Month: August 2021
Sanas aims to convert one accent to another in real time for smoother customer service calls
This post is by Devin Coldewey from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch In the customer service industry, your accent dictates many aspects of your job. It shouldn’t be the case that there’s a “better” or “worse” accent, but in today’s global economy (though who knows about tomorrow’s) it’s valuable to sound American or British. While…
Unicorn to Unicorny
This post is by Om Malik from On my Om A unicorn company, or unicorn startup, is a private company with a valuation over $1 billion. As of August 2021, there are more than 800 unicorns around the world. CB Insights I sometimes felt quite alone in my scorn for the idea of “unicorn” terminology…
Road to Decarbonization: The United States Electricity Mix
This post is by Sponsored Content from Visual Capitalist The following content is sponsored by the National Public Utilities Council High-resolution version Road to Decarbonization: The United States Electricity Mix The U.S. response to climate change and decarbonization is ramping up, and putting a focus on the country’s electricity mix. As pressure has increased for…
Extra Crunch roundup: Toast and Freshbook S-1s, pre-pitch tips, flexible funding lessons
This post is by Walter Thompson from Fundings & Exits – TechCrunch The digital transformation currently sweeping society has likely reached your favorite local restaurant. Since 2013, Boston-based Toast has offered bars and eateries a software platform that lets them manage orders, payments and deliveries. Over the last year, its customers have processed more than…
Corinne Riley | Funding the Cloud Challengers
This post is by Greylock Partners from Greymatter Audio version of the essay by Greylock investors Corinne Riley and Jerry Chen entitled “Funding the Cloud Challengers.” This essay, which is part of Greylock’s Castles in the Cloud series, analyzes the top venture capital cloud investing trends since 2019. You can read the essay at https://greylock.com/greymatter/funding-the-cloud-challengers/,…
Jerry Chen | How to Break Up Big Cloud’s Dominance
This post is by Greylock Partners from Greymatter Audio version of Greylock general partner Jerry Chen’s essay “How to Break Up Big Cloud’s Dominance,” read by Greylock Head of Editorial Heather Mack. This essay, which outlines strategies startups can take to compete with the Big 3 cloud providers, is part of our Castles in the…
Jerry Chen | Castles in the Cloud
This post is by Greylock Partners from Greymatter The audio version of Greylock general partner Jerry Chen’s essay introducing Castles in the Cloud, which is Greylock’s interactive project to map multiple data points of the cloud computing ecosystem — and plots new opportunities for success. Greylock marketing partner Elisa Schreiber reads the essay. You can…
Mainframes, ML and digital transformation
This post is by Benedict Evans from Essays – Benedict Evans Patrick Collison once made a joke that if you erect enough enterprise software billboards, an airport will spontaneously appear around them. It’s a pretty good bet that all of those billboards would say ‘digital transformation’, and that phrase always sounds to me like a…
Video Quick Take: Deloitte’s Kwasi Mitchell on Purpose – SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELOITTE
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