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TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 key hiring metrics, building SDR teams, insurtech investor survey

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The expense involved in recruiting, training and onboarding a new employee who turns out to be a poor fit could be equivalent to 50% of that person’s first-year salary. TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 key hiring metrics, building SDR teams, insurtech investor survey by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch What do I do?

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Extra Crunch roundup: 500 Startups’ demo day, smart SaaS pricing and much more

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Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. Omnitron Sensors. Apothecary.

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These Y Combinator-backed startups are trying to build ‘ChatGPT for X’

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” That new ventures are jumping on the ChatGPT hype train isn’t surprising, considering ChatGPT’s virality. “I released Yuma as a prototype for fun in mid-December 2022, and was overwhelmed with demo requests,” Luccisano said.

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Tragic killing in SF, Twitter sends dogecoin soaring, and Android gains an account deletion option

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” Gen Z embraces Fanfix: More and more Gen Z users are hopping on the content creation train in an effort to earn a living beyond the typical 9 to 5 gig. On Equity , the team talked about Y Combinator’s demo day as well as Q1 numbers, deals of the week and venture activity in Latin America.

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5 C-suite bridges every IT leader must build

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A recent Gartner survey found that 41% of employees outside IT are “business technologists” who spend at least part of their time working on technology. Chief financial officer In a recent survey by financial software company Coupa, 33% of CFOs said they felt more tension with CIOs than with any other leader at their company.

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To stay ahead of your competitors, start building your narrative on day one

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TechCrunch is asking founders who have worked with growth marketers to share a recommendation in this survey. There is no stopping this train. In my sales demo, I talk about the narrative before going into the demo. Respond to our survey and help us find the best startup growth marketers! How do you test that?

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PolyAI lands $40M to handle contact center calls automatically

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One 2019 survey found that 88% of people prefer speaking to a live service agent instead of navigating an automated system. “Our core models don’t require customer data for training — we work under GDPR standards, regardless of where the client is based.”