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| 18.09.2024 | Почему система Пола Грэма из Y Combinator «режим основателя» работает не для всех | Известно, что к женщинам-руководителям относятся по-другому. Как показывают исследования, если женщина предлагает конструктивную критику, сотрудники реагируют на нее более негативно, чем если бы их критиковал мужчина. Женщин-руководителей к... |
| 02.08.2023 | Yeah, but is that venture backable? | Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
This is our Wednesday show, where we sit down with a ... |
| 12.03.2023 | Sam Altman, Vinod Khosla say they’ll personally loan cash to startups in the wake of SVB collapse | Two of tech’s biggest entrepreneurs, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and storied venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, are offering personal capital to startups on the brink of SVB collapse as their money remains locked up at Silicon Valley Bank. The bank... |
| 21.06.2022 | Child care startup Winnie launches job marketplace to help carers find better paying positions | Winnie, the startup that helps families find child care, is now tackling the other side of the equation—helping caregivers find jobs that pay an equitable wage. Today Winnie announced it is launching a new child care job marketplace that wi... |
| 04.03.2022 | Winnie has a new plan to help childcare centers scale care | When Winnie was first founded in 2016 by Sara Mauskopf and Anne Halsall, it was focused on childcare solutions built for parents.
“The other SaaS solutions in the childcare space have gone after the providers first and that’s been really ha... |
| 24.08.2021 | It’s time for the VC community to stop overlooking the childcare industry | Sara Mauskopf Contributor
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Sara Mauskopf is the CEO and co-founder of Winnie, a child care and education marketplace helping millions of parents across the United States.
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| 08.04.2021 | Millions Of Moms Left Work In 2020. Can Tech Startups Help Families At The Brink? | With new pandemic-driven family demands, the percentage of women in the workforce is the lowest it’s ... [+] been since 1988 according to the National Women’s Law Center.getty |
| 30.11.2020 | Invention Opportunity In Early Learning And Development | AppleTree Early Learning, Washington DC Tom Vander Ark |
| 06.08.2020 | Startup-assisted microschools ease remote schooling pain, but could widen academic divides | Weekdays helps parents connect with caregivers and teachers to provide for small groups of kids. (Weekdays Photo)
With K-12 schools reopening now and over the coming weeks, parents are facing a COVID-driven misery they’d hoped was behind th... |
| 09.06.2020 | Edtech is surging, and parents have some notes | Unlike most sectors, edtech has been booming over the last few months. Flashcards startup Quizlet is now a unicorn, digital textbook company Top Hat is finding unprecedented surges in usage and student success business Edsights raised nearl... |
| 11.05.2020 | Interview With Melinda Gates: How Revolutionizing Our Caretaking System Is ‘The Key To Reopening The Economy’ | Melinda GatesJason Bell |
| 27.03.2020 | How child care startups in the U.S. are helping families cope with the COVID-19 crisis | The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of billions of people around the world. For many parents with young children in the United States, shelter-in-place orders implemented in different areas over the past few weeks mean they now spen... |
| 20.02.2020 | The rise of the winged pink unicorn | Claire Diaz-Ortiz Contributor
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| 11.12.2019 | Childcare benefits startup Kinside launches with $4 million from investors including Initialized Capital | Childcare is one of the biggest expenses for American parents — and it’s not just families that are taking a hit. Childcare issues cost the United States’ economy an estimated $4.4 billion in lost productivity each year and also impacts emp... |
| 06.12.2019 | The inevitable takedown of the female CEO | Sara Mauskopf Contributor
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| 23.10.2019 | Daily funding roundup - October 23rd, 2019 | U-Nest raised $2M; Demodesk landed $2.3M; Koan secured $3M; Flip Fit picks up $3.75M
U-Nest: U-Nest is a mobile app that helps parents save for their kids' education via tax-advantaged college savings plans. U-Nest has raised $2 million in... |
| 22.10.2019 | Winnie Raises $9M in Series A Funding | Winnie, a San Francisco, CA-based marketplace for childcare and early education, raised $9m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Rethink Impact, with participation from Reach Capital, Impact America Fund, Unusual Ventures, Ludlow Ventu... |
| 18.09.2019 | Afore Capital raises second pre-seed venture capital fund | As expectations from seed investors intensify, a new stage of investment has established itself earlier in the venture-backed company life cycle.
