Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the […]
Startups Weekly (Taylor’s Version)
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. If you don’t understand this headline, let’s start with a quick history lesson. Taylor Swift is rerecording all of her albums, but not in the name of nostalgia. Instead, Swift is taking […]
Small notes on big news
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What I unlearned about startups this year
Taylor Swift has impeccable timing. First, she released “Red,” an album about heartbreak and hurt, while I was in the thick of high school. My now-retired Tumblr is still thankful. More recently, Swift took on a project to rerecord her earlier albums, reclaiming her music from her old record label — this time with her […]
Daily Crunch: After ‘very regrettable events,’ Better.com CEO Vishal Garg will take time off
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This week in TechCrunch Experts: International expansion, 2022 trends, boutique software devs
TechCrunch Experts returns with predictions for 2022, insights on product-led growth and strategies for early-stage startups that hope to expand internationally. Jonathan Metrick, chief growth officer at Sagard & Portage Ventures, and Simon Lejeune, who leads user acquisition at Wealthsimple, shared three trends that they believe will shape marketing in 2022. With an eye on […]
TechCrunch+ roundup: Less VC for SV, 2022 marketing predictions, GTM research strategies
The fact that the Bay Area’s share of startup funding is shrinking shouldn’t be cause for alarm — it’s good news for the entire country.
The ‘art’ of VC startup valuations is a forgery
We pretend the startup has value so that the startup’s team is motivated and everyone involved has a chance to win.
3 views: The new decentralized venture landscape is changing how we report startup data
Where is Silicon Valley, really?
From Ph.D. to boutique software developer: An interview with Solwey’s Andrew Drach
“In my opinion, the word ‘agile’ has been loosely applied to many different approaches and strategies to manage projects so the discussion of ‘fake’ versus ‘real’ agile is tricky without a specific context or example.”