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This is the best time yeeeaaar. Today, we’ve been taking time out to explore the weirdest subgenre of holiday music. trap christmas is a thing. Christopher Lee (Yes That Christopher Lee, Saruman in The Lord of the Rings) recording Heavy Metal Christmas Albumthis is really terrible. Spinal Tap did a holiday song too, which… I mean.we won’t because disco christmas or these goat singing “We wish you a Merry Christmas” or…
Anyway. . . What is your favorite non-mainstream holiday tune? Please answer on the e-postcard! — Christine with Hadj
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- extra, extra, read all about it: British newspaper The Guardian has confirmed it has been hit by ransomware after the paper started noticing strange events in its IT infrastructure. Carly There are more.
- Children, with your parents’ permission: If you were a kid in the ’80s, you probably remember how we were constantly reminded to “ask your parents for permission…” Well, Google has now made something similar for Google Play, letting kids ask their guardian of sends a purchase request, ivan Write.
- Some light reading for the new year: anna with Alex Gather up and share some books now startup founder with venture capitalist Can’t let go this year. Happy reading!
Startups and Venture Capital
Carl Eschenbach, a longtime enterprise software executive who joined Sequoia in 2016 and went on to lead several lucrative deals for the venture capital firm, will return to operations, connie report. As Workday’s new co-CEO, Eschenbach to co-lead the enterprise cloud application giant Along with his co-CEO, co-founder and company chairman Aneel Bhusri, he will serve until 2024, when Eschenbach will take over as sole CEO.
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How to Get the Most Out of Your Investor Relations in 2023
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While Santa is reviewing his roster of naughty and nice guys, it’s also a good time for startup founders to evaluate their investor relationships.
Vidya Raman, Partner at Sorenson Ventures, wrote a TC+ article on what to look out for for upcoming board meetings, offering his thoughts on which communication channels are best for different requests for help and specific data points to bring up during the discussion .
“Be ruthless about how you spend your time,” he advises, “especially with your investors.”
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big tech company
July, FTC sues Meta Discussions about its proposed acquisition of VR company Within. This week, it’s Mark Zuckerberg’s turn to testify, Amanda There are details.
Now turning to Tesla, Darrell report the automaker may be working on Another round of layoffs next quarter. This isn’t the only trouble the company is having. It also has some stock price issues. rebecca wrote Tesla shares plummet Shares fell to their lowest level in two years amid all the Twitter drama and lost sales in China, among other things.
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