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☆ This startup wants to help you continue to work from home — just not your own
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The home-exchange startup Swapdesk is targeting remote workers who can temporarily trade places. It was the push he needed to start a business that helps remote workers find comfortable, quiet places to set up shop. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe benefit of Swapdesk, Boening said, is that trading a home is far less expensive than staying in a hotel or a short-term rental in a major city. Swapdesk, which is based in Toronto, is among the companies focusing on remote workers , particularly in areas like tech. Swapdesk's focus on serving remote workers comes as more CEOs have called employees back to the office , at least part of the time .

Persons: —, Allen Boening, Swapdesk, it's, Boening, Herman Miller, Ken, Rory Fairweather, Atlassian, they're, who's, Fairweather, Swapesk Organizations: Service, Amazon, Google, Microsoft Locations: London , New York, Paris, Toronto, New York City, Copenhagen, London

☆ Peloton co-founder and Chief Product Officer Tom Cortese is leaving the company
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Gabrielle Fonrouge | In Gabrielle-Fonrouge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Peloton co-founder and Chief Product Officer Tom Cortese is leaving the company and will be replaced by longtime Silicon Valley veteran Nick Caldwell, the company announced Tuesday. Cortese, who helped found the connected fitness company alongside former CEO John Foley in 2012, will move into an advisory role beginning Nov. 1, the company said. He'll oversee global product development and will start the new role Nov. 1. "I want to thank Tom for his tireless dedication since launching Peloton nearly 12 years ago as a Co-Founder of the business. "Nick brings impressive engineering, design, and product experience to the Peloton team.

Persons: Tom Cortese, Nick Caldwell, Cortese, John Foley, " Cortese, I'm, Caldwell, He'll, Tom, Barry McCarthy, Nick Organizations: Silicon, Twitter, Google, Microsoft

☆ Some notable investors scored a win with Splunk takeover — Here's what they are betting on next
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

High-profile investors Jeff Smith and Alex Sacerdote hit home runs after Cisco 's buyout of cybersecurity software company Splunk sent shares surging. The move marked a big win for the two hedge fund investors with big stakes in Splunk. Splunk was Smith's Starboard Value's third-biggest holding at the end of June, with a bet worth more than $430 million. The stock, Whale Rock's fifth-biggest stock bet as of the end of June, has soared more than 66% this year. Sacerdote also had a big bet on another cybersecurity company like Splunk, Fortinet .

Persons: Jeff Smith, Alex Sacerdote, Splunk, Smith, Sacerdote, Fortinet Organizations: Cisco, Rock Capital Management, Acacia Research, Big Tech, Microsoft, Meta, Nvidia, Netflix, Guggenheim Locations: Splunk, Wix.com

☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Apple, Disney, Walmart, Lowe's, Alphabet and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

TD Cowen upgrades Domino's to outperform from market perform TD said in its upgrade of the stock that it sees upside to same-store sales. Bernstein reiterates Apple as market perform Bernstein said similarities exist between IBM 10 years ago and Apple today. Morgan Stanley reiterates Walmart as overweight Morgan Stanley sees an attractive risk/reward for Walmart shares. RBC upgrades American Express to outperform from sector perform RBC said the credit card company is "best positioned" to outperform. Jefferies reiterates Alphabet as buy The firm is more bullish on Alphabet shares after the company's recent Google Cloud event.

Persons: TD Cowen, Woodward, Uber, Cantor Fitzgerald, Wells, Bernstein, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Lamb Weston, Stryker, Baird, Wolfe, Stifel, Jefferies, GOOGL's, We've Organizations: DIS, Media, Apple, IBM, Walmart, Bank of America, of America, Citi, Technologies, UBS, RBC, Dine Brands, Susquehanna, Barclays, Oracle, Vail Resorts, MTN, Google, Nvidia Locations: U.S, North America

☆ Andrew Bialecki built Klaviyo into an email titan by breaking all the norms. Now he's taking it public as its largest shareholder.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Andrew Bialecki is preparing to take Boston startup Klaviyo public eleven years after founding it. Bialecki, who cofounded the marketing tech company in 2012, owns more than a third of Klaviyo, according to the company's recent S-1 filing. In the last eleven years, the 37-year-old has quietly built the hottest Boston startup you've never heard of. For comparison, HubSpot's Brian Halligan and Toast's Chris Comparato reported salaries of roughly $240,000 before taking their Boston startups public. Bialecki has also sold few shares of Klaviyo in inside rounds, according to two people familiar with the company's financials.

