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The TechCrunch High 3

• Easy crypto: Cryptocurrencies are nonetheless complicated, or that’s the perspective of Solvo, a brand new app that’s making crypto funding less complicated, Romain reviews. What’s completely different is that as a substitute of being supplied dozens of currencies to select from, Solvo has curated a listing of 10 so that you don’t get misplaced in all of the names.
• Nicely that didn’t final lengthy: On Monday we introduced you information that “the OG app is out to deliver Instagram again to its glory days.” In the present day, Ivan has an replace that the app was faraway from the Apple App Retailer after Meta stated the OG was Instagram in “an unauthorized method.”
• Lengthy reside IPOs!: Journey is again and with it information that TripActions was making a attainable play for an preliminary public providing, which might worth the corporate at $12 billion, Mary Ann reviews. Catch Alex’s tackle the matter down within the TC+ part.

Startups and VC

Eviation’s Alice electrical plane took off for the primary time yesterday, teasing a future during which regional flights of tons of of miles can be achieved with zero emissions and lots much less noise. It’s nonetheless a methods off, however immediately’s demonstration exhibits it’s a minimum of only a matter of money and time, Devin reviews.

Apropos electrical automobiles, Taiwanese electronics producer Foxconn has (lastly!) begun manufacturing of Lordstown Motors’ electrical pickup truck. The information is a milestone for each corporations, Rebecca reviews. Foxconn because it diversifies from manufacturing client electronics like iPhones to electrical automobiles, and Lordstown because it lastly will get its much-anticipated Endurance truck off manufacturing traces and, hopefully, into clients’ palms.

We now have extra, in fact. As a result of that’s what we do:

Tips on how to make teaching work on your gross sales staff

A powerful gross sales group is the tip of the spear for each SaaS startup, however as a result of so few founders have significant expertise on this area, they don’t know how one can set their groups up for fulfillment.

On this TC+ article, contributor Kevin Varadian explains how one can chart a gross sales teaching journey that reinforces retention and will increase income.

“It’s necessary to acknowledge that immediately’s gross sales groups are extra problem-solvers than deal-closers — mushy expertise are extra necessary right here than technical capabilities,” he says.

Three extra from the TC+ staff:

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Huge Tech Inc.

Google’s Stadia is donezo, Brian reviews. Stadia, the corporate’s recreation streaming service, was younger, just below three years outdated, however simply wasn’t getting the anticipated traction. Nevertheless, based mostly on Stadia’s remarks, there could also be one thing new brewing.

We had a slightly lengthy Huge Tech part for you yesterday, so take pleasure in these 5 shorter snippets: