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Welcome to the daily crunch for wednesday. The office is a hive of activity with the use of technology. If we do have an office, we don't know who is there. We might be abuzz in the chat room.
Tomorrow is the biggest day of the year. TheRobotics is here to stay! There is still time to get a free ticket. The companies that are pitching at the event are listed here. We may make an appearance on the virtual stage from time to time if you join us.
With a title like OK, don't worry, the long shots are still getting venture funding, you just know you're in for a treat with today's episode.
Michael Redd is an ex-NBA and Team USA player. He suggests 3 ways to support your portfolio in his new column.
Haje is questioning the wisdom of changing a startup's name to something that can't easily be patented.
Parcel out some more good news.
Current conditions make best practices for raising money less relevant. The promise of early growth made it possible to close seed and Series A rounds.
If a startup has long sales cycles that aren't cash-flow positive, they won't be considered for follow on investments.
If you want to know which kinds of startup investors are willing to look at, Kami Vision CEO Yamin Durrani has written a post about the changes he is going to make in the next two years.
He says that VCs are interested in investing in a few areas.
Fundraising tips for early and midstage startups in 2022
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The Indian government claims that Chinese companies are avoiding taxes. Over 200 million phones were shipped in India by the Chinese company, according to the report.
There are other companies that deal with the Indian government. Future Retail, Amazon's partner in India, was sent into bankruptcy by an indian court. Ivan wrote about Amazon's new partnership with Skullcandy to offer dual smart assistants, while Kyle reported on the debut of the company's new developer tools.
Lauren dropped three stories about the company. One story touches on the company's not-so- good news about losing subscribers, and the other two stories give an update on its ad-supported tier and acquisition of Animal Logic.
After it was found that Russian hackers are using the software to hide the fact that they're making money off of it, it's in the spotlight as well.
We think you will like some of them.