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TechCrunch+ roundup: Technical due diligence, web3’s promise, how to hire well

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So far, web3 has not paid off on the Promise of the Premise : open source software that runs live on the blockchain. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. 8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. “It’s still much easier to develop a Web 2.0

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Doing Diligence Well In Venture Investing: Going Back To The Future

Crunchbase News

By Nicolas Sauvage Due diligence has made a comeback. On an average deal, VCs would spend 118 hours on due diligence and call 10 references. During the frothy “ funding party ” in 2021, VCs began prioritizing speed and cutting corners, leading to compressed cycles and less robust vetting.

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Sweep, a no-code config tool for Salesforce software, raises $28M

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A 2021 survey from CRM software vendor SugarCRM found that 50% of companies don’t know how to access customer data across their marketing, sales and service systems, while 53% said the administrative burdens of their CRM software causes friction for their sales team. In the worst case, the consequences can be severe.

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Code In Progress – The Life And Times Of Developers In 2021

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Is coding the only thing they do all day? And no, they do not code all day long. We wanted to bust a lot of these myths and shed light on how the programming world looks through a developer’s lens in 2021; especially in the wake of a global pandemic. When not coding, devs swear by their walks as a way to unwind.

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Open Source & Open Standards: Navigating the Intricacies of a Symbiotic Partnership

Speaker: Guy Martin, Executive Director of OASIS Open

Our worldwide society has continued to operate and thrive due to foundational technologies like the Internet. In the early days of technology, the building blocks of strong open standards combined with open source code that implemented these standards set the stage for breakthrough innovations. Live and On-Demand Masterclass.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Crypto tax prep, no-code survey, 4 VCs discuss how to pitch them

TechCrunch

Performing due diligence is critical, but it won’t give you all the information you need to approach a VC. Likewise, one investor may ask to review your deck in detail; another may prefer a probing one-on-one conversation. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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Low code/no code tools reap IT benefits—with caveats

CIO

Low-code/no-code visual programming tools promise to radically simplify and speed up application development by allowing business users to create new applications using drag and drop interfaces, reducing the workload on hard-to-find professional developers. So there’s a lot in the plus column, but there are reasons to be cautious, too.