Blogging Customer Layoffs Social Media 
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 26, 2022
“[W]e are shifting our technology strategy to leverage external partners for parts of our platform that we’re currently maintaining internally,” Weiss wrote in the email announcing the layoffs to staff. The tech team layoffs are notable for a beauty retailer that has often described itself as a technology company.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 26, 2013
One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. So while you get the benefits of recruiting, being on VC radars and customer legitimacy there are also downsides.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 7, 2019
To me, that means treating your career more like a business than a job – with a continual and global focus on keeping up with competition, finding customers, preparing for changes ahead, and taking responsibility for your own finances. Don’t wait for your next company layoff to get you started. Market your business expertise.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
He had 2 weeks’ cash left in the bank and was facing massive layoffs or potentially bankruptcy. But it got me thinking about how often entrepreneurs overplay their PR so I thought I’d try to offer some advice and how to play PR with VCs (or more broadly with customers or business development partners).
Berkonomics
MARCH 23, 2023
It won’t be long before another round of layoffs comes, and these new tools will create new jobs to fill the gap. We will enable segmentation of the population to produce customized messages and actions. We bypass the middle person for services and information. We are learning to use new tools. This is big business.
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