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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19

TechCrunch LA

There were, of course, those who used the opportunity to make a marketing push or pitch a story. I will repeat my appeal from last week: Maybe you’re a startup founder, a safety driver at an autonomous vehicle developer, a venture capitalist, engineer or gig economy worker. It wasn’t just the number of you who reached out.

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Zynga's Loss, SGN's Gain

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The announcement Monday that Zynga is cutting 18 percent of its workforce is throwing a lot of talent onto the market, to the benefit of the company''s competitors. SGN put out a list of hires today from Zynga''s FarmVille and other teams, saying that it has been snapping up a number of Zynga''s best developers. READ MORE>>.

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High Functioning vs. Low Functioning Startup Boards

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I work hard to create working relationships with my fellow non-management board members in the same way that every investor ultimately works to develop strong working relationships with founders. this requires a strong knowledge of market data, employee performance, company performance relative to market and available resources?—?cash

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

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If you believe you have a market-leading position in your product space I would worry a bit less about it. The problem with “bundling” other news stories is that you then lose the ability to market those the press outlets in their own right. So in my opinion you should design your funding story to get wide distribution.

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