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Serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor Vinod Khosla has some strong, contrarian advice for the venture capital industry: don’t sit on your founders boards. Khosla, who spoke on stage at the Upfront Summit in Los Angeles this week, spoke about the culture of capital. “I’m not a big fan of governance; I think if you engage […]

Vinod Khosla’s advice for top VCs? Don’t sit on your founders’ boards by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter is experiencing issues once again. Multiple users, including folks on the TechCrunch team, are currently unable to view links and images on the social network. According to reports on third-party web monitoring service Downdetector, the issues began at around 11:50 a.m. ET. Clicking on a link brings up an error message that says “Your […]

Twitter images and links are currently broken by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Qualtrics was once a hot startup before SAP bought the company in 2018 for $8 billion. It was a fine exit, making the founders rich, but it never was really a good fit. SAP spun out the company just two years later, before taking it public in 2021. Today the company filed an 8-K form […]

Qualtrics has $12B offer on the table to go private by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Welcome to the final episode of Inside Startup Battlefield. Thank you so much for listening to our miniseries all about TechCrunch’s pitch competition. Now, it’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for — the winner is announced! In this episode, we get to know the winner of the 2022 Startup Battlefield competition. We’ll hear what’s […]

Inside Startup Battlefield: Say Hello to the Startup Battlefield Winner by Maggie Stamets originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter is the first of the major social media companies to allow cannabis companies to advertise.

Tweet, tweet, pass: Twitter unlocks a budding growth opportunity for cannabis startups by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch