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Chasing hype is human nature: The tyranny of startup trends

TechCrunch

I think it’s important that we explicitly discuss something that every VC instinctively knows: The hype around a given business or category has become a form of bias for investors and founders when vetting ideas to pursue. At any point in time, you can find FOMO-flavored bad business decisions based on false market signals somewhere in tech.

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AI’s hype isn’t going to be simply star-studded 

TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. I end with notes to know from around the tech blogosphere, TC events and, if you look closely enough, personal anecdotes that often have to do with coffee and food. It all started with a sound.

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It Is What It Is: A fake app hyped on Twitter turned into a fundraiser for racial justice causes

The Verge

A group of us changed our Twitter names to include “[the emoji]” because we thought it was a funny trend from TikTok. As the group said in its statement, “it is what it is: a meme that leveraged the relentless hype of exclusive apps and redirected it towards a critical social need.”.

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Don’t use Sam Altman and AI hype in the same sentence

TechCrunch

What’s in a name and more from the world of AI, including where we’re seeing companies race to build the new tech into their products. More on the trend here.) Don’t use Sam Altman and AI hype in the same sentence by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch Busy few weeks, yeah?

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 32% of online donors gave through Facebook Charitable Giving Tools in 2020. For Nonprofit Tech for Good, the average cost for one engagement in an engagement ad with a global audience is $.005.

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As ChatGPT hype hits fever pitch, Neeva launches its generative AI search engine internationally

TechCrunch

Back in December, Neeva co-founder and CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy , who previously spearheaded Google’s advertising tech business , teased new “cutting edge AI” and large language models (LLMs), positioning itself against the ChatGPT hype train. Most years can pretty much be defined by at least one over-arching tech trend.

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10 Instagram Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Despite Nonprofit Tech for Good being active on Instagram for nearly 10 years and having over 70,000 followers, our application for verification is repeatedly denied. Then, in 2022, contact Nonprofit Tech for Good and let us know how it worked!

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