Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:
Gabe Rivera’s 20-year-old headline site, Techmeme, has never been hotter.
I’m telling you all this not just because Techmeme’s 20th birthday is on Friday, but because of how anomalous Techmeme has become among news websites. Very little about the way tech news – and all news, for that matter – is reported, edited, distributed, paid for and consumed bears any resemblance to the way it was in the fall of 2005.
Intel Announces Key Leadership Appointments to Accelerate Innovation and Strengthen Execution :: Intel Corporation (INTC)
Intel Corporation today announced a series of senior leadership appointments that support the company’s strategy to strengthen its core product business, build a trusted foundry, and foster a culture of engineering across the business.
The Job Market Is Hell – The Atlantic
Online hiring platforms have made it easier to find an opening but harder to secure one: Applicants send out thousands of AI-crafted résumés, and businesses use AI to sift through them. What Bumble and Hinge did to the dating market, contemporary human-resources practices have done to the job market. People are swiping like crazy and getting nothing back.
Trump-linked venture fund 1789 Capital tops $1 billion in assets | Reuters
In the months following Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a little-known venture fund with ties to the Trump family quietly crossed a milestone: $1 billion in assets. The firm, 1789 Capital, was once a niche experiment that aimed to align equity investing with conservative political values.
Why retention is so hard for new tech products
You can’t fix bad retention. You’ve seen this happen before: You spend months developing a new product, and then you launch it. Bad news hits. The initial retention stats come in, and it’s terrible. You’re already months into the product development, and it’s hard to turn back now. How do we improve retention?
The Micro SaaS Revolution: From Giants to Solopreneurs | Misuta Hagane
The golden age of SaaS giants gave us Salesforce, Shopify, and Atlassian. But a quiet shift is underway, and it could redefine what building software looks like for everyone else.
San Francisco tech workers are working Saturdays
Have you heard of 996? It’s the demanding work schedule that calls for working 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week. Apparently, it’s the new thing in the San Francisco tech scene, and it’s all anyone can talk about (search Twitter).
Portland AI Networking: Explore Meetup Groups in Artificial Intelligence
Portland’s AI scene is bursting. Seems like every week I’m learning about a new meetup, event or conference dealing with artificial intelligence, forging opportunities for connection, learning, and innovation across disciplines and experience levels.
Is Your Startup Idea Any Good? Borrow These Validation Tactics from the Founders of Linear, Mercury and More
Founders share the unconventional ways they found conviction in their startup ideas.
Harnessing the value of AI: Unlocking scalable advantage – Capgemini
Harnessing the value of AI: Unlocking scalable advantage, the third edition in the Capgemini Research Institute’s annual research series on AI technologies, explores strategies for how organizations can scale AI implementation responsibly, ethically, and effectively. The research brief is based on findings from a global survey of 1,100 leaders at organizations with annual revenue above $1 billion across 15 countries.
Hiring Top AI Talent When You’re Not a Tech Giant
So how can “normal” companies compete for AI talent in this environment? I asked several experts to weigh in.
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