Huawei US extends 90 days limited reprieve on Huawei technology banAssociated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Monday that the United States will extend by 90 days a limited reprieve on U.S. technology sales to Huawei. The U.S. government blacklisted the Chinese
Startups Simon Data hauls in $30M Series C to continue building customer data platformTechCrunch - Ron MillerAs businesses use an increasing variety of marketing software solutions, the goal around collecting all of that data is to improve customer experience. Simon Data announced a $30 million Series C round
Google Calendar The 10 Hottest San Francisco Startups of 2019 (They're Not All Tech Companies)Inc Magazine - Sophie DownesMany of this year's fastest-growing companies call the Bay Area home--but don't think they're all building software. This year's Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America is proof
Technology Bitcoin’s race to outrun the quantum computerdecrypt.co - Robert Stevens Want to steal some Bitcoin? All you need to do is find your victim’s 16-character public key and calculate their private key by solving something …
Huawei Huawei's chief security officer says he's been called a traitorBusiness Insider - Benjamin PimentelAs one of Huawei's top executives in America, Andy Purdy, the Chinese tech giant's US chief security officer, has come up with a distinctly American response to those who would call him a traitor. He PeeWee
LinkedInTim Warren on LinkedIn: "It’s hard to know what does work in Sales and Marketing, but the pitfalls are usually know. Alwayslinkedin.com
CEOs How CEOs’ Childhoods Shape Their CareersThe Atlantic - Joe PinskerWhy oldest and only children have better odds of running a company When corporate boards pick out new CEOs, they scrutinize candidates’ qualifications, studying their performance in previous jobs and their
Nvidia Nvidia’s GPU sales finally ‘normalize’ after its crypto-mining crazeTNW - Matthew BeedhamChipmaker Nvidia says its business has finally returned to normal after its cryptocurrency mining hangover has subsided. In its latest quarterly financial report, published yesterday, Nvidia posted 17
Twilio Twilio Crossed $1 Billion in ARR Growing 81%. Yes, At $1 Billion. | SaaStrsaastr.com - Jason Lemkin Twilio recently crossed into the $1 Billion ARR club, if not quite at record growth rates, then fairly close to it. 81% Year-over-Year growth at …
Adobe How to hire your (first) VP Sales (and not screw it up) by Jason Lemkinclose.com Close is at today’s Sales Hacker Conference in San Francisco and we’ll be taking notes and sharing the best talks of the conference with you. List of …
Investing HubSpot: Biggest Product Expansion In Company's HistorySeeking Alpha - Steve Auger HubSpot, Inc. (HUBS) is a high-growth multi-purpose SaaS company dedicated to business transformation. Targeting companies with 2 to 2,000 employees, …
Apple Maps How to get around with Apple Maps’ Look Around in iOS 13Cult of Mac - Charlie SorrelLook Around is Apple’s answer to Google’s Street View, and it’s about one zillion times better — if you have coverage that is. Look Around is just getting started, and covers very few places. Street View,
SSL Google wants to reduce lifespan for HTTPS certificates to one yearZDNet - Catalin Cimpanu A Google proposal would cut lifespan of SSL certificates from 825 days to 397 days. Google wants to reduce the lifespan of SSL certificates (used to …
Gainsight Revenues Above $50m, Burning $1-2m Per Month, Will Hit $100m In 2020 - LATKAgetlatka.com - Nathan Latka As more companies serve more customers via the cloud, customer success has taken center stage over the past 3-6 years. Gainsight is looking to …
Startups Weekly: The mad dash to the public marketsTechCrunch - Kate ClarkHello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit. Last week,
Skype for Business Is It Time for Microsoft to Spin Off Skype?The Motley Fool - Tim Beyers With talent and resources going into Teams, it's probably time to re-evaluate Skype's future. First, eBay bought Skype in 2005 for $2.6 billion. Two …
Technology Google discloses its acquisition of mobile learning app Socratic as it relaunches on iOSTechCrunch - Sarah PerezGoogle publicly disclosed its acquisition of homework helper app Socratic in an announcement this week, detailing the added support for the company’s AI technology and its relaunch on iOS. The acquisition
Cloudflare Cloudflare has a third cofounder, Lee Holloway, who’s credited with making the company what is todayTechCrunch - Connie LoizosNot every cofounder is acknowledged at the companies that they help to launch. Sometimes, they quit or they’re elbowed out. Often, they’re conveniently written out the company’s history. In the case of
Alibaba Group What Downturn? Alibaba Reports Steady Results Amid Global TumultBloomberg - Lulu Yilun Chen Forget the world’s chaos for a moment. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is doing just fine. Despite a trade war, the slowing domestic economy and brutally …
United Parcel Service The One Thing #19 – Driftdrift.com “The Problem Is the Problem A professional does not take success or failure personally. That’s Priority Number One for us now. That our project has …
Cloudflare Cloudflare files for initial public offeringTechCrunch - Jonathan ShieberAfter much speculation and no small amount of controversy, Cloudflare, one of the companies that ensures that websites run smoothly on the internet, has filed for its initial public offering. The company,
Debugging Ten Ways to Get the Most out of Conferenceskellblog.com - Dave Kellogg I can’t tell you the number of times, as we were tearing down our booth after having had an epic show, that we overheard the guy next door calling …
Cisco Systems CEO of Cisco, which saw a huge drop in China sales, says state-owned enterprises shunned themCNBC - Jessica Bursztynsky Chinese government-controlled enterprises are opting to work with local vendors rather than American-owned companies as the U.S.-China trade war …
Technology Credit Karma glitch exposed users to other people’s accountsTechCrunch - Zack WhittakerUsers of credit monitoring site Credit Karma have complained that they were served other people’s account information when they logged in. Many took to a Reddit thread and complained on Twitter about apparent
Technology Data leak exposes unchangeable biometric data of over 1 million peopleMIT Technology Review - Patrick Howell O'Neill You can always change your password. Your fingerprints and face are another story. A major leak of data discovered this week in the UK includes …
WeWork WeWork IPO reveals that 40% of its members work for companies with 500-plus employeesQuartz - Hanna KozlowskaThe success of WeWork, the coworking company, depends in large part on whether its tenants have relatively stable and viable jobs—which often means working for a larger employer. And the share of WeWork
Apple Card Report: Goldman Sachs spending $350 to acquire each new Apple Card user, could see losses in a recession9to5Mac - Michael PotuckA new analyst report today from Nomura, seen by CNBC predicts that Goldman Sachs could see notable losses on Apple Card customers if a recession happens within the next few years. This estimate is based
WeWork Reading WeWork’s S-1 Is Like Staring Into Adam Neumann’s SoulFortune - Rey Mashayekhi One doesn’t have to read far into WeWork’s highly anticipated S-1 filing to get a sense of Adam Neumann’s lofty goals for his company. “Our mission is …
Sergey Brin OKRs Let Larry And Sergey Build Google. Maybe The Rest Of Us Software Founders Should Use ThemForbes - Christian OwensI write about how to sell software better in the twenty-first century. Managing a vast organisation might rest on giving individuals the frameworks to manage themselves. But when should you start? Photographer:
Software Why CAC is Usually Irrelevant in Early-ish Stage SaaS Companies (vs. B2C Where It's Critical) | SaaStrsaastr.com - Jason Lemkin I recently meet with a very high-growth “XaaS” company. Not software as a service, but one that provides some version of humans-as-a-service. And …
