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Glossier just laid off one-third of its corporate employees, mostly in tech

TechCrunch LA

Glossier, the popular beauty brand led by former blogger Emily Weiss, let go of 80 of its corporate employees today, according to an internal email obtained by Modern Retail. The cuts, which amount to around one-third of Glossier’s corporate workforce, will primarily impact the company’s technology team. “[W]e

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

” Of course, it’s more complicated than just checking boxes on a question list. Will you validate new members’ email addresses and/or phone numbers? Do you need to process user-contributed media? Do they generate emails or push notifications? If so, will you also have your own account system?

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TikTok Hopes Startups Can Breathe Life Into Its Shopping Struggles

Tech.Co

Live Shopping is an integral part of the “social commerce” phenomenon – a general term for ecommerce experiences within which customers don’t even have to leave social media platforms to buy items – but other tech companies like Meta, as well as TikTok, have struggled with it in the US and Europe so far. Please fill in your email.

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Reaching Girls With MobiGirl Media's Girl-Friendly Mobile Ad Network

socalTECH

However, Mobigirl Media (www.mobigirlmedia.com), a new mobile advertising network, is looking to change that by specifically creating an ad network focused on girls. Jennifer Noonan: Mobigirl Media is the only mobile ad network targeting girls. We caught up with Jennifer Noonan, one of the company''s founders, to learn more.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. billion email accounts. 62% of adult US Internet users check or send email on a daily basis. 94% of all online adults use email. THE FULL STORY.

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Wpromote Brings Digital Marketing To Nonprofits, Charities

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Wpromote , the provider of online marketing services led by Michael Mothner, said it is offering up a set of free workshops, courses, and discussions to nonprofits and charities.

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10 Bad Habits That May Be Stopping You From Finishing

Startup Professionals Musings

She is an award-winning author who has taught courses on sociology and victimology for many years. Multitasking is popular these days, and some feel a requirement for survival in this world of electronic and media devices calling for attention, including smartphones, email, social media, and smart home devices.