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TechCrunch+ roundup: Technical due diligence, web3’s promise, how to hire well

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“It’s still much easier to develop a Web 2.0 app simply because the ecosystem is mature and enjoys a large and thriving developer community,” says Devin Abbott, who specializes in design and development tools, React and web3 applications. Image Credits: AndreyPopov (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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

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“I’ve been working in the aircraft development space for decades, but 2021 was different,” Tigner writes. In reality, changing course is usually the smartest bet, because it allows founding teams to leverage new technology and adapt to changing market conditions. Mainstream attention is increasing.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Psychedelic investor survey, 6 issues VCs look for, hiring on a budget

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Last month at TechCrunch Early Stage, Glen Evans, a partner on Greylock’s core talent team, joined me to talk about how founders can optimize the recruiting and hiring process , source talent, and uncover some best practices for closing candidates. Image Credits: Leslie Lauren (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Finding product-market fit, pitch deck teardown, getting into YC

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A standing-room-only crowd packed the venue as Dame spoke about her experience leading product and engineering efforts at Uber, Yahoo and Smugmug, sharing some of what she learned about gathering customer data, iterating quickly to validate ideas, and the challenges that come with scaling teams from a few dozen people to several thousand employees.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Growth budgets, hiring tips, zero-party data Twitter Space

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The CTO can always boast how many tickets their team has closed and the release dates they’ve met, but a growth manager’s key performance metrics may not manifest for weeks — or months. Image Credits: Paper Boat Creative (opens in a new window) / Getty Images (Image has been modified). Tomorrow at 3 p.m.

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Retaining Talent: How To Keep Your Software Developers Happy

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Retaining Talent: How To Keep Your Software Developers Happy. Take the time out of your day to examine the current state of the software development talent pool. Keep in mind that, at any given moment, for any number of reasons, you may lose this cultivated team of software developers you have. Empower Them.

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Speeding Up the Enterprise: Virtual Squads at InVision

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I am a Developer Advocate at LaunchDarkly, and welcome to Test in Production. I make my own bootleg stickers for InVision, for instance, and send them out to new team members. Watch Ben’s full talk below. Attend our next Test in Production event. FULL TRANSCRIPT: Yoz Grahame: Hello, internet! Thank you for joining us today.