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TechCrunch+ roundup: Deep due diligence, early Q1 2023 VC results, flight lessons for angels

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Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription Business schools teach the basics, but Mysty Rusk, who’s reviewed around 4,500 deals over the last 20 years, says the most important lessons she learned were the result of mistakes she made along the way.

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Sweep, a no-code config tool for Salesforce software, raises $28M

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A 2021 survey from CRM software vendor SugarCRM found that 50% of companies don’t know how to access customer data across their marketing, sales and service systems, while 53% said the administrative burdens of their CRM software causes friction for their sales team. In the worst case, the consequences can be severe.

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Code In Progress – The Life And Times Of Developers In 2021

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

Is coding the only thing they do all day? And no, they do not code all day long. We wanted to bust a lot of these myths and shed light on how the programming world looks through a developer’s lens in 2021; especially in the wake of a global pandemic. When not coding, devs swear by their walks as a way to unwind.

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Use Git data to optimize your developers’ annual reviews

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So here’s a run down of why you need data to set up a fair annual review process; if not this year, then you can kick-start it for 2021. That means that after you’ve set it up, it will be updated regularly on the engineer’s progress using indicators directly from the code repository. Use data to set next year’s goals.

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Open Source & Open Standards: Navigating the Intricacies of a Symbiotic Partnership

Speaker: Guy Martin, Executive Director of OASIS Open

Our worldwide society has continued to operate and thrive due to foundational technologies like the Internet. In the early days of technology, the building blocks of strong open standards combined with open source code that implemented these standards set the stage for breakthrough innovations. Live and On-Demand Masterclass.

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HR Software Firm Fingercheck Locks In $115M In Slow Funding Environment

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Small business payroll and human resource software company Fingercheck raised a $115 million growth investment led by Edison Partners. In 2021, HR startups raised more than $10.5 The round also included participation from StepStone Group and Columbus Capital. “Our team is looking forward to this partnership.

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Code analysis tool AppMap wants to become Google Maps for developers

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In December 2021, a vulnerability in a widely used logging library that had gone unfixed since 2013 caused a full-blown security meltdown. . It was described by security experts as a “design failure of catastrophic proportions,” and demonstrated the potentially far-reaching consequences of shipping bad code. Image Credits: AppMap.