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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

TechCrunch LA

They want Netflix to address a list of demands in the categories of content investment, employee relations and safety, and harm reduction. When asked in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter , co-CEO Ted Sarandos didn’t say whether he would meet the group’s demands. brb walking out. brb walking out.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

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This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article. 2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. I said both in the article but felt compelled to provide a statement up front for the skimmers. That’s stupid.

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EnumSet and EnumMap

TechEmpower

This article discusses java.util.EnumSet. If you write a lot of Java code, then you should read that book and follow its advice. The iterable.spliterator() method is critical when it comes to stream performance, but writing a custom Spliterator from scratch is a non-trivial task. and java.util.EnumMap. What are they? Conclusion.

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” If there was strong market demand for their product then this investment might pay off handsomely. One of them is profitability.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. Company grew by more than “400% each year” for past few years [assume growth metric = revenues]. TechCrunch article. Metrics: 2.5mm members, 1,000 brands, 2,500 sale events to-date. Total raised: $129.0mm.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

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I was sick of hyperbole articles pronouncing that VCs were “scared or AngelList&# or “it was disrupting VC&# or some other BS exaggeration like that. EcoMom’s metrics improved throughout this process and that’s when I decided to invest. It could be a bubble or better balance of supply and demand.

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Why I F **g Hate Unicorns and the Culture They Breed

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Not the successful companies themselves but the entire b t culture of swash-buckling startups who define themselves by hitting some magical $1 billion valuation number and the financiers who back them irrespective of metrics that justify it. And I read an even better article this weekend. But we should fight smartly. Step 1: No Beer.