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

TechCrunch

HubStop introduced usage-based pricing in 2011 to boost its retention rate, then near 70%. 4 strategies for deep tech companies recruiting top growth marketers. ” 4 strategies for deep tech startups recruiting top growth marketers. .” A fraction of Robinhood’s users are driving its runaway growth.

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CTO Salary and Equity Trends 2009-2011

SoCal CTO

Todd Gitlin of Safire Partners - a go to resource here in LA for recruiting C-level positions at startups - was nice enough to compile some data again this year (see last year's Startup CTO Salary and Equity Data ).

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Cloudbolt announces $35M Series B debt/equity investment to help manage hybrid cloud

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Kumolus, which was founded in 2011 and raised $1.7 We also recruit with with those ideas in mind. The company closed the funding round at the end of last quarter and put it to work with a couple of acquisitions — Kumolus and SovLabs — to help accelerate and fill in the road map. “One is just pure education.

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DEI that works: 5 companies reaping the benefits of IT diversity strategies

CIO

Diversity not only helps organizations perform better but fostering equity and inclusion can also strengthen recruiting and retention rates, as well as overall employee satisfaction. The tech industry has long been known for its lack of diversity and, as a result, there’s been a big push for companies to take DEI strategies seriously.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. In his book “Unicorn in the Woods: How East Coast Geeks and Dreamers are Changing the Game , ” Pitts recounts how in March 2011 Salesforce purchased New Brunswick-based social media monitoring company Radian6 for approximately $300 million.

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Early-bird pricing increases next week for TC Early Stage Operations & Fundraising

TechCrunch

You’ll learn or strengthen the core entrepreneurial skillsets every startup founder needs to master — legal issues, fundraising, marketing, growth, product-market fit, tech stack, recruiting, pitch deck teardowns and more. In 2011, he co-founded the first beginner-focused, in-person coding bootcamp.

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Snapcommerce raises $85M to make over your mobile shopping experience

TechCrunch

The startup was founded by tech entrepreneurs Hussein Fazal , whose prior company AdParlor grew to $100+ million in revenue, then sold to AdKnowledge back in 2011 ; and Henry Shi , who previously built uMentioned and worked at Google, where he helped launch YouTube Music Insights, according to previous TechCrunch reporting.

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