Persons: Andrew Bialecki, Jason Lemkin, Peter Walker, Klaviyo, Yankee frugality, Barry Chin, Ed Hallen, Hallen, Bialecki, Alexa von, TJ Mahony, he's, Elias Torres, Bootstrapping, Jon Karlen, Karlen, Mahony, Alex Clayton, frugality, HubSpot's Brian Halligan, Toast's Chris Comparato Organizations: Boston Globe, Getty, MIT's Sloan School of Management, Capital, Harvard University, Predictive Technologies, Fortune, Red Sox, Meritech Capital, Boston, Black, Patriots Locations: Boston, Coast, Bialecki, Washington, DC, Klaviyo, Braze, Miami

☆ After Salesforce hiked its product prices by an average of 9%, some unhappy customers are considering switching to Microsoft or HubSpot
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Already, consultants see Salesforce customers scrambling to address these price hikes. Jon Winsett, CEO and managing partner at Atlanta-based IT spending advisory NPI Financial, said his firm immediately alerted all its clients to the price increase news. "We were working with one of our accounts right as the price increase was announced, and they were gobsmacked," Winsett said. Customer relationship management software company HubSpot uses customer self-service to sell its software — a stark contrast from Salesforce's sales-driven culture. You don't need a full-time Salesforce admin when you're a HubSpot customer.

Persons: Salesforce, Marc Benioff, Adam Mansfield, — they're, HubSpot, Bernstein, Mark Moerdler, Moerdler, Jon Winsett, Winsett, Microsoft Mansfield, Mansfield, Satya Nadella Justin Sullivan, OpenAI, I've, we're, you've, that's, Yamini Rangan, HubSpot Matt Winkelmeyer, Rishi Jaluria, he'd, Jaluria Organizations: Wall Street, Microsoft, Cloud, Industries, Management, RBC Capital, Salesforce Locations: Salesforce, Atlanta, ChatGPT

☆ 64% of investors surveyed feel unlimited vacation time could help companies beat the S&P 500 — but only 1 in 5 say this trend could actually gain traction
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

2 in 3 surveyed investors feel companies with unlimited vacation could beat the S&P 500. Unlimited time off may make little difference to the leave days taken by employees. Of those surveyed, 65% of professional investors and 57% of retail investors believed unlimited vacation companies could outperform the S&P 500's performance. However, only 18%, or less than 1 in 5, believe the trend of unlimited vacation time is likely to take off. In 2022, Glassdoor reported a 75% increase in mentions of "unlimited" leave policies in employee reviews since the pandemic's onset.

Persons: Glassdoor, Wharton, Peter Cappelli Organizations: Service, Bloomberg, Netflix, Microsoft, Society for Human Resource Management, Employees, Fast Company Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ On tap this week: Jobs report plus 10 key earnings. Here's what we want to see
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

All three major averages advanced for the week, powered by strong mega-cap earnings and favorable inflation data. Looking to next week, earnings season enters its second half with the last of our mega-caps — Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) — set to report on Thursday. We'll get a better read on the employment picture on Wednesday with the ADP report and then, more importantly, on Friday's nonfarm payrolls report for July. Thursday after the close brings us to the main events of the week: Earnings from Apple and Amazon. For those looking to review first quarter performance ahead of these releases, be sure to keep our first-quarter earnings report card handy.

