Monday, January 29

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🌟 This Week’s Headlines 🌟 

🏦 Is a trust bust imminent with the FTC’s inquiry into Big Tech’s AI partnerships?

🤝 The VC firm Innovation Endeavors closed a $630M fund

📈 Salesforce cut 700 jobs, continuing the streak of tech layoffs in 2024

💳 Bilt Rewards, an NYC loyalty startup, hit $3.1B in valuation after raising $200M

🏀 The NBA welcomed five sports tech startups to its Launchpad Incubator

Get Your Startup in Front of the Tech World

At the TechDay Expo, founders can exhibit their products to thousands of potential investors, new hires, and customers.

Get your company the resources it needs to thrive at the TechDay Expo, happening May 10 at the Javits Center.

Founders, reserve your exhibit space today.

📚 Quick Reads 📚

💸 AVOID THESE FIVE MONEY MISTAKES — Before you hire a top-notch branding agency or take out ads everywhere, slow your roll. Remember that your most essential resources are time and money as a startup.

🦄 WILL THE UNICORNS RETURN? — Ten years ago, the landscape was bustling with unicorns. But times have changed, and the answer to whether they will return with the same zeal again is complicated.

🌱 VC FUNDING IS CHANGING — The headlines are all doom and gloom for startups reliant on VC funding. Is it time to evaluate alternative funding options like PE?

👾 DIGITIZE YOUR SALES ROOMS — Buyers are more scrutinizing than ever before when it comes to purchases. Digital sales rooms (DSRs) give sellers more of a value proposition, strengthening the relationship between buyers and sellers.

📣 Speak Now @ the Founders Summits 📣

Did you hear? Applications to present at TechDay’s 2024 Founders Summits are open!

TechDay Founders Summits are one-day, application-only events where founders can learn from, network with, and connect to the people and resources they need to launch, grow and scale their businesses.

If you’re a successful startup founder or co-founder, a subject matter expert who works with startups, or a VC or other investor in the startup ecosystem, we want to hear from you.

Submit your application with this form. Apply by February 16 to be considered.

Interested in attending one or more of the three TechDay Founders Summits in 2024? Apply here.

Space is limited, so act fast!

😎 Calling All Founders & Funders 😎

We are looking for founders and funders who want to share their career advice, business insights, and any other information of note that will inform the TechDay community.

Interested? Answer five short questions for the chance to be featured in TechDay Express