TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

This week Mary Ann Azevedo , Becca Szkutak and Alex Wilhelm gathered to riff through the week’s biggest startup and venture news. Boston for example has a pretty good list of reasons why it’s worth considering as a place to build a startup, and investors in the area are pretty hyped about its resilience.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Alex and Natasha chatted through the difference between building in public, going direct, startup PR, and just straight-up hype. We’ll be back on Friday with our regular news roundup, an episode that may include a voice that you’ll hear more frequently in the coming months! PT and Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Still, Jacquelyn ’s well-timed Valentine’s reporting based on a Binance poll is good news for those among you who like to keep things immutable. Our bet is that there may be some confirmation bias in there, because if you were to wave your Ledger wallet at Christine or Haje on a first date, that’d also be the last date.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

With the call to action out of the way, let’s get on to the news! Sarah reports that the startup, like others in this space, gained ground in the wake of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter as many began to look for a new place to read and discuss the news or share their own thoughts with their followers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

AI is riding high on a curve of hype, which means some of the practical questions that might grow louder over time — the many costs (financial and social), the business models — may not be the most front of mind right now. CEO Humayun Sheikh said in an interview that he also believes there is a role for Fetch.ai

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior reporter Natasha Mascarenhas. I’ll be moving on to a new publication, continuing to report on venture capital and startups. Plus, I interviewed Kevin Hart on the Disrupt stage. Grateful is an understatement. The question is where and how.”

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

While that’s not exactly guaranteed — Apple has yet to unveil an AR headset or glasses — Cook’s frequent comments about the tech keep the topic in the news and reassure investors and customers that Apple is working on it. September 2016: Cook tells Good Morning America in an interview that he believes AR is a bigger deal than VR.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. Better.com finally went public The biggest fintech news of the week centered around Better.com’s no good, very bad public market debut. There was also a mega-raise, and an acquisition too. billion accumulated deficit.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. I’m not talking about hype machines or weekly luncheons on specific topics, I’m talking about more elusive services. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

” Anna and Alex are interviewing VCs in different regions to find out why they’re feeling so generous and optimistic. Vanessa Larco, partner, New Enterprise Associates. Despite the hype, construction tech will be hard to disrupt. Image Credits: AzmanJaka (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Thankfully Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex were able to collate the news into a few distinct categories, so that we can all look back at 2022 with a bit more clarity. Get hype, and we’ll talk to you soon! And the world saw a bit more geopolitical upheaval than we might have anticipated. It was, well, a lot. Equity drops at 7 a.m.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

In other news(casts), we particularly enjoyed Lucas and Anita ’s Chain Reaction podcast, where they’re taking a look at how crypto VCs can’t rely on spending their way into loyalty. I loved this interview Aria did with high-flying (geddit …) startup Astra. Lucas ’ interview with the startup veteran is fascinating. billion.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

Artifact , the new personalized news app from Instagram’s co-founders , is another startup whose funding was caught up in the Silicon Valley Bank failure, and co-founder Kevin Systrom believes there could be more trouble to come for Silicon Valley. “I think that’s why tech gets a bad rap,” he said.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

All the iOS 16 features that are fit to print : We know you have been following Apple’s WWDC this week, but there are so many new features that Ivan , our new consumer tech reporter, pulled together some that you may not have heard about yet. Anita ’s interview with them today is :chef’s kiss: well worth a read.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. Discipline is the new scale.” (OK, One of my favorite interviews from TechCrunch Disrupt last week was with Clubhouse CEO and co-founder Paul Davison. Clubhouse and the bird app.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. It got scrubbed after we recorded, but you can still enjoy our hype about the potential event. Today we are talking about space, birds and startups! Here’s what we got into: Earnings season is coming back! Data cometh.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

In an interview with author and MIT professor Sinan Aral , Managing Editor Danny Crichton discussed some of the debates currently swirling around the desire in some quarters to regulate social media platforms. The intrusion began several months ago, but news of the breach wasn’t made public until this week.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

And for pricey unicorns still bleeding cash, that’s terrible news.”. Unicorn exits augur poorly as Justworks delays IPO, citing ‘market conditions’ Blockchain gaming survey: 7 investors discuss regulation, opportunities and NFT hype. Image Credits: Bloomberg (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