Persons: We'll, that's, Stanley Black, Decker, Emerson, Bausch, Leggett, Platt, SIRI, Ares, COLM, PERI, Kraft Heinz, Phillips, Ferrari N.V, Johnson, Robinson, COOK, BUD, Kellogg, Papa, Pitney Bowes, Parker, Trimble, Ziff Davis, Nonfarm, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Apple Tim Cook, Kevin Dietsch Organizations: Nasdaq, Dow, Federal Reserve, Federal, ISM Manufacturing, Services PMI, Investors, Caterpillar, Devices, Starbucks, Natural Resources, AMD, Management, Emerson Electric and, Humana, Bausch Health, Apple, Microsoft, Resource Partners, AerCap Holdings, CNA Financial Corp, CNA, Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Bank, SJW, Hutchison China MediTech, Camtek Ltd, Silvercrest Asset Management, Loews Corp, Oxford Lane Capital Corp, Banco Santander, Silicom Ltd, SuperCom Ltd, Arista Networks, Avis Budget Group, Diamondback Energy, Lattice Semiconductor Corp, Republic Services, Yum China Holdings, Western Digital Corp, Power Systems, Tenet Healthcare Corp, Vornado Realty, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, PetMed, SBA Communications Corporation, Brixmor, Snack Foods Corp, Cushman & Wakefield, Sanmina Corporation, TFI, PMI, Cruise Line Holdings Ltd, Uber Technologies, Pfizer, Enterprise Products Partners, Merck, JetBlue Airways Corporation, Allegro MicroSystems, Altria, SunPower Corp, SiriusXM Holdings, Molson Coors Beverage, Marriott International, Toyota Motor Corp, BP, SYSCO Corp, Marathon Petroleum Corp, Ares Management, Equitrans Midstream Corporation, Game Technology, Illinois Tool, IDEXX Laboratories, Rockwell Automation, Packaging International Corp, Gartner, Zebra Technologies Corp, IQVIA Holdings, Oshkosh Corporation, Leidos Holdings, Eaton Corp, yte Corp, Lear Corp, Starbucks Corp, Devon Energy Corp, SolarEdge Technologies, Lumen Technologies, Virgin Galactic Holdings, Caesars Entertainment, VF Corp, Sciences Corp, Paycom, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Suncor Energy, Holdings, Chesapeake Energy Corp, Boston Properties, American International Group, AIG, Allstate Corp, Aspen Technology, Electronic Arts, EA, Flowserve Corporation, Denny's, Corp, Prudential Financial, Store, Ternium S.A, Vimeo, Emerson, Lomb, CVS Health, Generac Holdings, Cameco Corp, Perion Network Ltd, Builders, Carlyle Group, Scorpio, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd, Rithm Capital Corp, AeroSystems Holdings, Vertiv Holdings Co, Johnson Controls, CDW Corp, DuPont, Brands Holdings, Scotts Miracle, Gro, SMG, Brands, Allegheny Technologies, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, ABC, Real Estate Corporation, Adient plc, Editas, Garmin Ltd, WWE, Bunge Ltd, Criteo S.A, PayPal, QUALCOMM, Occidental Petroleum Corp, Apache Corp, Albemarle Corp, MGM Resorts International, MGM, Marathon Oil Corp, Joby Aviation, Industrial, CF Industries Holdings, Goodyear Tire &, Realty ome Corp, Metlife, Pacific Biosciences of, Rush Street Interactive, Zillow, JFrog Ltd, Herbalife Nutrition Ltd, Simon Property Group, McKesson Corp, Storage, Cerus Corporation, GXO Logistics, MAX Holdings, Health, Anheuser, Busch InBev, Warner Bros ., Cheniere Energy, ConocoPhillips, Hasbro, CIGNA Corp, Lantheus Holdings, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Fiverr International, Air Products & Chemicals, TopBuild Corp, EPAM Systems, Lightspeed Commerce, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Cummins, CMI, Slair Corporation, Starwood Property Trust, Vulcan, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, New Energy Corp, Cedar Fair Entertainment, Intellia Therapeutics, Lending, Privia Health, Dickinson, Chimera Investment, CIM, Hyatt Hotels Corp, Lion Electric, LEV, Deluxe Corp, Murphy Oil Corp, PBF Energy, Papa John's, Targa Resources Corp, Wix.com Ltd, Apollo Global Management, LLC, Butterfly, Sempra Energy, Aptiv PLC, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Canada Goose Holdings, Hannifin Corporation, WESCO International, WCC, Arrow Electronics, Constellation Energy Group, Midstream Partners, Coinbase, Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras, Gilead Sciences, Opendoor Technologies, Booking Holdings, Atlassian Corporation, International, Redfin Corporation, Motorola Solutions, Monster Beverage Corporation, Consolidated Edison, Rocket Companies, Apple Hospitality, Cirrus, Resources, Universal Display Corporation, Chesapeake Utilities Corp, Social, Defense, Security Solutions, Post Holdings, Tandem Diabetes Care, Nikola Corporation, Magna International, Dominion Energy, ACM Research, Frontier Communications, Brookfield Renewable Partners, inTEST Corporation, American Pipeline, TELUS International, XPO Logistics, Fluor Corp, Gray Television, Cboe, LyondellBasell Industries, Twist Bioscience, Global, Jim Cramer's Charitable, CNBC, Allen & Company Sun Valley, Getty Locations: U.S, China, India, Oxford, Chile, Illinois, Columbia, Pacific, Pacific Biosciences of California, Southern, PBI, Gilead, Sun Valley , Idaho

