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The four-year vesting schedule that the typical startup uses today is a problem waiting to happen. Here’s how you can fix it forever.

Solve the ‘dead equity’ problem with a longer founder vesting schedule

Faraday Future, the electric vehicle startup with a messy and complicated past, is planning to go public through a special purchase acquisition company (SPAC) deal. The company’s chief executive Carsten…

Faraday Future plans to go public through a SPAC deal

The malls and grocery stores of the 20th century are being converted into industrial conveyor belts of goods and services traveling from the internet to your home.

The future of retail and office space is up in the air, and proptech investors are optimistic

No matter what happened, the data this far into the pandemic just isn’t as bad as many expected it to be. That’s good news.

Bearish VCs, bullish founders and changing investing trends

The novel coronavirus has been devastating for many people, families and communities — and the consequences are still being calculated. The tech world has seen wave after wave of layoffs,…

What to do when your VC writes your startup off

Editor’s note: Get this weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT), just subscribe here. Commercial real estate, the traditional heart…

Startups Weekly: How will we build the city of the future?

[Editor’s note: Want to get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that startups can use by email? Subscribe here.]  Multiple liquidation preferences, full-ratchet anti-dilution clauses and pay-to-play provisions are some of…

Startups Weekly: Investors are keeping terms friendly — instead they say ‘no’ more often

TechCrunch is out hunting for bright spots in the startup world as we all come to grips with the pandemic — particularly where checks are actually being written despite everything.…

Startups Weekly: A new era for consumer tech

Billions of dollars have flowed into startup investing this decade, but the era appears to be closing with the coronavirus pandemic. Limited partners are saying no to younger venture firms…

Startups Weekly: Investors also face a pandemic reckoning

Are January layoffs just a few post-WeWork jitters? TechCrunch has found itself writing about layoffs at a few notable tech companies this week — and not just SoftBank-backed ones. The…

Startups Weekly: Tech layoffs spread (a bit)

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Daily Crunch: Facebook announces photo transfer tool

Few can hold a candle to Brad Feld’s list of accolades in the startup, tech and venture world. As a multi-time founder of both startups and venture firms alike, Feld…

Dig into the key issues in venture today with investor and Techstars co-founder Brad Feld

Picking winners from the herd of early-stage enterprise startups is challenging — so much competition, so many disruptive technologies, including mobile, cloud and AI. One investor who has consistently identified…

Emergence’s Jason Green joins TC Sessions: Enterprise this September

After a decade in the peculiar world of venture capital, Andreessen Horowitz managing director Scott Kupor has seen it all when it comes to the dos and don’ts for dealing…

An insider’s look into venture with Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor

In this week’s newsletter: WeWork files confidentially for IPO, Lyft loses scooter head and Magic Leap raises MORE money.

Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?

In this week’s newsletter: Uber, Slack and the evolving Series A.

Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds

In this week’s newsletter: Details on Pinterest, Lyft, Uber and Zoom’s upcoming IPOs, plus Glossier and Rent The Runway’s big rounds.

Startups Weekly: A much-needed unicorn IPO update

In this week’s newsletter: The college admissions scandal engulfs TPG, Accel raises $2.5B for three funds and investing app Stash brings in $65M.

Startups Weekly: Uber’s headline-grabbing week and sextech at SXSW

In this week’s newsletter: Justin Caldbeck battles Jonathan Teo, venture capital flows to mental health and some tips on term sheets.

Startups Weekly: Lyft’s S-1, cash for fertility startups and litigious VCs

Plus, Pinterest is going public too, Lyft’s IPO is imminent and London is home to the largest pre-seed fund ever.

Startups Weekly: Flexport, Clutter and SoftBank’s blood money

Plus, e-scooter subscription services are a thing now, the Vision Fund is betting big on autonomous delivery and Facebook almost bought Unity.

Startups Weekly: Is Y Combinator’s latest cohort too big?

This week in startups: Celebrities mingle with VCs at the Upfront Summit, Pinterest preps banks for IPO and Sam Altman has a grand new idea.

Startups Weekly: Even Gwyneth Paltrow had a hard time raising VC

Munchery goes under, a new podcast documents the Theranos saga, experts explain direct listings and more.

Startups Weekly: Is Munchery the Fyre Festival of startups?

We’ve got some new faces around TechCrunch — some of them real fresh and some who you might know. Though you might have seen some of their bylines around the…

Welcome Kirsten Korosec, Kate Clark, Zack Whittaker and some guy named Eric

 Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was fun. Back in the studio, Connie Loizos, Matthew Lynley,…

Equity podcast: More funding for scooters, Cruise gets a boost, and Chinese IPOs