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Andreessen Horowitz ditches physical HQ in return for global outposts
For a long time, distributed work for VCs looked like a split-HQ between two cities in different parts of the world. Now, it may look like “the cloud.” Andreessen Horowitz, a venture firm
Sisu Data raises $62M to stop companies from making clouded business mistakes
Sisu Data, which aims to help businesses make better decisions, announced today it has raised $62 million in a Series C round of funding led by Green Bay Ventures. Existing backers Andreessen Horowitz
Apple invests $50M into music distributor UnitedMasters alongside a16z and Alphabet
Independent music distribution platform and tool factory UnitedMasters has raised a $50 million series B round led by Apple. A16z and Alphabet are participating again in this raise. United Masters is
Bringing jobs and health benefits, BlocPower unlocks energy efficiency retrofits for low-income communities
Retrofitting buildings to make them more energy efficient and better at withstanding climate change-induced extreme weather is going to be a big, multibillion-dollar business. But it’s one that&
The rise of the human-centric CEO
The peacetime CEO/wartime CEO framework is clearly valuable — it forces us to dissect the behavioral shifts necessary to survive in a crisis. That being said, it needs to evolve.
Ben Horowitz, a16z general partner, is leaving Lyft’s board
Ben Horowitz, the co-founder and general partner of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, won’t seek re-election to Lyft’s board, according to a document filed with the U.S. Securities
Pandemic reset leads investors to focus on resilience, adaptability
Mahendra Ramsinghani Contributor Share on Twitter Mahendra Ramsinghani is the founder of Secure Octane Investments, investing in cloud infrastructure and security startups. When he is not investing, h
Ben Horowitz will explain how to create and sustain culture at TC Early Stage SF
The hardest challenges to tackle are usually the most nebulous. Culture, for example, is hard to define, implement, cultivate and evolve… How do you structure culture within a business or organi
Anyscale, from the creators of the Ray-distributed computing project, launches with $20.6M led by a16z
Open source has become a critical building block of modern software, and today a new startup is coming out of stealth to capitalise on one of the newer frontiers in open source: using it to build and
Use agile budgeting to manage your cash
How should a growth company manage its budget? Does the annual budget approval process even make sense in a fast-moving firm?
Ben Horowitz on shocking rules and dramatic object lessons
Ben Horowitz, co-founder of venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, has a new book out titled “What You Do Is Who You Are,” which takes a look at how to create culture at a company. We sat down with Hor
VC Ben Horowitz on WeWork, Uber and one cultural value his employees can’t break
Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, has a new book coming out this coming Monday titled “What You Do Is Who You Are,” which takes a look at how to create
Brad Feld: what founders need to know about recent changes in VC deal terms
Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch’s Connie Loizos hopped on the line wit
Why venture capital firms need culture experts
True Ventures VP of culture Madeline Kolbe Saltzman on how to "scale inclusively."
Corporate travel startup TripActions raises $154M at $1B valuation
Co-founders Ariel Cohen and Ilan Twig wow'd investors with TripActions 700% annual growth rate.
Ben Horowitz is coming to Disrupt SF
It’s been more than four years since “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” was published, and it remains — including to minds of many of us at TechCrunch — one of the best,
Online VC FundersClub launches Network Search to better connect its 18,000 members
Network effects in venture capital are no joke. Sure, people want to close rounds with brand name funds like Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz because they validate startups. But perhaps more importantl
Bill Campbell, go-to advisor for Silicon Valley’s brightest, receives loving tributes after his passing
There’s an old saying in football: It isn’t the hours you put in but what you put in the hours. Apparently, Bill Campbell — a widely revered former Columbia University football coa
Usermind emerges from stealth with a plan to integrate business operations
Borrowing a page from the information technology playbook, Usermind -- a newly launched startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Menlo Ventures -- is selling a service that aims to provide transparen
Ben Horowitz backs rapper Ryan Leslie’s SMS commerce startup Superphone
Ryan Leslie gave every fan his phone number. It’s (646) 887-6978. But instead of a million unwanted phone calls, it’s making him money and giving him deeper intelligence about his listener