Data was the new oil, until the oil caught fire

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Data was the new oil, until the oil caught fireWe’ve been hearing how “data is the new oil” for more than a decade now, and in certain sectors, it’s a maxim that has more than panned out. From marketing and logistics to finance and product, decision-making is now dominated by data at all levels of […]

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How one founder made the most of Y Combinator in a pandemic year

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How one founder made the most of Y Combinator in a pandemic yearThis week, we welcome guest Hana Mohan to our podcast Found. Hana is the co-founder and CEO of MagicBell, a new startup she created with Josue Montano that just recently graduated from Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 cohort. MagicBell is a full-featured, plug-and-play notifications […]

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Emotional marketing and an e-mail titan walk into a bar

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Emotional marketing and an e-mail titan walk into a barMy mom cuts to the chase when she is describing my beat to others. In her words, I cover companies like Uber before they become companies like Uber. And honestly? I can’t exactly disagree with the description. The best feeling in tech journalism is telling a […]

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Is Washington prepared for a geopolitical ‘tech race’?

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Is Washington prepared for a geopolitical ‘tech race’?When Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sat down with Chinese officials in Anchorage, Alaska for the first high-level bilateral summit of the new administration, it was not a typical diplomatic meeting. Instead of a polite but restrained diplomatic exchange, the two sides […]

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The most disastrous sales cycle in the world

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The most disastrous sales cycle in the worldStartups constantly talk about being mission-oriented, but it’s hard to take most of those messages seriously when the mission is optimizing cash flow for tax efficiency. However, a new generation of startups is emerging that are taking on some of the largest global challenges and bringing the same […]

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