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Manish Kumar is the co-founder and CTO of Lumber, a construction workforce management platform built for contractors. The U.S. construction landscape looks much different this week compared to last Friday following the amendments to the Davis-Bacon Act that went into effect on Monday. While these amendments primarily concern contractors of...

The first female co-chair of the DC-based Internet Innovation Alliance, Kim Keenan has fought for digital equity for more than a decade, previously serving as president and CEO of the Multicultural Media, Telecom & Internet Council (MMTC) and as general counsel and secretary of the NAACP. The finish line...

Keeping up with the latest technology money moves Despite the slowdown in venture capital activity, there’s still a mountain of money flowing through startups today. TechCrunch+ is launching a series of posts looking at recent, notable venture rounds, exit activity and other news that relates to the financial side...

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: What...

Camilla Tenn is senior public relations strategist at cross-border communications agency Eleven International. It’s only been a couple of months since OpenAI’s ChatGPT exploded into the public consciousness, and it already feels like our news feeds will never be the same again. Whether it’s headlines about AI startups securing massive...

Victoria Melnikova Contributor Alongside fellow Evil Martians, Victoria Melnikova builds devtools and commercial open source products and writes about her journey in tech. Despite the premise of open source software distribution being “free,” multibillion dollar companies like RedHat, MongoDB, GitLab and Elastic have already broken ground building profitable businesses with open...

Leslie Crowe is talent partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where she provides strategic counsel to the firm's portfolio companies on scaling successfully. There is no way to sugarcoat it: For many founders, 2022 was a tough year to be a boss, and 2023 is not shaping up to be...

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: Do...

Brian Rothenberg Contributor Brian Rothenberg is a partner at Defy, a two-time former founder and growth executive. More posts by this contributor 5 factors that can make or break a startup’s growth journey From 2011 to 2021, Facebook’s average revenue per user (ARPU) shot up at a nearly exponential rate. Companies across every...

Roman Kumar Vyas Contributor Roman Kumar Vyas, CEO and founder of Refocus, is a serial entrepreneur with over 12 years of experience in fintech, edtech, startups and digital transformation. He is also a mentor at 500 Startups and an angel investor. While some experts expect a second honeymoon period for edtech,...