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TechCrunch+ roundup: eVTOL takes off, pivoting with agility, when to hire a lawyer

TechCrunch

Last year, boosters poured billions into eVTOL as companies like Joby Aviation, Archer and Lilium used SPACs to rake in cash to fund R&D and test flight programs. “I’ve been working in the aircraft development space for decades, but 2021 was different,” Tigner writes. And strong investor interest.

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YC, Khosla-backed Atmos lands $12.5M to design custom dream homes

TechCrunch

Atmos , a startup which has built an online marketplace that teams up homebuyers with builders and land developers to design and build custom homes, has emerged from stealth today with $12.5 It then teams up buyers with a “vetted builder partner.” . Once a builder is solidified, construction can begin.

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Placer.ai, a location analytics startup, finds $100M at a $1B valuation

TechCrunch

Second, the pandemic gave rise to a new set of reasons to need this kind of data, whether it was to determine crowds at testing or vaccination sites, or because the changing economy was precipitating real estate dealmaking, or something else. “Everywhere the rebound is impressively fast,” he noted.

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If there was ever a good time to be sure you have good governance, this is it

The Agile Manager

Software development is unique from most every other office-based occupation because it is the conversion of capital into intangible assets by way of human effort, at a level of effort that remains labor intensive to this day.

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Game Development Workflow – Getting the Most Out of It

The Crazy Programmer

Today, game development is one of the biggest industries in the world with thousands of developers creating games in every niche. By 2025, the game development market size is expected to reach over USD 250 billion. Virtual Assist aims to help you make the most of your development workflow. What is Game Development?

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Outsourcing Version 1: Advice from a CTO

GreenBar

On the other hand, I’ve been building software for over 30 years and managing software developers for 25. Compared to a permanent hire, advantages of contracting out your software development include on-demand resources; minimal overhead costs (benefits, equity, etc.); Your project might benefit from a UI specialist up front.

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It’s 2020, can I have my ML models now?

OpenCredo

” The fast track to creating a data graveyard is to diligently add all and any data to it, without keeping track of what data has been put in, what it means and what data types it constitutes (strong typing for data is always preferable to just unstructured collections of strings). Data testing/Integrity? Data Cataloguing.