☆ Apple and these other companies reporting next week have a history of outperforming earnings expectations
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Although not an exact science, companies whose quarterly results exceed analyst estimates could see their shares rise in resulting enthusiasm. CNBC Pro screened for the companies scheduled to report earnings next week that also have a record of outperforming the Street's expectations. Apple The maker of the iPhone, iMac and iPad is set to report results Thursday after the bell. Yum China The Chinese restaurant holdings company, which includes KFC and Pizza Hut, has a record of topping earnings estimates 73% of the time. The company has a 75% record of beating earnings estimates and tops revenue forecasts 71% of the time.

Persons: Kraft Heinz, Steve Madden, CNBC's Michael Bloom, Fred Imbert Organizations: Apple, Qualcomm, Devices, Kraft, CNBC Pro, Investment, Bank of America, KFC Locations: Cupertino , California, China, Yum China

☆ Bank of America makes this software stock a top pick: 'A.I. interest is palpable'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Customer relationship manager HubSpot could see "another leg of growth" from artificial intelligence, according to Bank of America. "AI interest is palpable," analyst Brad Sills wrote in a Friday note. "We view HubSpot as the winner in the vast SMB front office applications category, with the leading platform, channel and brand." "HubSpot is a natural AI play, with the largest data set (1bn+ transactions and 177,000 customers) residing in one organically built platform, enabling rapid development of AI offerings," Sills said. Although shares have surged 92% year to date, Bank of America believes the stock is still trading at a discount relative to the large-cap software group.

Persons: HubSpot, Brad Sills, Sills, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Bank of America

☆ The 25 best large companies for career growth
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Comparably, an employer-review site, analyzed anonymous ratings to create its annual career growth ranking. 1 spot on Comparably's list of large companies that are the best for career growth, according to employee reviews. Comparably also looked at what are the best small and midsize companies for career-growth opportunities in a separate ranking. Similarly, LinkedIn has published previously a list highlighting employers that have career growth opportunities. Below are the large companies that made up the top 25 in Comparably's latest career-growth ranking.

Persons: —, Chad Herring Organizations: Boston Consulting Group, Google, Service, Companies, LinkedIn, Amazon, Comcast, Boeing, Apple

☆ Bank of America ranks the biggest A.I. winners in software stocks. Here are its top picks
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As investors look for winners in the artificial intelligence boom, several software stocks stand out, including Microsoft and Oracle, according to Bank of America. Given the "immense opportunity ahead for both vendors and investors," Bank of America analysts have created a proprietary ranking system to identify potential AI beneficiaries in the software group. The rankings identify consensus AI leaders and software vendors, the firm said in a note Tuesday. "We have created a proprietary framework of analysis (based on 13 yes or no questions) that investors can use to predict potential AI beneficiaries. HubSpot may also potentially use AI for data cleansing and email data capture, among other things, he said.

