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When First Republic Bank was in its final moments, Silicon Valley didn’t convulse with shock or lather itself into a social media tizzy. Instead of panic, which rippled throughout the startup community in March when Silicon Valley Bank signaled trouble, there was widespread malaise. Part of t

It's a difficult time to be a CISO or a security startup founder: Resources are tight and the stakes are high when deciding where to allocate them. This means the CISO deciding whether to onboard your product has less time, budget and staff than in recent years, and your pitch has to be that mu

The direct-to-consumer business world continues to be noisy. It's not enough to just start up a business and advertise on Google and Facebook: Today's e-commerce merchants have to be masters of all channels. That's where Pietra comes in. The ex-Uber team, led by Ronak Trivedi, co-founde

Citymapper is lowering the paywall around its premium features and introducing a new subscription plan purely for removing ads. The move comes less than two months after the popular transit and travel planning app was scooped up by mobility tech company Via. London-based Citymapper,

Worldwide, about one in six people live with a disability. Whether through injury or illness, disability can manifest itself as an impediment to mobility. There have been fantastic advancements in communication and operational technologies, but there's always room for improvement, and Augmental

In early 2022, you may remember, we called for experts to submit applications to present breakout sessions and roundtable discussions at technewss Disrupt 2023, taking place on September 19–21 in San Francisco. After spending dozens of late nights poring over thousands of applications and consum

Of all the things an early-stage founder has to figure out, one of the most unexpected is how to get the most from your board. But effectively leveraging your board for guidance and support is essential. The slides you use can help you run efficient, effective board meetings that get the most out o

Ryan Breslow, the brazen founder and former CEO of Bolt, told technewss in 2022 that he was leaving the one-click checkout company to start a new company in the health and wellness sector called Love. Well, today is not only Global Love Day, but Love's launch. Love previously raised $7.5 milli

To get a roundup of technewss's biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. It's a curious world we live in. Banks are a-collapsin', and the world keeps on a-turnin'. And oh, hey, look! OpenAI is even richer no

Ahead of Meta’s launch of a text-based social network, female-founded social networking startup RTRO is launching its app this week with the goal of connecting brands, creators and their fans and followers in a more positive environment focused on human connections and communities, not algori

It’s a perennial question for early-stage startups: How does one find product-market fit (PMF)? What do you do to ensure that your idea takes a form that meets some sort of demand in your target market? How do you get your idea to resonate in the world? At technewss's Early Stage event a

I have often been annoyed by warm introductions. I get why investors insist on them, but it has always struck me as lazy and un-inclusive. So I was filled with great delight and curiosity when I was introduced to GoAhead Ventures. The firm claims it will hear anyone’s pitch, no matter where i

The recent banking sector developments that sent founders scrambling for places to diversify their cash reserves left markets wondering if the Fed would follow these events with another rate hike. As I've previously written, the Fed avoids surprises. Sure enough, the interest rate is now 25 bas

Back in February, we started calling for content — urging startup subject-matter experts to submit applications to lead roundtable discussions or breakout sessions at technewss Disrupt 2023 on September 19–21 in San Francisco. And by crikey, answer the call they did. Literally thousands of app