Known as “pre-seed” investing, one of the first legitimate outfits to double down on the stage... |
| 17.05.2019 | Here's the pitch deck that raised millions for two ex Googlers whose startup helps new millennial parents find childcare | Winnie
Winnie co-founders, Sara Mauskopf and Anne Halsall
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When Sara Mauskopf and Anne Halsall swapped stories at work about the difficulties of finding reliable childcare, they realized a new generation of Millennial parents w... |
| 26.03.2019 | WeWork Loses $1.9B On $1.8B In Revenue During 2018 | 391 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Morning Markets: In today’s boom, rare is the tech giant that makes money. And some even lose a lot. And then there’s WeWork.
WeWork, now styled as The We Company, grew quickly in 2018. The famous ... |
| 26.03.2019 | WeWork Loses $1.9B On $1.8B In Revenue During 2018 | 390 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Morning Markets: In today’s boom, rare is the tech giant that makes money. And some even lose a lot. And then there’s WeWork.
WeWork, now styled as The We Company, grew quickly in 2018. The famous ... |
| 06.03.2019 | Investment in Early Learners Is on the Rise | As venture capitalists and private-equity firms continue to invest billions of dollars in education, they’re increasingly directing their funds to early childhood development, a long-neglected subset of the education population, according t... |
| 04.12.2018 | Millennials are using social media to name their kids | Originally Published by:
Young parents have a handle on naming their kids.
“I have two kids — daughters — and social media played a role in both of their names,” Sara Mauskopf, a 33-year-old San Francisco mom and the founder of parenting ap... |
| 02.10.2018 | My Female-Led Company Raised $6.25 Million in 2.5 Years. Here's How We Did It. | October 2, 2018 5 min read
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The stats and stories would tell you it's not great to be a female founder looking to raise venture capital. VCs are four times more likely to fund an... |
| 02.07.2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Monday, July 2 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Monday, July 2.
Japanese startup Interstellar Technologies rocket explodes in flames seconds after liftoff in Hokkaido. The unmanned 1-ton rocket developed by a Ja... |
| 29.06.2018 | These 50 founders and VCs suggest 2018 may be a tipping point for women: Part 1 | For the last several years, we’ve compiled profiles of women founders and investors at the end of each year because they’ve either raised substantial amounts of money or otherwise achieved notable milestones.
This year, we don’t want to wai... |
| 26.06.2018 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, June 26 | VENTURE MEETS CRYPTO
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| 25.06.2018 | Winnie raises $4 million to make parents’ lives easier | An app that has the needs of modern-day parents in mind, Winnie, has now raised $4 million in additional seed funding in a round led by Reach Capital. Other investors in the new round include Rethink Impact, Homebrew, Ludlow Ventures, Afore... |
| 27.02.2018 | ‘Tinder for moms’ app Peanut launches a forum feature | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Peanut, which matches moms based on location and commonalities, announced today that it is launching a new forum-like feature called Pa... |
| 27.02.2018 | ‘Tinder for moms’ app Peanut launches a forum feature | Peanut, which matches moms based on location and commonalities, announced today that it is launching a new forum-like feature called Pages. Moms can log in through the Peanut app — available on both iOS and Android — to ask questions, creat... |
| 06.02.2017 | And the winners of the 10th Annual Crunchies are… | It’s that time of year again. Silicon Valley has exchanged its standard hoodie-based uniform for something a bit more festive and has made its way over to the War Memorial Opera House to celebrate the 10th Annual Crunchies. Like last year’s... |
| 28.12.2016 | The 27 best startups that launched this year | Daniel Schreiber, Lemonade CEO Lemonade
Great businesses can be launched anytime, even when there's a downturn in funding.
While 2016 might have spelled trouble for some well-established startups, it also saw the birth of companies tackling... |
| 01.12.2016 | Remember when GZA performed at the Crunchies? | Way back in 2012, at the 6th Annual Crunchies Awards, GZA presented an award with then-writer Drew Olanoff. And then he performed. The video is above. Excuse the audio. It’s really bad for some reason.
This February TechCrunch will host ano... |
| 29.11.2016 | That time John Oliver roasted Silicon Valley at the Crunchies | Two years ago John Oliver returned to host the Crunchies for the second time. And he roasted the crowd. The video is below and it’s worth watching.
This February TechCrunch will host another Crunchies award show. This is the 10th year. A lo... |
| 21.11.2016 | Announcing the finalists for the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards | It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for.
Today, we announce the finalists in each category for the 10th Annual Crunchies Awards show.
The Crunchies is a long-standing tradition in the tech world, where readers nominate products, people a... |