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Layoffs are one of the hardest parts of leadership…and most people get them wrong. If you have to let someone go, it’s not just about severance....
Glīd founder Kevin Damoa may be the first top five Startup Battlefield founder to meditate first, celebrate later. Listen to this week’s episode of Build Mode...
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You have to go to where the users are, even if that means embracing the overload of a Taylor Swift concert. In the latest Build Mode...
The first episode of our new Build Mode podcast drops…tomorrow! For our first season, we’re sitting down with founders, investors, and operators to get into the...
These finalists were selected from an initial pool of thousands of applicants, with TechCrunch’s editorial team narrowing the field down to the 200 companies that all...
The 2024 runner-up in the TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, geCKo Materials, returned to the stage at this year’s show to debut new products as it pushes...