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

TechCrunch LA

Via has two sides of its business: a consumer-facing shuttle and a “partnerships” division that sells its software platform to cities and transit authorities that allows them to deploy their own shuttles. ” Layoffs in a time of COVID-19. If so, go check out Layoffs.fyi, the site doesn’t just list layoffs.

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

TechCrunch LA

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.

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BetterWorks Shutting Down On May 31st

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According to an email from Craig, the company decided to close down the BettterWorks perk platform, and will not longer be active after next Thursday. Craig said that the shutdown came as a result of not being able to sustain a large enough market, relative ot the high cost of customer acquisition.

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Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

TechCrunch LA

The company developed an additive manufacturing platform designed to make it easier and faster to design and build new cars at a fraction of the cost — all while reducing the environmental impact that traditional factories have. Divergent 3D made Blade — which was on the auto show circuit in 2016 — to demonstrate the technology platform.

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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio

TechCrunch LA

“Whether it be a passion for an obscure manga or your favorite football team, Kik has shown an incredible ability to provide a platform for new friendships to be forged through your mobile phone.” . “ Kik is one of those amazing places that brings us back to those early aspirations,” the blog post read.

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Freelancers Are The New Entrepreneurs For Services

Startup Professionals Musings

Then your apps need to run on the new iPhone platform. It’s hard to find employee programmers who can do rapid prototyping with “mashup” technology, as well as build scalable fail-over applications using the latest hardware and tools. The days when these roles were stable careers for company employees are gone. Marty Zwilling.

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How will you ride the next wave?

Berkonomics

It won’t be long before another round of layoffs comes, and these new tools will create new jobs to fill the gap. The mobile web will become what desktop Internet became in the 1990’s – the standard platform for anyone doing business. We bypass the middle person for services and information. We are learning to use new tools.

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