[ad_1] The digitization of your haircut may not have been on your 2020 bucket list, but 2021 has an even more surprising line item: Tech-powered barbershops are now a business proposition valued at nearly a billion dollars. Squire is a back-end barbershop management tool for independent businesses. I first covered it in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. The … [Read more...] about Unicorns are ready for a haircut – TechCrunch
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Calendly CEO Tope Awotona is joining us at Disrupt 2021 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] It all seems so simple. Instead of the dreaded back-and-forth on email, what if there was a solution that helped two parties (or multiple parties) schedule a call or a hangout? Calendly was born out of that question. Today, the company is worth more than $3 billion, according to reports, and has more than 10 million users. The growth of the product is insane, with … [Read more...] about Calendly CEO Tope Awotona is joining us at Disrupt 2021 – TechCrunch
Elon Musk calls Apple’s App Store fees ‘a de facto global tax on the Internet’ – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Elon Musk is siding with Epic Games in the App Store monopoly case, with the Tesla CEO firing off a tweet Friday morning that called Apple’s Store fees “a de facto global tax on the Internet,” also adding that “Epic is right.” Epic Games legal battle with Apple is sure to last years and the Fortnite maker has hardly been secretive about its aims to win the battle … [Read more...] about Elon Musk calls Apple’s App Store fees ‘a de facto global tax on the Internet’ – TechCrunch
Design expert Scott Tong outlines 4 concepts founders should consider when designing products – TechCrunch
[ad_1] In the last decade, high-quality design has become a necessity in the software space. Great design is a commodity, not a luxury, and yet, designing beautiful products and finding great designers continues to be a struggle for many entrepreneurs. At Early Stage 2021, design expert Scott Tong walked us through some of the ways founders should think about design. Tong … [Read more...] about Design expert Scott Tong outlines 4 concepts founders should consider when designing products – TechCrunch
Robinhood’s CFO says it was ready to go public – TechCrunch
[ad_1] But the company's debut is not burning up the stock charts. What happened? Robinhood priced at $38 per share this week, opened flat and closed its first day’s trading yesterday worth $34.82 per share, or a bit more than 8% underwater. The company posted a mixed picture today, falling early before recovering to breakeven in … [Read more...] about Robinhood’s CFO says it was ready to go public – TechCrunch