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How to pitch me: 5 investors discuss what they’re looking for in April 2023

TechCrunch

But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind. And if you’ve added “AI” to your pitch deck only to make it more appealing, here’s some more bad news: FOMO is passé, and due diligence is the new black.

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

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Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. “I’ve been working in the aircraft development space for decades, but 2021 was different,” Tigner writes. We have three full-time contractors doing business development and sales in the U.S., Mainstream attention is increasing.

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Weights & Biases raises $135M Series C to keep building MLOps software

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According to Weights & Biases co-founder Lukas Biewald , the software world has a set of tools built for developers to write and deploy code well. And today, he explained, many ML teams are working with ad-hoc tooling or simply without software assistance. monitoring ( Atlassian , Datadog , etc.), and the like.

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Use radical objectivity to create and retain an inclusive workforce

TechCrunch

Recent research by McKinsey shows that organizations with the most ethnically diverse teams are 36% more likely to financially outperform those with the least. For example, are you using gender-coded or inclusive-coded language to attract inclusion-minded people? Remember, the best candidates have options.

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Software Development Outsourcing in 2023 – All you need to know

InfoBest

We don’t blame you—it’s a great way to keep costs low and take advantage of the latest trends in software development. Therefore, is no wonder why software development and IT outsourcing services are becoming the savior in the current digital field. What Is Software Development Outsourcing?

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The cyber security challenges in fintech and neobanking’s rise

CIO

Senior tech execs gathered recently for a roundtable discussion on the growth of fintechs and neobanks in this country, the opportunities it presents, and the critical trends businesses must be aware of in 2022 when it comes to charting a course for progressing in this sector in a strong but safe way.

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The return of the lean, green startup

TechCrunch

D’Onofrio is seeing rounds taking longer, VCs asking more questions and the return of full due diligence (which, for anyone who has been reading this newsletter, is music to my paranoid ears). You’re raising money, but is it to hire, develop, acquire or just be able to exist?