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5 tips for scaling your green startup during a funding drought

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The dampened outlook for startup funding at the start of 2022 thanks to the pandemic’s lingering uncertainties has only worsened following a global market downturn and the war in Ukraine. CB Insights forecasts a roughly 20% drop in total VC investments from Q1 to Q2, leaving ambitious young companies scrambling to fight for scraps.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: No-code MVP strategy, hiring under scrutiny, A/B growth testing

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The potential of AI tools like ChatGPT creates a similar dilemma — should companies license large language models without modifications, or customize them and pay much higher usage rates? Building a minimum viable product once required engineering and design ability. Invest in continuous deployment automation.

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Here’s what I learned while leading a bootstrapped startup to $40M ARR

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To help you set your business up to thrive during economic turbulence and beyond, I’d like to share some of the strategies that proved successful when building Hotjar, the company I lead. It all starts with creating a product, testing it and finding the right market fit.

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MVP versus EVP: Is it time to introduce ethics into the agile startup model?

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The rocket ship trajectory of a startup is well known: Get an idea, build a team and slap together a minimum viable product (MVP) that you can get in front of users. However, building high-performing products and solutions that work for the majority isn’t enough anymore. Find an ethics officer to lead the charge.

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Inside Walmart’s generative AI journey

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“Our people make the difference” — a common catchphrase of Walmart founder Sam Walton — still guides the company’s path forward as it ventures into the future with generative AI. The move places Walmart among a handful of companies (aside from tech giants) that have leveraged generative AI at scale. And they did it in just 60 days.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 5 pitch deck slides to fix, initial viable product, MLOps acceleration

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According to Jose Cayasso, CEO and co-founder of pitch deck design agency Slidebean, there are five slides where pretty much all founders miss the mark : Go-to-market. Remember, a pitch deck needs to achieve two things: tell your company story and convince the investor that they can make money with this,” says Cayasso.

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Choosing a cloud infrastructure provider: A beginner’s guide

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But not every company has the luxury to operate within those confines indefinitely. Early-stage startups building their first minimum viable product. These companies want to deploy minimum cloud computing to reduce infrastructure costs and technical decisions so they can focus on product and market strategy.