Persons: Brad Sills, Bing, OpenAI, Sills, HubSpot, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Microsoft, Oracle, Bank of America, Nvidia, OpenAI, HubSpot Locations: OpenAI

☆ Here are 10 AI-powered tools to help boost your productivity at work
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Sarah Jackson | Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

ChatGPT isn't the only AI-powered tool that can help make your job easier. Here are 10 that can help with everything from generating slideshows to writing emails. Tome: Building slide decksIf you make a lot of PowerPoints for work, the app Tome can help you do it faster. Managing your inbox can be a pretty tedious time-suck, but tools like Remail might help you get through emails more efficiently. Brain.fm, an AI-generated music tool, can help users stay on task.

And so whenever I get one of those notifications, I know I’m going to have a good time there. kevin roose[LAUGHS]: I actually don’t think I could’ve told you what IBM stood for. kevin rooseSo I’ve thought a lot and written a lot about how and when AI actually is a threat to jobs. The third category is just the jobs that I think are going to be protected, the jobs that we won’t let AI do. But I don’t actually think the speed of it matters at all.

☆ Centuro Global becomes the latest AI startup to tap up investors in 2023. Check out the 16-slide pitch deck it used to raise $4 million.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AI startup Centuro Global just raised $4.1 million in fresh funds. The London-based company is among a raft of AI startups to lure cash from investors in 2023. London-based Centuro Global, founded in 2018, wants to make an array of time-consuming tasks associated with expansion – often outsourced to consultants – much easier to complete. Centuro Global is the latest in a line of AI startups to raise capital in Europe since the advent of ChatGPT-3 in November. Early-stage AI startups are getting traction on the continent, with the likes of ElevenLabs, Teton.ai, and DeepRender all raising rounds this year.

☆ Reddit, Airbnb and 8 more companies that let you work from home permanently and are hiring now
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

While some companies are pulling back on flexibility, others, like Airbnb and Pinterest, are celebrating one year since permanently switching to remote or hybrid work. That being said, the remote job market has gotten more competitive. Recent remote job openings: Corporate account executive, product designerRedditIndustry: Social media Remote work plans: Reddit switched to a permanent hybrid model in October 2020 where employees have the flexibility to work wherever they want, with options for in-office work. Recent remote job openings: Global category development officer, partnership leadAirbnbIndustry: Travel Remote work plans: Under Airbnb's "live and work anywhere" model, which began in April 2022, employees can work remotely or from one of Airbnb's offices. Recent remote job openings: User operations associate, partner account executiveVerizon

☆ Amazon jumps into the generative A.I. race with new cloud service and its own large language models
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Through its Bedrock generative AI service, Amazon Web Services will offer access to its own first-party language models called Titan, as well as language models from startups AI21 and Google-backed Anthropic, and a model for turning text into images from startup Stability AI. Generally speaking, large language models are AI programs trained with extensive amounts of data that can compose human-like text in response to prompts that people type in. Amazon is "really concerned about" accuracy and ensuring its Titan models produce high-quality responses, Bratin Saha, an AWS vice president, told CNBC in an interview. Clients will be able to customize Titan models with their own data. He said Amazon wants to ensure Bedrock will be easy to use and cost-effective, thanks to the use of custom AI processors.

