03:08 Stepping foot into Aksu Huafu Textiles' facility in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, things appear to be business as usual – despite its long-term foreign br
As a startup founder, there will be three scenarios in which you’ll need to understand how to properly do a quality of earnings (QofE) if you want to maximize value.The first scenario will be when you
When George Floyd was murdered in May 2020, it set off a firestorm of protests and shed a bright hot spotlight on the issues of racism in America and elsewhere. As a response, many companies gave mess
Thanks for reading Startups Weekly. Want the weekly digest in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. I spoke to my editor this week about the usual: upcoming stories, the future of the podcast and t
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We cover a lot of venture capital news here at TechCrunch. New funds, partner changes, the funding rounds themselves — the list is long. Lately, we’ve had to touch on rolling funds, solo G
Just over two dozen security researchers took part in the MoD's first programme which provided them with direct access to its internal systems.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors should be key considerations for CTOs and technology leaders scaling next generation companies from day one. Investors are increasingly prioritizing
The maker of a wildlife series that broke viewing records in China has said the reality of climate change and the pandemic transformed how the follow-up series was made.John Downer is the director of
President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new pandemic requirements aimed at boosting vaccination rates for millions of federal workers and contractors as he lamented
Carl Pei says he looked around and saw a lot of the same. He’s not alone in that respect. Apple didn’t invent the fully wireless earbud with the first AirPods, but it did provide a kind of inflection
Divorce is messy and stressful, made even messier and stressful when a couple is unable to go through the legal process because of the cost. Online divorce startup Hello Divorce is developing a platfo
Emily Kramer and Kathleen Estreich are the founders of of MKT1, a strategic marketing firm that does much more than just marketing. As we mentioned the last time we spoke with the company, it offers a
Voice-based and other personal assistant apps — which use natural language and hefty AI engines in the backend to source information to address your various questions, do your e-commerce bidding
Earlier this month, Cowboy Ventures’ Ted Wang joined us at TechCrunch Early Stage: Marketing and Fundraising, where he spoke about executive coaching and why he encourages founders in his portfo
A famous poem advises us not to compare ourselves with others, “for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.”The same holds true for startup fundraising; the size of
The quest to disrupt the traditional baby food aisle continues as more of today’s parents seek out nutritional food for their children.One of the startups taking on the $100 billion children’s health