We have your full news digest below, but stay hype about TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility , because it’s looking increasingly lit. Stripe hearts crypto : While not Stripe’s first rodeo with crypto, this latest news bump appears more substantial than those it put out in the past. And to close out the news today, the EU and the U.K.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This is a monumental moment for the Times , for sure, but also for the much-hyped and growing podcasting industry. In an interview with NPR today , New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet admitted that the paper wanted Caliphate ’s story so badly that it didn’t adequately vet the facts. “I

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. The impact of hype with Clubhouse’s Paul Davison. Image Credits: Lensa AI on Instagram (opens in a new window). To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

” Despite the hype about ease of use, enterprise companies always ask customers to abandon familiar tools so they can learn something new. By now this is old news, but we haven’t had a clear picture of the economics of consumer fintech startups accelerated by the pandemic.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Whether you’re hosting a festival, 5K race, or gala, your pre-event promotion should hype up your event as the can’t-miss opportunity of the season. Offer engaging content through your story such as exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews with talent or teasers about a surprise performance. Share behind-the-scenes exclusives.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior reporter Natasha Mascarenhas. On April 20th, I’ll be at TC Early Stage with my favorite colleagues to interview top experts at the best one-day founder summit in town. Let’s hang on campus? TechCrunch is coming to Boston literally next week.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Gartner's Technology Hype Cycles : I created that diagram based on the Gartner's theory and have seen it come into play over and over again. I interviewed some digital natives last week about their use of causes and one thing they mentioned as application fatigue -- don't respond to every request to join a cause and delete them.

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TechNode

APRIL 23, 2024

Although the virtual Lius nearly 40-minute-long slot made for only a short section of the 11-hour-long e-commerce event, its appearance still suggests that the company sees use of the avatar as a headline- and hype-generating strategy as it looks to boost consumption on its platforms.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

They’ll interview Parker Conrad, the co-founder of Rippling and Silicon Valley’s comeback kid , about how he took the plunge to begin with, and how he navigates everything from building product roadmaps to raising funding from some of the world’s top investors — and how he manages failure, too. Founder Fireside: Clubhouse.

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

You’re not going to over-hype a message to your mother or your very best friend. Then use that as a template, take out references to your personal relationship with your mother, and substitute it with references to your personal relationship with the new friend you’re writing to, and do that 150 times. It won’t hurt.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2021

Seeking more insight into these liquidity options, Alex interviewed: DigitalOcean CEO Yancey Spruill, whose company went public via IPO. We have more EC-1s in the works about other late-stage startups that are doing big things well and making news in the process. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window).

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Team up with local news. Many local news organizations like to host an annual food or gift drive around the holidays. Try partnering with your local news station to increase the reach of your campaign. Plus, you’ll get free publicity for your campaign and tap into a whole new group of supporters—the news station’s audience.

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Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

60) Search « 5 Quick Steps to Better SEO | Main | Tech & Style Tips for Conducting Blog Interviews » Tuesday Mar 10 2009 Top 10 SXSW Interactive Panels Your Nonprofit Should Attend Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 05:27PM | by Allyson Kapin Are you planning to check out SXSW Interactive this year? Can Social Media End Racism?

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

I have a lot of questions about Argo, and you have some news that we should discuss, but we’ve just seen so many technology products get uptake in a way that people predicted would take five years. It may not have taken the turns that everyone thought it would, but, hey, it was new. Your interviews are fantastic. Sell into that.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2007

In January, I interviewed Sibley about the potential use of virtual worlds and Second Life by museums, but in the four months since then, the virtual world platform--and the hype around it--has exploded. But that’s already sounding like the grandiose hype you read about Second Life or virtual worlds. virtual worlds interview.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

15) George Franco George Franco (yourgoodnewsauctioneer.com) spent decades in the rough and tumble world of television news as a highly regarded award winning journalist. His passion for helping others led George to take an early retirement at Fox 5 News in Atlanta. He is the TV personality and host for Warriors TV and Warriors Weekly.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2021

While the idea that every startup isn’t venture-backable might run counter to the narrative to the barrage of funding news each week, I think it’s important to double click on the topic. But the story I want to focus on this week is her interview with ex-Coinbase counsel & former Treasury official, Brian Brooks. The StockX EC-1.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

If you went to Disrupt 2022, you’ll recall the TechCrunch+ Stage, which hosted dozens of panels and interviews focused on the nuts and bolts of building and funding new tech enterprises. In 2023, it’s back under a new moniker. When to Follow the Hype and When to Ignore It? When should founders follow the hype?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. Like, yes, there’s a huge hype cycle around AI and I think people are flocking to Hayes Valley for some reason, but from the smattering of founders I’ve had coffee with lately?

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