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Fintech startup Vise brings on Andrew Fong (formerly Dropbox) as CTO

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Vise , a fintech firm that focuses on helping financial advisors rather than automating them out of existence, has today announced that it is bringing on Andrew Fong as its chief technology officer. Trillions are at stake in the retirement wars, and Vise nets $14.5M from Sequoia to manage it.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Fighting fundraising fears, XaaS CS strategy, the ‘collapse’ of VC

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In one study, companies that spent 10% of their yearly revenue on customer success attained peak net recurring revenue. Dear Sophie, Our startup is recruiting engineers. Most of our team works remotely, but some of our potential recruits would want to work in the office. Rigorous Recruiter.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Optimized SaaS pricing, recruiting growth experts, VC surveys, more

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When it went public three years later, its net revenue retention rate was edging close to 100%, “all without hurting the company’s ability to acquire new customers.” 4 strategies for deep tech companies recruiting top growth marketers. ” 4 strategies for deep tech startups recruiting top growth marketers.

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Nigerian digital bank Carbon hit $240M in payments processed last year, up 89% from 2019

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In 2018, Carbon , a Nigerian fintech startup, made its financials public for the first time. When Chijioke Dozie, the CEO, spoke to TechCrunch in 2019, he cited recruitment purposes and clientele trust as reasons why the company made its financials public — an exercise it has done every second quarter for two years.

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Daily Crunch: Startup that transforms real-world items into NFTs raises $6.9M seed round

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Glen Evans, a partner on Greylock’s core talent team, joined Senior Editor Walter Thompson at TechCrunch Early Stage to talk about how founders can optimize the recruiting and hiring process, find and develop talent, and uncover some best practices for closing candidates. Startups and VC. First, Stellantis plans to inject $2.8

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Zombie startups

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The founder reiterated that we don’t know the exact reasons that people are leaving, but he also noted that it’s a red flag from a recruitment perspective. So I think there are going to be net new application categories … but I’m following the customer more than anything else. Fintech fundraising has reverted to the mean.

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Thailand’s Salary Hero is an earned wage access startup that wants to add neobanking products

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Additionally, financial uncertainty and a lack of a financial safety net creates a lingering feeling of insecurity, and is the main cause of mental stress among workers.” Salary Hero empowers workers, and at the same time, solves immediate challenges for employers-driving retention, recruitment and productivity of their workers.”.

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