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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. Here’s the not-so-good news: Companies can pass the business test, but fail TDD.

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

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Then again, I’m not a developer, so I didn’t truly appreciate the value of mobile gaming, GPS and cloud storage until they’d achieved product-market fit and were integrated into my smartphone. 8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence.

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7 ways investors can gain clarity while conducting technical due diligence

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He focuses primarily on investments in software and technology-enabled business services. How should SaaS companies deliver and price professional services? It feels like almost any company is a tech company in one way or another these days. The focus of diligence tends to be on aspects of a product that can be measured.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Pricing strategy, technical due diligence, pitch deck appendix fever

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“Contribution margin can then be reinvested in sales and marketing or operations to create more value.” How to talk to your investors about pivoting. 7 ways investors can gain clarity while conducting technical due diligence. “Over time, technology should become less of a black box for investors.”

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3 views: How due diligence will change in 2022

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A few years ago, VCs were expected to perform extensive due diligence on startups. This compressed diligence cycles, leading to less intrusive vetting. The acceleration of venture capital and the burgeoning check sizes in the last few years has led to a decline in traditional due diligence.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Fundraising beyond the Bay Area, web3 gaming, TDD prep checklist

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In a previous era, aspiring journalists relocated to New York, would-be actors made pilgrimages to Hollywood and plucky tech founders moved to the Bay Area so they could attract capital and talent. How to raise funds when you aren’t in the Bay Area. 5 tips for launching in a crowded web3 gaming market. yourprotagonist.

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Due diligence is ever more critical as the battle for cloud sovereignty intensifies

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Indeed, it puts the EU in a precarious position as well, given that 72% of the European cloud market spend was aligned with AWS, Microsoft, and Google in Q2 2022. The EU wants a fair market and a protected European cloud without compromising cloud functionality. All these issues and many more are putting U.S. legislation.