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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence

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Will your organization and your code pass technical due diligence when it’s your turn? Let’s start with the positives: If an investor is proceeding with technical due diligence (TDD), you’ll likely pass. We’ve looked at the contributions of over 200,000 developers who have collectively written 4 billion lines of code.

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

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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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What you need to know about Okta’s security breach

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Traditional security controls are bypassed in such attacks as bad actors assume a user’s identity and their malicious activity is indistinguishable from routine behavior. Deception Adversaries rely on human error, policy gaps, and poor security hygiene to circumvent defenses and stay hidden as they escalate privileges and move laterally.

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

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In a column for TC+ , Ben Tigner, co-founder and CEO of electric aerial mobility company Overair, identified four trends that are changing how investors, entrepreneurs and the market are responding to expanding opportunities in eVTOL: An expanding competitive landscape. Mainstream attention is increasing. An emphasis on noise pollution.

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Wondering How to Find an App Developer?

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But what do you do when it’s time to figure out how to find an app developer? Why Do Businesses Need Agile Distributed Teams? How to Find an App Developer. Plus: the 5 Kinds of Developers You’ll Meet in Your Search. Offshore development shop. Onshore/Offshore Development Shop. Freelancer.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zero-day exploits, breaking into Japan, algorithmic VC investing

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We work with contributors to develop guest posts that will help TechCrunch+ readers solve actual problems, so it’s always a delight to present a comprehensive “how to” article. How our SaaS startup broke into the Japanese market without a physical presence. A CISO’s playbook for responding to zero-day exploits.

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Prioritizing AI? Don’t shortchange IT fundamentals

CIO

Data due diligence Generative AI especially has particular implications for data security, Mann says. How do you achieve data loss prevention when you’re telling your AI to go suck up all this data and reuse it?” But in other areas, IT teams will look to increase budgets and spending.