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When no one worried about IT spending, startups leaned into the bottom-up sales approach and driving PLG. But that was then, and this is now.

From cybersecurity to SaaS for restaurants, the key to running a successful business is selling a product that solves your clients' real problems.

Welcome to this week's edition of Startups Weekly.

To run 60-minute startup board meetings that create value, replace your 80-slide deck with a simple three-page memo.

While Chegg beat analyst expectations for the first quarter of the year, it also raised a warning that didn't fall on deaf ears.

Landing pages are one of the best places to run experiments, but if you aren't constantly iterating, you’re leaving money on the table.

Welcome to Startups Weekly, with your shiny, newly minted host, yours sincerely. If you’ve seen my name on TechCrunch, it’s probably because of my popular Pitch Deck Teardown series, where I take

Internal developer portals have emerged as a one-stop shop that lets developers in an organization access all the microservices and tools available to them.

ARR has always been a key metric, but with valuations down across the board and new money too tight to mention, it’s now a lodestar.

Insurtech is persisting, stubbornly showing a few signs of life despite the carnage in the public markets.

My dream of never having to drive again is far from dead. I just need to add five or 10 years to my prior timelines.

Psychedelic startups want to make psilocybin, ketamine and other substances more mainstream, but how are investors approaching this space?

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior reporter Natasha Mascarenhas.  Startups Weekly readers know I love a pivot story, and now I have one of m

Can open-source foundation AI models level the playing field while addressing concerns about privacy and bias?

While rising interest rates have caused more than a few financial institutions to topple, a group of well-known fintech companies are posting signs of a comeback.

Airbnb, Twilio and Amplitude's earnings together indicate that tech growth is slowing not just for Big Tech, it's across the board.

Every startup isn’t ready to hire a full-time marketer, but that’s no excuse to toss money out the window on paid acquisition.

Given what's happening, it's hard to summon the courage to argue that we are close to seeing fintech valuations bottoming out or even rebound.

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. It’s been

Because AI requires human input, it is inherently susceptible to bias. What are investors doing to hold founders accountable?