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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

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The company released a fix 78 minutes later, but making it required users to manually access the affected devices, reboot in safe mode, and delete a bad file. But, as of January 28, the companys stock price was over $400, an all-time high, helped by a perfect score on an industry test for ransomware detection. A total of 8.5

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Zonos banks $69M to develop APIs for democratizing cross-border commerce

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He says while looking into international commerce, he found people wound up being charged additional fees after they have already purchased the item, leading to bad customer experiences, especially when a merchant is trying to build brand loyalty. There may be a small decrease, but a longer lifetime value with customers.

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

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The industry went from being speculative to competitive in a flash, thanks in large part to advances like composite materials and battery density. “I’ve been working in the aircraft development space for decades, but 2021 was different,” Tigner writes. 4 eVTOL trends moving the air taxi industry closer to takeoff.

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How to pitch me: 5 investors discuss what they’re looking for in April 2023

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But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind. And if you’ve added “AI” to your pitch deck only to make it more appealing, here’s some more bad news: FOMO is passé, and due diligence is the new black.

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How Pariti is connecting founders with capital, resources and talent in emerging markets

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” So , how is the team at Pariti setting out to solve these problems? Pariti then assesses each company across more than 70 information points ranging from the team and market to product and economics. Companies in the same industry, product stage, revenue, fundraising are some of the comparisons made.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Zero-day exploits, breaking into Japan, algorithmic VC investing

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We work with contributors to develop guest posts that will help TechCrunch+ readers solve actual problems, so it’s always a delight to present a comprehensive “how to” article. In this case, Barnabas Birmacher, CEO of Platform as a Service company Bitrise, shared the lessons he learned as his team attempted to enter Japan.

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Unicorns wanted: Navigating the Product Owner shortage in IT

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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. Then there’s industry.