Next Billion Users head Caesar Sengupta is leaving Google
He said on Monday that Caesar Sengupta, the long-time head of Google’s Next Billion Users initiative, was leaving the company. Sengupta, who also led the…
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Breaking down the specs of a successful video ad
Picture the drive you used every day before the COVID-19 epidemic hit – the same route, the same time, and the same old billboards next…
ironSource is going public via a SPAC and its numbers are pretty good
Israel is ironSource, an application-monetization initiative, made public through a SPAC. However, before you tune in to avoid reading about another private company taking a…
The debate about cryptocurrency and energy consumption
Energy consumption has become the latest flashpoint for cryptocurrency. Critics have dismissed it as an energy hog, while promoters have praised it for being less…
Are high churn rates depressing earnings for app developers?
In 2016 Apple started monetizing subscriptions to more apps – and tempted developers with an 85/15 split on revenue from subscribers who have been subscribing…
Social+ payments: Why fintechs need social features
Social + organizations have taken risks for everyone with multiple benefits to customers at once: products that serve a purpose but also meet our requirements…
Mary Toft: The Woman Who Kept “Giving Birth” To Rabbits, Cats and Assorted Other Meats
In August 1726, a 25-year-old servant named Mary Tuft aborted. A month later, abnormally, she still appeared pregnant. More surprisingly, for several months he began…
Hear how Poshmark went from Series A to the public markets with Manish Chandra and Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha
Poshmark has come a long way over the last decade. Launched in 2011, the social fashion marketplace has grown to over $150 million and now…
The lightning-fast Series A (that was 3 years in the making)
Christine Tao manages the Sounding Board, a business she founded in 2016 that provides executive coaching services to leaders at major companies such as Kraft…
Dear Sophie: Can an H-1B co-founder own a Delaware C Corp?
Here is another version of “Dear Sophie”, a consultation column that answers questions about immigration about working in technology companies. “Your questions are vital to…
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