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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway exits Paytm at a 40% loss

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The Warren Buffett firm invested about $260 million in Paytm in 2018, acquiring a 3% stake in the financial services startup at a valuation of about $10 […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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In 2020, VCs invested $428M into US-based startups every day

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In 2018 and 2019, VCs invested around $140 billion into domestic startups, making last year’s $156 billion result a record, but not a shocking departure from previous years. Inside those numbers are the whole year’s ups-and-downs: the fact that the seed data is so close to 2018 and 2019 levels is almost silly. Boring, yeah?

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In a slow year for enterprise tech M&A, there were few standout deals

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It was a slow year in enterprise technology M&A, and the total was the second lowest since we started compiling the data in 2018. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Elon Musk brings Alex Jones and Infowars back on X after user poll

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The X accounts of Jones and Infowars were “permanently banned” from Twitter by the previous management in 2018 for posting abusive content and violating the platform’s rules. Elon Musk has restored the X accounts of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his media site Infowars. All rights reserved.

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Iterate Your Way to a Top Analytics Product Experience

Speaker: Richard Cheng, Associate Product Manager, Mark43

August 7, 2018 11:00 AM PDT, 2:00 PM EST, 6:00 PM GMT How efficient intelligence and analytics will benefit your users. How to quickly and effectively embed professional-grade analytics in your product experiences.

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Bending Spoons acquires Evernote, marking the end of an era

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August 2018 saw an exodus of top execs, including Evernote’s chief technical officer, chief financial officer, chief product officer and head of HR. ” Small, the former CEO of platform-as-a-service company TokBox, came on in 2018. ” Small, the former CEO of platform-as-a-service company TokBox, came on in 2018.

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These are the cybersecurity stories we were jealous of in 2023

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Back in 2018, my former colleague at VICE Motherboard Joseph Cox and I started publishing a list of the best cybersecurity stories that were published elsewhere.

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A Guide to Designing Delightful Dashboards

Speaker: Daniel O'Sullivan, Product Designer, nCino and Jeff Hudock, Senior Product Manager, nCino

May 23, 2018 09:30 AM PST, 12:30 PM EST, 5:30 PM GMT In this session, we will discuss how to design, develop, and implement successful dashboards. Dashboard design do’s and don’ts. Where to start the journey. Importance of agility and iterative processes.

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How and Why: Embedded Analytics Interfaces For Your SaaS Product

Speaker: Sam Owens, Product Management Lead, Namely Platform

August 21, 2018 11:00 AM PDT, 2:00 PM EST, 6:00 PM GMT Daniel Mintz, Chief Data Evangelist of Looker, will join as well to give a broader view of how product owners are integrating analytics into their products to create stickier experiences and drive new revenue streams.

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The Complete Predictive Analytics Lifecycle for Application Teams

Speaker: Sriram Parthasarathy, Senior Director of Predictive Analytics, Logi Analytics

December 13, 2018 12:30 PM PST, 3:30 PM EST, 8:30 PM BST You’ll learn: The most common use cases for predictive analytics, such as increasing sales and reducing customer churn. Top 3 challenges you’ll encounter when creating your predictive model. How to source data from multiple systems and overcome common data challenges.

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Turning Metrics into Dollars: How to Turn Your Analytics Data into a Real Financial Model for your Startup

Speaker: Tristan Kromer, Lean Agile Coach, Kromatic

May 1, 2018 11:00 AM PST, 2:00 PM EST, 7:00 PM GMT You'll learn: How to turn basic dashboard metrics into a financial model. Learn how margin of error impacts financial projections. When to increase the complexity of your model and when to keep it simple.

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How King Crushes New Product Development using Data-Driven Insights

Speaker: Ian Thompson, Head of Business Intelligence at King, and Zara Wells, Strategic Customer Success Manager at Looker

September 11, 2018 11:00 AM PDT, 2:00 PM EST, 6:00 PM GMT He’ll also cover the various other ways that King uses analytics across their entire company, from finance to performance marketing. Come learn to crush analytics with King.

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How Agile Approaches Change Project, Program, and Product Measures

Speaker: Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group

April 26, 2018 12:30 PM PST, 3:30 PM EST, 8:30 PM GMT Join Johanna as she discusses: How agile approaches change what we measure. Possible measures you might use in projects and programs. How to assess the product as the team(s) build it. And much more!

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Build Actionable Dashboards to Drive Your Business

Speaker: Jim O'Leary, VP of Product Management, and Brian Elmi, Director of Product Management, NTENT

January 17, 2018 11:00 AM PST, 2:00 PM EST, 7:00 BST How to instrument your products to measure direct effect on business outcomes. How to define success metrics for new initiatives (product, marketing, etc) that align with your business needs.

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5 Key Considerations for Top-Notch Product Dashboards

Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker

November 8, 2018 12:30 PM PST, 3:30 PM EST, 8:30 PM BST In this webinar, you’ll learn: Best practices in customer research when developing your dashboard. How to design your dashboard to solve your customers’ problems. How to develop dashboards efficiently while incurring minimal technical debt.