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TechCrunch+ roundup: Pricing strategy, technical due diligence, pitch deck appendix fever

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“Contribution margin can then be reinvested in sales and marketing or operations to create more value.” Drawing from his experience of leading startups through the dot.com implosion in 2000 and the 2008 Great Recession, Alomar said it’s critical for founders to be strategic and not reactive. Here’s why.

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7 investors reveal what’s hot in fintech in Q1 2023

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The global downturn has impacted every sector, but fintech bore the brunt of it as public-market valuations fell off a cliff last year. However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing.

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3 views: How should founders prepare for a decline in startup valuations and investor interest?

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TechCrunch and other tech publications ran stories and interviews with investors who noisily departed Silicon Valley, screening potential investments remotely as they set up shop in Austin, Miami and elsewhere to see how the situation played out. But, as we’ve discussed previously, there is no shortage of venture capital in the markets today.

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Meet retail’s new sustainability strategy: Personalization

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Sindhya Valloppillil is the founder and CEO of Skin Dossier, a venture partner at Next Gen Ventures, a freelance writer and formerly a beauty industry executive and marketing professor. It may not be as glamorous as D2C, but beauty tech is big money. Smart packaging with IoT and distributed ledger technology.

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How to run growth marketing during a recession

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Jonathan Martinez is a former YouTuber, UC Berkeley alum and growth marketing nerd who's helped scale Uber, Postmates, Chime and various startups. What to look for when hiring a growth marketing agency. How to improve retention, growth marketing’s golden metric. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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Sequoia picks its horse in the consumer carbon offset market, leading a $2.5 million round for Joro

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Sanchali Pal first woke up to the world’s climate crisis after watching the 2008 documentary Food Inc. I wasn’t a technology person. Which sounds impressive, but given reductions in travel due to COVID-19 mitigation restrictions, the largest contribution that a consumer can make is reducing their meat consumption.

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?Why a downturn can separate the recession-proof startups? from the ‘hacks’

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If you need a reminder, Venmo, Instagram, Uber and WhatsApp all launched during the Great Recession of 2008. ” Derek Zanutto, general partner at CapitalG, said that while many companies will experience some short-term hiccups due to market fluctuations, his firm still expects to see many grow and thrive over the coming years.