“Chief Meme Officer” was once Turner Novak’s tongue-in-cheek job title, and his 161,300 X followers probably know why. Yet, he has it clear: “If you think about raising a venture fund and you need to raise $50 million, somebody’s not going to say: ‘Wow, that’s a great meme, here’s $10 million.” Why all the memes, … Read more
As a general rule, any essay that includes the one-sentence paragraph “I am here to bring the good news” is written by someone who wants to take your money, your vote, or your soul. As far as I know, Marc Andreessen, the browser pioneer and cofounder of powerhouse VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, isn’t running for … Read more
You cannot escape conversations about AI no matter how far or fast you run. Hyperbole abounds around what current AI tech will be able to do (revolutionize every industry!) and what current AI tech will be able to do (take over the world!). Closer to the ground, TechCrunch+ is working to understand where startups might … Read more
Last week at TechCrunch Disrupt (recaps coming soon), I spent less time than usual in the green room where staff and speakers work behind the scenes, and spent hours walking around Moscone Center. More than 10,000 people passed through the conference hall over three days: I moderated three investor panels and a Q&A, but I … Read more
Enterprise capital is the enterprise of hitting residence runs. However should a startup have the potential to seize the overwhelming majority of market share in its class to earn an funding? I don’t assume so. A number of weeks in the past, the co-founder and CEO of Thumbtack, Marco Zappacosta, got here on TechCrunch’s Discovered … Read more
Probably the greatest methods startup founders can hone their pitch till it’s sharp sufficient to impress VCs — and produce house the bacon — is by watching different founders pitch to buyers. And there’s no higher place to do this than by watching the Startup Battlefield competitors at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. Be within the room … Read more
It’s exhausting to consider there’s solely lower than a month earlier than TechCrunch (just about) touches down in Atlanta for our newest TC Stay occasion on June seventh at 2PM EDT. Now we have a slate of wonderful programming, together with the just lately introduced hearth chat with Ryan Glover, the co-founder of the fintech … Read more