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TechCrunch HQ was a bit of a tense morning this morning. Yahoo, which owns TechCrunch, has announced it will lay off 20% of its employees.as Amanda report. The job cuts appear to be mostly on the ad tech side of the business, and I hope the TechCrunch team is doing well. Colleagues, may you find new employment opportunities soon!
Our Featured Black History Month Read Today Is Bell Hook Aspirations: Race, Gender, Cultural Politics, a collection of her early cultural criticism works from the 1980s. Also, it’s really depressing to realize how relevant these articles are even now, 30 to 40 years after the essay was first written.
TechCrunch Top 3
- safe and healthy: DoorDash has announced several new safety features for delivery drivers. This includes reducing notifications and ways to let customers know when a driver is in transit. Ivan There are more.
- Check out what’s in the open beta: Atlassian’s Jira Product Discovery, a tool that helps engineering and business teams prioritize and collaborate on new product ideas, will be available to the general public in the next three months. Frederick I am writing.
- fly high: Haje Here’s what the new DJI Mini 2 SE ultraportable drone does and why he’s confused about the naming of this particular product.
Startups and VC
Over 90% of cybercriminal activity leading to financial fraud and identity theft begins with email spoofing, commonly known as phishing or spoofing. Tage report. Sendmarc Raises $7M in Series A Funding to Provide Personal and Business Email Protection From such attacks and common email spoofing.
Remember the article I published about how Features don’t make business? twitter said Basic API tier costs $100/monthcrushing the hopes of enthusiast Twitter bots and numerous small business use cases, Ivan report.
There’s been a lot of news on the site today, so instead of the usual five, we’ve prepared seven articles, from fintech to NFTs to mushroom meat (or meat mushrooms).
4 video content tips for startup growth marketing
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If your marketing plan doesn’t include TikToks, YouTube shorts, or Instagram reels, can you really call it a marketing plan?
Video content is essential for driving early engagement. So growth expert Jonathan Martinez (formerly with his Postmates, Uber, and Chime) shares his four tactics for getting started.
- Take advantage of creator marketplaces
- short video production
- Build lasting relationships with creators
- cross pollinate videos
“If you enter 2023 without a startup video content plan, you will be missing out on important resources to build brand awareness and reach more consumers,” wrote Martinez.
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Big Tech Co., Ltd.
Well as you read our introduction we are upset from yahoo announced laying off 20% of its staff. Amanda has more information. But that’s not the only bad news to hit Tech’s scene today. Frederick GitHub, owned by Microsoft, Lay off 10% of the workforce and go fully remote by the end of the fiscal year. in the meantime, Pole The developer operations giant wrote: GitLab reduces employee base by 7%.
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