☆ Check out the pitch deck AI-video startup Capsule used to raise $4.75 million in seed funding
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Video-AI startup Capsule this month raised $4.75 million in seed funding. Check out the pitch deck that encouraged VCs including Bloomberg Beta and Array Ventures to participate. Capsule, a tech startup that uses artificial intelligence to help its large-business clients create and distribute video content raised $4.75 million in seed financing this month. The seed round was led by Bloomberg Beta and Array Ventures, with participation from other investors including Swift Ventures, Clark Valberg's Tiferes Ventures, and Behind Genius Ventures. Check out Capsule's seed financing pitch deck below

☆ Read the pitch deck that helped short-form video media company Our Future get acquired by Morning Brew
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In January, business newsletter Morning Brew acquired digital-media startup Our Future. Our Future is a short-form video media brand that covers business news, focused on a Gen-Z audience. Business newsletter Morning Brew acquired short-form video media startup Our Future in January for an undisclosed sum. At the same time, Morning Brew and a publicly-traded media company began showing interest in an acquisition. The cofounders were in talks for about a year, until they signed the deal with Morning Brew in early 2023.

☆ Wall Street likes software stocks for the long term. Here are top picks from Goldman, Citi and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Zavier Ong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Citi is also sounding a cautious tone on the sector, calling 2023 a "year of dichotomy in software." Stock picks CNBC Pro had a look at Wall Street research to find the banks' top stock picks to play the software sector. The bank said the company's already "healthy" operating margins could grow about 20%. Goldman also likes tax technology software firm Vertex for its potential to "drive higher cloud margins over time." German software firm SAP is one of Bank of America 's top picks in European software.

☆ Pitch Decks That Advertising Tech Startups Used to Raise Millions
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Check out these pitch decks that they've used to sell their vision and raise millions from private equity and VC investors. Blocking ad fraudAdtech startup Lunio, announced a $15 million Series A funding round in September 2022. In May 2022, the software-as-a-service startup raised a $30 million Series B round, led by Insight Partners. Marketing in the metaverseAnima, an augmented-reality startup, raised a $3 million funding round from investors in Janury. He raised $50 million in Series D after closing a $34 million Series C last year, bringing its total raised to $100 million.

☆ The 25 big companies with the best CEOs
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

1 on Comparably's 2022 list of the top CEOs from big companies. 1 on Comparably's Best Company Culture list that was published on Monday. The CEOs of ADP, Nextdoor, and Google also made this year's top 10 CEOs. Several CEOs of companies in tech made the top of the list. The following are the CEOs that made the top of the large company list this year.

☆ The 25 big companies with the best cultures
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

1 in Comparably's list of the best company cultures among large firms. Therapy Brands ranked at the top of the Best Company Culture list focused on small and midsize companies. To create the Best Company Culture lists, the company used anonymous workers' ratings and responses from around the end of November 2021 to about the end of November this year. "It's clear from our research that company culture is being reinvented to a degree and at a pace not often seen in the past." Below are the top 25 companies that placed on the large list this year.

☆ Don't like Musk? Work for us! Tech firms woo ex-Twitter staff
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Martin Coulter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

That's the pitch being used by talent-starved technology firms trying to lure thousands of former Twitter Inc employees laid off by the social media company under its new owner. Twitter has fired top executives and enforced steep job cuts with little warning following Musk's tumultuous takeover of the social media platform. Other big U.S. tech firms including Meta (META.O) and Amazon (AMZN.O) have also laid off thousands of staff in recent weeks due to the uncertain economic environment. But the public criticism of Musk highlights strong demand in parts of the industry for highly skilled digital workers. Mass job cuts and public resignations at Twitter have prompted worries the firm is shedding vital staff and fears the social media "town square" could face technical troubles.

☆ Check out the pitch document martech startup Primer used to raise $12 million from Elon Musk's top advisor, Salesforce Ventures, and others
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Elizabeth Pham Janowski | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Marketing tech startup Primer wants to help business-to-business marketers make sense of fragmented data sources. The company just raised a $12 million Series A round, led by Craft Ventures. Primer's tools allow marketers to apply filters across all these datasets to search for more targeted audiences. With Primer's tools, companies are able to hone in on hyper-specific audiences — like women founders with stores on Shopify, or brand managers who work in the media industry. Scroll down for key slides from the Notion document that Primer used to raise its funds.

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