recurring charge of between $28 to $31 million, mainly because of severance payments, employee benefits contributions, other related expenses, and notice […]
Roku lays off 200 US employees, citing economic conditions by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Sources: Palo Alto Networks is buying Cider Security for up to $300M
More consolidation is afoot in the world of cyber security. TechCrunch has learned from sources that Palo Alto Networks is going to be announcing the acquisition of Cider Security for $200 million in cash and a further $100 million in shares. The deal has been rumored for weeks, but we understand that investors have now […]
Sources: Palo Alto Networks is buying Cider Security for up to $300M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch