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TechCrunch+ roundup: eVTOL takes off, pivoting with agility, when to hire a lawyer

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” is a staple of Gen X humor, since it reaffirms the cynical viewpoint that technology frequently fails to deliver on its lofty promises. “I’ve been working in the aircraft development space for decades, but 2021 was different,” Tigner writes. “Where’s my flying car?” What are my best options?

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Astro emerges from stealth to connect Latin American developers with US tech companies

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Astro , a startup helping companies to build and manage developer teams with talent from Latin America, today exited from stealth with $13 million in Series A funding contributed by Greycroft with participation by Obvious Ventures and other unnamed investors. based tech companies.

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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.

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QuotaPath raises $21.3M in Insight Partners-led round to help sales teams better track commissions

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QuotaPath , which has developed a commission-tracking solution for sales and revenue teams, has raised $21.3 Specifically, QuotaPath has seen 600% revenue growth since January 2021. It was there that Bruno ran the sales and management teams, and about “30 folks into it,” was having some issues with compensation and commission.

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From Ph.D. to boutique software developer: An interview with Solwey’s Andrew Drach

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” This point was seconded by other survey respondents, so we reached out to Drach and his team to learn more. More specifically, Solwey provides consulting in all stages of software design and development strategy and execution. How is your team structured? Why did you choose the boutique consultancy model?

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Okendo wants to turn your shoppers into buyers through better customer reviews

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No merchant likes a bad customer review and Okendo , a customer marketing platform, announced $26 million in Series A funding today to continue developing its customer review tools for e-commerce brands. The company also expanded to North America in early 2021, so the capital infusion will help with expansion.

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Founders of well-funded Egyptian B2B startup Capiter fired following fraud allegations

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Others described a workplace with poor management and no structure and a company finding it hard to onboard merchants to its platform while running out of money simultaneously. This is a developing story… BharatPe founder Ashneer Grover siphoned off money, Indian startup says.

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