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Bursting the big data bubble: Why we don’t need more data scientists
McKinsey Global Institute Study shows organisations that harness Big Data and Analytics are … 23 times more likely to acquire customers 9 times more likely to retain customers, and 19 times more likely to be profitable But a few years ago, Gartner estimated that 60 per cent of big data projects fail. As bad as […]
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An Indonesian VC firm’s call for action against COVID-19
Dear Founders, Given the recent developments in the global spread of coronavirus diesease (COVID-19), the World Health Organisation (WHO) had announced that the spread of the virus is now considered a global pandemic. In accordance with this, it is important for all countries, communities, and individuals to do what they can to help prevent the […]
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The 20 best startups from Y Combinator’s W20 Demo Day
With world events overtaking the tech world’s preferences to meet for coffees and convene at events, Y Combinator skipped its famous two-day live Demo event and went for a radical experiment: no demos at all, but instead a long list of the nearly 200 startups in its Winter 2020 batch, with links to their sites […]
Listen to the TechCrunch staff’s YC Demo Day wrap-up call here
It’s been a bonkers week in the world with markets gyrating, companies fretting, investors tweeting and founders re-cutting their 2020 forecasts. But for one collection of startups, the past few days weren’t about work crises or the latest Slack share price. Instead, for Y Combinator’s Winter batch, it was Demo Day week. TechCrunch has covered […]
Focused on health in the home, Novi lands $1.5M to help CPG companies source clean, safe ingredients
Kimberly Shenk has been focused for a while now on “clean” products that are made without harmful chemicals. In 2017, Shenk and friend Jaleh Bisharat launched NakedPoppy, a site that curates and sells cosmetics that have been vetted by chemists (including some of its own products). Interestingly, as the young startup was announcing $4 million […]
Why is Blue Apron’s stock skyrocketing?
Back in 2017, a formerly hot, formerly profitable company called Blue Apron went public. It didn’t go well. Today as the global stock market continues to fall, shares in the former venture darling are soaring, up more than 140% in midday trading. Before its IPO, the company had to reduce its price range from $15 […]