Things have changed a lot since June 2021.
Many startup founders accepted funding rounds that they might have rejected a year ago.
Entrepreneurs who don't have two years of runway in the bank are having uncomfortable conversations with friends they hired recently. In board meetings, investors are more likely to look at the sales slide than recent hires.
Workers are the ones who will suffer the greatest economic harm. More than 20,000 tech workers in the United States have been laid off in the last month.
We want guest articles that can help others navigate this downturn because experience is the best teacher. Since the stakes are so high, we are not looking for articles that share "thought leadership" about the challenges people in the tech industry are facing.
We're only interested in posts written by people who have experience working in bad economic times.
Email guestcolumns@techcrunch.com if you have an idea. The topics we are most interested in are listed.
Deconstructing successful pitch decks, calculating valuations, tips on extending runway, financial modeling, tax advice, cap table management, and first-person articles written by investors who want to state their theses and discuss what opportunities they're looking for at the moment are some of the things we offer
Email and social marketing, zero-party data, product-led growth strategies, email and social marketing, landing pages, retention, managing sales teams, driving early-stage growth, and other marketing-related topics are all given Granular Advice.
Tactical suggestions for improving the recruiting process include interviewing and setting compensation, as well as managing relationships and expert advice on how to pivot a startup.
Readers can try out actionable strategies and tactics for themselves as they build and scale companies in inhospitable climates.
Before you submit your idea, make sure we haven't published something like that in the past.
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