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TechCrunch+ roundup: Dry powder’s slow fuse, landing page basics, generative AI hype

TechCrunch

A definitive founder’s guide would have to include chapters like, “So you’ve hired the wrong person,” or, “Five ways to tell if an investor is lying to you.” TechCrunch+ roundup: Dry powder’s slow fuse, landing page basics, generative AI hype by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch.

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Measure the Impact, Not the Influence

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She pointed to this video from Chris Brogan about overnight success - and how important it is to focus on the results of the work, not the hype or number of Twitter followers. The chapter is called learning loops is about tracking and reflection. If we concentrate on our influence, we forget the end goal. We get caught up in our ego.

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A look at how proptech startup Knotel went from a $1.6B valuation to filing for bankruptcy

TechCrunch

Jonathan Pasternak, a partner in the bankruptcy, restructuring and creditor rights group at New York-based Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, believes the company’s Chapter 11 filing was inevitable despite it reaching unicorn status after raising $400 million in Series C funding in August 2019.

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Thirdweb raises $24M at a $160M valuation from Haun Ventures, Shopify and Coinbase for its web3 development kit

TechCrunch

There’s been a lot of hype about “web3”, but the reality is that it’s still a largely nascent and fragmented concept, and that has led to web3 startups building platforms to engage with it more easily getting a lot of attention. “The surprising thing is that the builders have continued building,” he said.

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The ‘deal with it’ glasses are being sold as an NFT

The Verge

I think that’d be an interesting chapter in internet history,” he said. And just about anyone else with a product to move is trying to get in on the hype. The sunglasses imagery was around before he made the template, and the meme has continued to have an expansive life beyond the now-defunct pages of Dump.fm.

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Foreign investors have a bigger role to play in growing Latin America’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

There has been significant hype around Latin America’s startup success. There is a huge opportunity to do what local investors did in Brazil and Mexico years ago, and play a significant role in the next chapter of countries with blossoming markets like Colombia, Peru or Uruguay. For good reason, too: Startups have raised $9.3

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Disrupt kicks off tomorrow — check out the highlights

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They’ll unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines and will wade through the hype to keep you up-to-date on the world of business, tech and VC. Live on Stage: TechCrunch’s Equity: Join Mary Ann Azevedo, Natasha Mascarenhas and Alex Wilhelm for a live recording of Equity, the podcast about the business of startups.