scaling

Arbitrum co-founders see opportunity for continued layer-2 growth through DeFi, gaming

The Ethereum layer-2 space is continuing to see strong demand as one of its largest scaling solutions, Arbitrum, is seeing renewed growth

Rollup provider Eclipse launches software to allow Solana apps to be compatible with Polygon

Customizable rollup provider Eclipse is launching a Solana-focused scaling solution, which allows applications to be compatible with Polygon, the companies exclusively told TechCrunch. Rollups, a par

Stanford cryptography researchers are building Espresso, a privacy-focused blockchain

If blockchain technology is to reach true mass adoption, it will have to become cheaper and more efficient. Low transaction throughput on some of the most popular blockchains, most notably Ethereum, h

Scaling across Series A to C

There is a lot of great content on the start-up phase, but there is little available on how founders can grow a company from $1 million to $25 million in annual revenues.

3 critical lessons I learned while scaling RingCentral’s customer support team

As you scale and onboard employees, make sure they know their importance — emphasize the stakes in their role related to the business and value that responsibility.

How to work with top influencers and avoid ad blockers

We’ve aggregated the world’s best growth marketers into one community. Twice a month, we ask them to share their most effective growth tactics, and we compile them into this Growth Report.

6 steps to reduce churn for high-volume subscription companies

Your customers don’t really want to cancel. At least, not all of them. Between 15 and 30 percent of customers leave for reasons that are within your control. Tapping into these customers...

Nine lessons on how Niantic reached a $4B valuation

We’ve captured much of Niantic’s ongoing story in the first three parts of our EC-1, from its beginnings as an “entrepreneurial lab” within Google, to its spin-out as an indepe

When to ditch that nightmare customer (before they kill your startup)

Three million dollars. That’s the largest amount of money I’ve ever walked away from in terms of a customer contract that I decided we shouldn’t take. 

Toxic VC and the marginal-dollar problem

Venture capital should come with a warning label. In our experience, VC kills more startups than slow customer adoption, technical debt and co-founder infighting -- combined. VC should be a catalyst f

Here’s How Spotify Scales Up And Stays Agile: It Runs ‘Squads’ Like Lean Startups

What's the secret to staying fresh, lean and mean when you're a hot tech company on a fast growth trajectory? A <a target="_blank" href="http://www.scrumplanet.com/aggregator/sources/33">fascinating d