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TechCrunch+ roundup: Fundraising beyond the Bay Area, web3 gaming, TDD prep checklist

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5 tips for launching in a crowded web3 gaming market. Every online product requires some network effect, but gaming is unique: Without large, loyal and enthusiastic customers, there’s no way to build products that can be monetized. 5 tips for launching in a crowded web3 gaming market. Development process. Code quality.

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Game Development Workflow – Getting the Most Out of It

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Today, game development is one of the biggest industries in the world with thousands of developers creating games in every niche. By 2025, the game development market size is expected to reach over USD 250 billion. Virtual Assist aims to help you make the most of your development workflow.

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TechCrunch Experts: 3 articles on growth marketing and software development

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TechCrunch Experts continues to gather and share authoritative advice for founders who need help with growth marketing and software development. siewski, CEE mobile gaming lead, Google. I spoke with founder Mulenga Agley about how their team assesses new clients and common marketing mistakes related to conversion optimization rates.

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Leverage early investors when raising a Series A, says DeepScribe’s Akilesh Bapu

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Raising a Series A is a different ball game from raising a seed round, and for Akilesh Bapu, CEO and co-founder of AI-powered medical transcription platform DeepScribe, giving prospective investors a hard deadline while leaning on early investors for support and guidance made all the difference. Prepare for due diligence.

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A timeline for startup M&A processes: Key steps and factors to consider

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I am grateful and fortunate that I could solicit input on this article from several people, including Theresia Gouw and Mark Kraynak; a few of my partners at Acrew; Ed Zimmerman and Meredith Beuchaw from the law firm Lowenstein; Shan Aggarwal, VP of corporate development, Coinbase; and Art Levy, chief strategy officer at Brex.

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How African startups raised investments in 2020

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But with the pandemic bringing in utter confusion and panic, companies downsized as investors re-strategized, and due diligence slowed during the first few months of the year. This can be attributed to an increase in seed rounds (up 88% from 2019) and bridge rounds due to shortage of cash amidst a pandemic-induced lockdown.

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Daily Crunch: After buying Twitter, will Musk bite back at Apple’s in-app purchase fees?

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99 Twitter problems, and Apple might have one : It’s no secret that Elon Musk thinks Apple’s 30% IAP (“inventor assistance program” to those of us not up on tech lingo) transaction charge to developers is “a lot.” I promise you two things, you promise me two, too : Make 4 promises to hire better staff for your startup team , by Haje.