Monday, April 8

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🌟 What’s New This Week 🌟 

📸 Yahoo acquires IG co-founders’ AI-powered media startup, Artifact.

😻 Early-stage funding is up in Q1 2024, tallying $29.5 billion…

😶…but we’re not returning to the ‘megafund era’ just yet.

🔎 Acquisitions abound as Alphabet considers making an offer for HubSpot.

🛍️ This potential TikTok competitor raised $144M in Series C.

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📚 Dive A Little Bit Deeper 📚

🤔 COMPANY SUN, STARTUP RISING — Remember in geometry when we learned that all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares? Yeah, the same goes for startups and companies.

🧑‍💻 BEING CHOOSEY WITH AI — AI is on the brains of everybody and their mothers (thanks, Big Tech). You may think, “I should look into this for my startup,” but there are important factors to consider first.

💼 THE MOMENT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR — There comes a time in every startup employee's life when they weigh whether or not to ask for a promotion. There are several ways to go about it, but what if you work at an early-stage startup?

🏎️ HOW TO KEEP UP WITH TECH — Okay maybe not consistently, since technology is all about dynamic innovation at the speed of light. But tech startups with these qualities certainly have an easier time with the task.

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