Ram Iyer
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Past articles by Ram:
3 investors presage the future of startups and VC following SVB’s downfall
"There's going to be an extreme shift in general in the financial industry when it comes to financing startups." → Read More
Predictions for the longevity industry in 2023
This year will shift the conversation from "life span" to "health span" — how we live healthier for longer. → Read More
The best TechCrunch+ investor surveys of 2022
With the end of 2022 right around the corner, here's a look at some of the more interesting answers some of our surveys unearthed this year. → Read More
Designers underwhelmed by Adobe-Figma deal
For now, it seems as though designers will stick with Figma for lack of a reasonable alternative, which is something that Adobe and Figma can build on. → Read More
Dear Sophie: Can I start a company or a side hustle on a TN visa?
I’m a Canadian citizen working under a TN visa as a software engineer in the U.S. I want to start my own company or at least earn money through a side hustle. Is this possible on my TN visa? → Read More
10 onboarding improvements that cut our customer churn by nearly 3x
There’s no such thing as a perfect onboarding experience. But when done right, the impact of good onboarding can be massive. → Read More
4 tactics for building robust open source DevOps toolsets
While using OSS is free, assembling an OSS DevOps toolset, with an average of 15 tools per company, isn’t without challenges. → Read More
3 views: Meetings are bad, yo. Choose emails –
Hear us out. It’s conventional wisdom that meetings are killers of productivity and morale and happy work environments. So why not write an email? → Read More
5 takeaways from Coinbase’s disappointing Q2 results –
Coinbase is having to defend its model to investors who may have bought into its stock when it was trading much higher. And per its own notes, the bad times are not about to end any time soon. → Read More
TechCrunch+ roundup: Revisit your marketing stack, pitch deck teardown, after the acquisition –
Marketing can’t cure everything that ails a company, but it is the easiest channel to make iterative changes that produce immediate results. → Read More
TechCrunch+ roundup: SBA startup loans, quarterly board decks, bootstrappers’ delight –
There's one bright light amidst the gloom: Startups that generate enough revenue to drive steady growth will find many investors willing to take their calls. → Read More
TechCrunch+ roundup: Pricing strategy, technical due diligence, pitch deck appendix fever –
Unlike soft drinks, startups are not a volume business, which means they must revisit their pricing models regularly. → Read More
TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends –
I remember the dread I felt as a startup worker during downturns when I read about mass layoffs at tech firms that had previously been considered ascendant. → Read More
TechCrunch+ roundup: CEO pregnancy checklist, decision-tree planning, reassessing valuations –
It sounds counterintuitive, but in this environment, a lower valuation might help you retain and hire talented employees. → Read More
TechCrunch+ roundup: Non-dilutive biotech capital, long-term angel investing, WayRay’s $80M pitch deck –
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 startup. They're not wrong, however. → Read More
TechCrunch+ roundup: Food tech smorgasbord, VCs squeeze crypto founders, startup layoffs 101 –
According to The Good Food Institute, fermentation startups received $290 million of the $911 million investors dropped on alternative protein companies in Q1 2022. → Read More
TechCrunch+ roundup: Climate tech survey, AI/ML marketing strategy, immigration law Twitter Space –
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. → Read More
TechCrunch+ roundup: 11 PLG tactics, addressing copycat stigma, ‘unicorn glut’ theory –
Tech's rolling green meadows are seeing fewer new unicorns, but the slowing venture market suggests that past mega-deals are making it harder for early-stage startups to fundraise. → Read More
TechCrunch+ roundup: Optimizing dev teams, O-1A visa criteria, growth’s golden metric –
If you've ghosted someone after extending a verbal offer of employment, that's going to be a consideration for future candidates. People talk! → Read More
TechCrunch+ roundup: Stripe vs. Plaid, IP litigation, what VCs really think about the downturn –
If you work in a startup, here's some real talk: Your managers are not giving you the full picture of your company's financial situation. → Read More