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10 fastest growing US tech hubs for IT talent

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Tech salaries are on the rise thanks to a demand for talent across nearly every industry. between 2021 and 2022, reaching an average tech salary of $111,348 per year, according to the 2023 Dice Tech Salary Report. But you don’t have to live in Silicon Valley to earn a high-tech salary. Salaries increased 2.3% Tampa, Fla.

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Covariant, MassRobotics and The Engine discuss the road from lab to market at TC Sessions: Robotics

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It’s a long road taking an idea from the R&D stage in a lab to successful commercialization, especially when you’re talking about technologies as complex and costly as robotics and artificial intelligence. Here’s what our panelists bring to the table, and why we can’t wait to get their take on the topic.

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Stripe eyes an exit over next 12 months

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Fintech startup Stripe has set a 12-month deadline for itself to go public, either through a direct listing, or pursuing a transaction on the private market, such as a fundraising event and a tender offer, according to sources familiar with the matter. Stripe declined to comment on the record about the deadline or current revenue.

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Stripe is the latest fintech to falter, taking a 28% internal valuation cut

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Stripe is the latest high-profile fintech company to take a massive valuation cut as the market downturn begins to hit the sector especially hard. Last valued at $95 billion , the payments processor has cut the internal value of its shares by 28%, sources told the Wall Street Journal.

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VCs who want better outcomes should use data to reduce founder team risk

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Janneke Niessen is a partner at CapitalT , a serial entrepreneur and a tech diversity advocate. The technology also evaluates the company, market opportunity, timing and other factors, but since most investors aren’t taking a structured, data-backed approach to analyzing teams, let’s focus on that.). Janneke Niessen.

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NFX’s James Currier: Where unicorn ideas come from and why founders ‘have to keep pivoting’

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Don’t take market risk — find things that people want and just do a better job at it. Pop culture and tech journalism lionize founders who shoot for the moon, “so most people think of having ideas,” said Currier, noting that unicorns like Lyft, Meta and Alphabet simply “copied” existing companies.

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With a new focus on marketing software, NewsCred relaunches as Welcome

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While previously known as a content marketing business , Islam said NewsCred has been increasingly focused on building a broader software platform for marketers (a platform that it uses itself). Now Welcome is officially unveiling its new brand, which it’s also using for its new marketing orchestration software.