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8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence

TechCrunch

Will your organization and your code pass technical due diligence when it’s your turn? Let’s start with the positives: If an investor is proceeding with technical due diligence (TDD), you’ll likely pass. Here’s the not-so-good news: Companies can pass the business test, but fail TDD. A quick primer on TDD.

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Beyond Metrics – Why Human Capital is Key in Founding and Leadership Team Assessments

N2Growth Blog

Evaluating founding and leadership teams of portfolio companies and acquisition targets has become crucial for investment and operating partners. As businesses grow and adapt to shifting market demands, the strength of the leadership team often dictates a company’s ability to scale and succeed.

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IT pros: One-third of AI projects just for show

CIO

A substantial 36% of IT professionals surveyed by Dice.com believe that the primary purpose of many AI projects they’ve worked on is to show investors, board members, or outside stakeholders that the company is doing something with AI. To be fair, just over half of IT pros say their organizations’ AI projects are strategically important.

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Unicorns wanted: Navigating the Product Owner shortage in IT

CIO

You’ve seen the virtues of transforming from a project to a product operating model: value-driven work, delivered by dedicated teams rather than through projects led by disparate team members. The unicorn, if not sourced with proper due diligence, will be viewed only as a creature in fairy tales. Why are they unicorns?

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With a fresh $46M, Instabug aims to do more than fix your app’s bugs

TechCrunch

Instabug , a startup that aims to help mobile developers monitor, identify and fix bugs within apps, has raised $46 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners. The company declined to reveal its current valuation. Gabr went on to share that in 2021, the company’s software sat within 2.7 billion issues. .

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Startup Speed Is Sine Qua Non For Startup Success. Here’s How To Achieve It.

Crunchbase News

Unlike established companies that can afford deliberate, hierarchical decision-making, startups operate in an environment where rapid execution is essential for survival. Development pace: Is code typically shipped in days/weeks, or does it take months/quarters? Team deterioration: Losing top talent to more dynamic organizations.

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

TechCrunch

I can name more movies that feature flying cars than I can eVTOL companies, but that’s changing. Last year, boosters poured billions into eVTOL as companies like Joby Aviation, Archer and Lilium used SPACs to rake in cash to fund R&D and test flight programs. As my company continues to grow, I’m considering coming to the U.S.