We ended up closing a $15 million Series A without ever meeting an investor in person. Heres what that process looked like, along with a week-by-week breakdown of how it progressed. Lets start by setting the scene. When I co-foundedStreamin 2014, I could never have guessed how 2020 would transform our business. That fundraising push came much sooner than wed expected and it came amidst the chaos of the global pandemic....
It takes years of concerted effort. It takes a total lack of self-awareness and an inability to reflect on your own shortcomings. Not to brag, but Im somewhat of an expert. Here are some proven strategies for burning yourself out while accomplishing very little. Multitask constantly Multitasking is a proven method for getting less done. I cant recommend it enough. Focusing on one task comes with the risk of completing that task....
The responsibilities of a web developer are broader than merely designing and developing an software. Taking care of SEO is something that falls under this category. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. What is SEO, and why do you need it? SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. This term itself gives out what SEO exactly is. Now that the basics are covered lets start going through the essential SEO tips for web developers....
These are exciting times for theartificial intelligencecommunity. I can tell that from my inbox. A few years ago, I might have opened and read these emails with interest. For the most part, I dont regret ignoring them. This is mainly a guide for the PR people who are writing AI pitches. These days, AI is mostly aboutmachine learninganddeep learning. But theres a lot more to the field. You must know aboutsymbolic AI, probabilistic programming,hybrid systems, and a lot more....
COVID-19-Lockdown-Stay home-Physical distancing-Online shopping-Demand for delivery. The above set of words sum up most of 2020. OECD quoted in itsreportthat the growth is considerably fueled by new consumer segments (e.g. the elderly), shift to non-luxury everyday necessities, product mix (e.g. groceries) in addition to new firms switching to online. Source:OECD A business boom is often accompanied by bottlenecks in the system. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Cost of deliveries needs to keep up with demand for same-day or even same-hour....
Each of the 28 shortest days ever measured came in 2020. It is possible this may require shortening the standard time on which much of our technological systems are based. The Earth is spinning faster now than at any time in the last 50 years. Does anyone have the time? Atomic clocks make it possible to measure the length of a day with unprecedented accuracy. Since their development in the 1960s, researchers have understood that the rotational rate of theEarthchanges over time....
A tech company losing money is nothing new. The tech industry is replete with examples of companies who burned investor money long before becoming profitable. But DeepMind is not a normal company seeking to grab a share of a specific market. The overall losses of the company grew from 470 million in 2018 to 477 million in 2019. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. DeepMinds revenue and losses from 2016 to 2019...
There isnt a term or phrase thats more buzzworthy than disruptive in the startup world. Every startup claims that they are disruptive and that their product or service is going to disrupt the industry. The truth is that most startups arent disrupting anything. What does it mean to disrupt and how do you know whether or not a startup is truly disruptive? The automobile replaced the horse and buggy, becoming the more convenient mode of transportation....
What would an Apple-made self-driving car look like? Apple hasnt officially confirmed any of the information disclosed in the Reuters reports that broke the news last week. And we are still missing many details on the companys self-driving plans. Nonetheless, the news is significant, both for Apple and the self-driving car industry. But the closer we get to it, the harder it becomes. 40% off TNW Conference! But until recent years, they were only limited to academic and military research labs and science contests....
In this tutorial, we will see how to convert web pages into PDF with Puppeteer and Node.js. Lets start the work with a quick introduction to what Puppeteer is. What is Puppeteer, and why is it awesome? 40% off TNW Conference! What can you do with Puppeteer? Puppeteers powerful web client-capabilities make it a perfect candidate for web app testing and web scraping. In this tutorial, we are using a Node backend for the task....
Otherwise, adversarial machine learning can be a disaster in the making. For instance, as web applications with database backends started replacing static websites, SQL injection attacks became prevalent. The widespread adoption of surfing app-side scripting languages gave rise to cross-site scripting attacks. 40% off TNW Conference! For most security vulnerabilities, the boundaries are very clear. The response is also straightforward. For instance, SQL injection vulnerabilities are the result of not sanitizing user input....
Researchers at NASA and in Japan have found HMT a key ingredient for life trapped inside an asteroid. Life on Earth is based on organic materials, built on carbon and hydrogen. These chemicals often also contain oxygen, nitrogen, and other elements. Formaldehyde and ammonia? The development of amino acids and sugars often relies upon formaldehyde and ammonia. However, both these chemicals easily break down in the harsh environment of space....
The theme for batch two this year was: flattening the climate curve. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Transportation is responsible for 30% of the EUs total CO2 emissions. And cars are the biggest polluters,accounting for 60.7%of CO2 coming from road transportation. So whats holding people back? And thats been the same for the last ten or fifteen years. Connected with this are questions about charging infrastructure. What if I want to go on a road trip?...
