Walter Thompson
Property technology has radically impacted the way we live and travel, but the real estate industry has successfully resisted most attempts to innovate.
Prospective homeowners can qualify for mortgages from their mobile phones, but until there are more companies to help them find affordable housing or adequately plan for...
As a veteran startup worker who has been laid off during economic downturns, it’s dissonant to hear investors say this is a good time to launch a software company.
They’re not wrong, however.
An analogy: In California, nearly 10,000 wildfires burned more than 4 million acres two years ago, causing...
We last updated our submission guidelines for TechCrunch+ guest posts in June 2021, but the world has changed a lot since then.
These are uncertain times, but experience is the best teacher, which is why we’re looking for guest articles that can help others navigate this downturn.
Because the stakes...
Most of us have a variety of fermented food products in our kitchen: you can’t make tofu, chocolate, vinegar or bread without agreeable microorganisms that can be produced at scale.
Today, precision fermentation is innovating the alternative protein industry as food tech startups find the best methods for brewing...
It’s difficult to build high-growth clean tech companies using venture capital: Despoiling the planet has a much higher return on investment than saving it.
Twenty years ago, there were high hopes for companies aiming to mitigate environmental impacts, but an extended recession, China’s dominance over solar power manufacturing and...
According to Crunchbase, more than 17,000 tech workers have lost jobs since the start of this year. That’s painful, but for perspective: TechCrunch tracked more than 100,000 tech layoffs between August and December 2008.
In my experience, founders and investors usually come out unscathed on the other side of...
Imagine a world where founders boasted about how much growth they’ve driven, as opposed to their fundraising prowess.
The ability to raise capital is less impressive than finding sustainable ways to build a base of paying customers. The right coaching and a strong network can help many entrepreneurs land...
All startups must grow, but as markets contract, conserving resources is a higher short-term priority.
Crypto exchange Coinbase is in the headlines this morning after news broke that it is rescinding some candidates’ outstanding job offers.
Yesterday, we reported that IRL, a social app, was laying off 25% of its...
If I received a note from an investor stating, “although somber, this data is not meant to alarm you,” well, I might be alarmed.
But that quote from Reach Capital represents a slew of memos sent in recent days by venture firms to portfolio companies offering advice and asking...
The technological advances we’ve made over the last few thousand years are stunning, but the construction industry still relies on centuries-old technology.
Configuring a robot to mix cement is easy, but delivering a CementTron 3000 to a job site, training employees on its use, and keeping it maintained are...
