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Extra Crunch roundup: first-check myths, Miami relocation checklist, standout SaaSy startups

TechCrunch

” Despite the hype about ease of use, enterprise companies always ask customers to abandon familiar tools so they can learn something new. Dismantling the myths around raising your first check. Dismantling the myths around raising your first check. How has it managed to not raise money for so long? Walter Thompson.

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What’s left of Magic Leap?

The Verge

The company had raised over $2 billion by promising incredible hardware that would open up a new artistic medium — the first plausible avatar for the long-held dream of mixed reality. Flush with hype, the company hired science fiction luminaries, designed a product from scratch, and beat Apple and Facebook to market.

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Detroit VCs weigh in on fundraising and building startups in Michigan and the Midwest

TechCrunch

Like the one we held last month in Miami, the event was a blast and featured a talk with two local VCs on which startups work in Detroit and how to raise money from local investors. Origin story: How StockX became the stock market of hype. TechCrunch just hosted a small virtual meetup with Detroit startups and venture capitals.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022

TechCrunch

The event — taking place November 17 in Miami — will offer an opportunity for founders and investors to hear war stories from some of the crypto world’s most powerful decision-makers, while also picking up learnings from industry veterans who have weathered a crypto winter or two. Keeping the Web3 Dream Funded. Building for Normies.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022

TechCrunch

The event — taking place November 17 in Miami — will offer an opportunity for founders and investors to hear war stories from some of the crypto world’s most powerful decision-makers, while also picking up learnings from industry veterans who have weathered a crypto winter or two. Keeping the Web3 Dream Funded. Building for Normies.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022

TechCrunch

The event — taking place November 17 in Miami — will offer an opportunity for founders and investors to hear war stories from some of the crypto world’s most powerful decision-makers, while also picking up learnings from industry veterans who have weathered a crypto winter or two. Keeping the Web3 Dream Funded. Building for Normies.

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VC meets the land of opportunity

TechCrunch

In reality, there will be some lag time before the checks being written by these same VCs are consistent with both the outward hype and existing market opportunity. Moving to cities like Nashville, Austin, Atlanta, Denver, Durham, Miami, et. When we think about the opportunity beyond Silicon Valley, we are really speaking of America.

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