recruitment or retention? • TechCrunch

Hiya and welcome again to Fairness, a podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.

This week, Alex and Natasha mentioned the most recent and best of this consuming information cycle. Our aim with the episode, as at all times, is to transcend what you might even see in a 140 character-take on [insert big story here]. And in at the moment’s recording? That wasn’t laborious in any respect.

• We began with our excellent news section: 1) Maven, now valued at $1.35 billion, is answering a national demand: Extra fertility advantages and a pair of) Alibaba eyes logistics development in LatAm as China commerce slows. We love an opportunity to speak about development, regardless of all odds and even traits!
• Then, proper off the heels of our wonderful debut crypto convention, we take a minute to speak in regards to the FTX Fall out. Yep, we’re speaking about how one African Web3 startup received screwed over  and why SoftBank joined Sequoia in marking down its funding within the crypto trade.
• We then flip to the most recent in layoffs: Amazon’s 3% minimize, cuts at Morning Brew and Protocol, and Musk’s newest try to recruit (or retain?) Twitter staff. We nonetheless don’t know what’s occurring there, don’t ask us. Okay high-quality, you possibly can.
• And we’ll finish by throwing this gem right here, with little to know context: I volunteer as tribute. 

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