Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work and unpack the rest. Alex filled in for Natasha as host this week. To celebrate […]
How hard was it to raise venture capital in Q1? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
SetSail set out to build a new way to compensate sales people, where based on the data, companies could pay salespeople on where they were in the pipeline, not in just one big chunk when they landed the sale. They believed this approach would enable salespeople to take more risks. Such an approach requires a […]
SetSail adds ChatGPT questioning capabilities on top of sales data by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
Lyft is re-launching a feature that will allow riders to request an electric or hybrid vehicle for their next pickup. The service, Lyft Green, will initially only be available to business travelers in select cities when it begins April 17. Lyft had originally launched Lyft Green in 2019 in Seattle, with plans to scale across […]
Lyft re-launches EV service, starting with business travelers by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Cows are a significant source of methane emissions, primarily due to their unique digestive system. Milk and beef cows are ruminants, which means they have a specialized stomach chamber (called the rumen), which houses billions of microbes that facilitate the breakdown of fibrous plant material. The process is called “enteric fermentation,” and as these microbes […]
Alga Biosciences wants to help climate change, one bovine burp at a time by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch