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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. “Pipeline generation at early-stage companies is expensive and time consuming, often more so than the sales process itself.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Generative AI for proptech, cloud vendor shopping, cybersecurity fairy tales

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“The opportunity for entrepreneurs in real estate tech across search, listings, mortgage, insurance, construction and sustainability is the kind that shows up once a generation.” Cybersecurity teams, beware: The defender’s dilemma is a lie Image Credits: A. What do investors need from your problem slide?

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8 investors weigh in on the state of insurtech in Q3 2022

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Insurtech companies have been among the biggest victims of the public market selloff, especially those that went public in 2021. “I do not believe the insurtech market to be dead, because it is still a multi-billion-dollar market,” Hélène Falchier, partner at Portage Ventures, told TechCrunch.

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What your CFO really needs in periods of economic uncertainty

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Keep tabs on the keep the lights on (KTLO) budget If you fall on hard times in your personal life, you pay for your mortgage, health insurance, and groceries first to cover the necessities: shelter, security, and food, respectively. Securing the technical estate from bad actors? Discuss the risky ones. Explain the tradeoffs.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Insurtech investor survey, H-1B red flags, SaaS sales coaching

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The demand for some services can be so high, it can insulate their providers against the vagaries of the market. Similarly, everyone needs insurance. Unfortunately, there are many companies that should not have raised as much as they did, or perhaps don’t have sustainable business models. Have a great weekend. Walter Thompson.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

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Our survey respondents said the city was strong across a broad range of tech industries, particularly those with practical applications: cybersecurity, energy and sustainability, fintech, health care and medtech, edtech and silver tech among others. Lukas Inokaitis , business development, NFQ Technologies. What is it weak in?

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Extra Crunch roundup: Metromile CEO interview, Oscar Health’s IPO plans, our 2-year anniversary, more

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Thanks to hard work from the entire TechCrunch team, authoritative guest contributors and a very engaged reader base, we’ve tripled our membership in the last 12 months. “The stock market makes no sense, but this is one of the weirder things.” ” Will ride-hailing profits ever come? ” says Lingathoti.

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