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How much salary and equity to offer your first employees | TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Early hires shape your startup’s future but only if you can attract and keep them. This TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 panel dives into building equity and benefits packages that compete with big tech without breaking your burn rate. Hear real-world strategies to align incentives, boost retention, and build a team that scales, with advice from… Randi…

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Early hires shape your startup’s future but only if you can attract and keep them. This TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 panel dives into building equity and benefits packages that compete with big tech without breaking your burn rate. Hear real-world strategies to align incentives, boost retention, and build a team that scales, with advice from…

Randi Jakubowitz, Head of Operations & Talent, 645 Ventures
Rebecca Lee Whiting, Fractional General Counsel for Early-Stage Startups, Epigram Legal P.C.
Yin Wu, CEO, Founder, Pulley

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Eclipse Ventures Co-Founder Lior Susan’s Insights Into a $1.3B Bet on Physical AI | StrictlyVC

Fresh off raising a $1.3 billion fund, Eclipse Ventures is doubling down on what it calls physical AI. In this StrictlyVC interview from our 2026 event in San Francisco, co-founder and managing partner Lior Susan discusses robotics, manufacturing, autonomous systems, and what it takes to build enduring companies where AI meets the physical world. Plus,…

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Fresh off raising a $1.3 billion fund, Eclipse Ventures is doubling down on what it calls physical AI. In this StrictlyVC interview from our 2026 event in San Francisco, co-founder and managing partner Lior Susan discusses robotics, manufacturing, autonomous systems, and what it takes to build enduring companies where AI meets the physical world. Plus, you can get a peek into Susan’s perspective about the SpaceX IPO.

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The OpenAI vs. Elon Musk Trial Is Getting Messy Fast | Equity Podcast

Elon vs. Altman is just getting started, and Musk’s own tweets are already working against him in court. Shareholders, take note 👀 Catch the full breakdown on the latest Equity podcast episode:

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Elon vs. Altman is just getting started, and Musk’s own tweets are already working against him in court. Shareholders, take note 👀

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Campbell Brown on Going From Anchor to Facebook to Founding Forum AI | StrictlyVC

Campbell Brown has seen the information ecosystem from every angle — as a journalist, as Meta’s former head of news, and now as founder and CEO of Forum AI. In this StrictlyVC interview from our 2026 event in San Francisco, she discusses trustworthy AI, misinformation at scale, and what it takes to build reliable information…

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Campbell Brown has seen the information ecosystem from every angle — as a journalist, as Meta’s former head of news, and now as founder and CEO of Forum AI. In this StrictlyVC interview from our 2026 event in San Francisco, she discusses trustworthy AI, misinformation at scale, and what it takes to build reliable information systems in the age of AI.

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