Tag: EC How To
The lightning-fast Series A (that was 3 years in the making)
Nathan Beckord Contributor More posts by this contributor Founders seeking their first check need a fundraising sales funnel Fundraising lessons from David Rogier of MasterClass Christine Tao runs Sounding Board, a business founded in 2016 that offers executive coaching services to leaders at major companies like Kraft and Heinz. But…
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3 steps to ease the transition to a no-code company
Katherine Kostereva Contributor Katherine Kostereva is CEO and managing partner of Creatio, a global software company providing a leading low-code platform for process management and CRM. Gartner predicts low/no-code will represent 65% of all app development by 2024. Clearly, it’s the future, but what is it, and how can you…
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How to recruit data scientists without paying top dollar
Michael Li Contributor Tianhui Michael Li is founder of The Data Incubator, an eight-week fellowship to help Ph.D.s and postdocs transition from academia into industry. Previously, he headed monetization data science at Foursquare and has worked at Google, Andreessen Horowitz, J.P. Morgan and D.E. Shaw. More posts by this contributor…
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Why ‘blaming the intern’ won’t save startups from cybersecurity liability
SolarWinds is back in hot water after a shareholder lawsuit accused the company of poor security practices, which they say allowed hackers to break into at least nine U.S. government agencies and hundreds of companies. The lawsuit said SolarWinds used an easily guessable password “solarwinds123” on an update server, which…
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Extra Crunch roundup: Coupang and Roblox debut, driving GPT-3 adoption, startup how-tos, more
Extra Crunch publishes a variety of article types, but how-tos are my favorite category. For many entrepreneurs, the startup they are trying to get off the ground might be only the second entry on their resume. As a result, they don’t have much experience to draw from when it comes…
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How nontechnical talent can break into deep tech
Jessica Li Contributor Jessica is on the growth marketing team at Zageno, a multivendor, online marketplace for life science products, and is head of content at Elpha, a Y Combinator-backed community of 40,000+ women in tech. More posts by this contributor 4 strategies for deep tech startups recruiting top growth…
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