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Sophia Amoruso, the creator of Nasty Gal and Girlboss, has started a movement, has empowered generations of women and done the entrepreneur victory lap – the last of which she doesn’t necessarily recommend to other founders because “it’s a distraction.” She’s also raised down rounds, run out of venture capital funding, filed for bankruptcy and […]

Sophia Amoruso launches Trust Fund for founders by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Successful startup founders do not spring fully formed from the head of whatever god or goddess keeps tabs on entrepreneurs. It takes time to educate yourself, learn essential skills and acquire a smart, connected network. Here’s the great news — TechCrunch Early Stage, taking place April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts, is designed to help both […]

Connect and collaborate with new founders at TechCrunch Early Stage 2023 by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

In late-2020, Presso pivoted. It made a lot of sense at the time. People weren’t traveling much and therefore weren’t particularly hung up on getting their business attire dry-cleaned. Certainly the hospitality industry — which had been identified as a major potential revenue sort –0 had effectively ground to a screeching halt. Around that time, […]

Dry-cleaning robotics startup Presso pulls in another $8M by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Sling TV, the DISH-owned streaming service, finished the year off with a substantial drop in subscribers, ending Q4 2022 with a loss of 77,000 subs. As reported in an SEC filing on January 17, Sling TV now has a total of 2.33 million subscribers, down from 2.41 million in the previous quarter. While the company […]

Sling TV’s subscriber base continues to tank, loses over 75K subs in Q4 by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

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For startups trying to avoid making the same mistake and running afoul of watchful US regulators: Watch what Musk-led Twitter is doing, and do the opposite.

Twitter’s data leak response is a lesson in how not to do cybersecurity by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

A €390M privacy fine for Meta announced earlier this month in the European Union — for running behavioral ads on Facebook and Instagram in the region without a valid legal basis — was several billion dollars smaller than it should have been, and orders of magnitude too tiny to be a deterrent for others going […]

Meta dodged a €4BN privacy fine over unlawful ads, argues GDPR complainant by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Apple has launched its new HomePod which is the latest edition to the premium smart speakers pack. The speaker pack has extraordinary sound quality along with an updated version of Apple’s virtual assistant Siri.