Category Archives: Extra Crunch

Superhuman’s Rahul Vohra says recession is the ‘perfect time’ to be aggressive for well-capitalized startups

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Email is one of those things that no one likes but that we’re all forced to use. Superhuman, founded by Rahul Vohra, aims to help everyone get to inbox zero. Launched in 2017, Superhuman charges $30 per month and is still in invite-only mode with more than 275,000 people on the waitlist. That’s by design, […] Continue reading Superhuman’s Rahul Vohra says recession is the ‘perfect time’ to be aggressive for well-capitalized startups→

13 Boston-focused VCs share the advice they’re giving portfolio companies

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TechCrunch is focusing a bit more on the Boston-area startup and venture capital ecosystem lately, which has gone pretty well so far. In fact, we had originally intended on releasing this regional investor survey as a single piece, but since so many VCs took part, we’re breaking it into two. The first part deals with […] Continue reading 13 Boston-focused VCs share the advice they’re giving portfolio companies→

‘One day we were in the office and the next we were working from home’

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“I never imagined that we would have had to put our pandemic plan into action. But because we had a tested strategy already in place, we didn’t miss a beat when COVID-19 struck.” Continue reading ‘One day we were in the office and the next we were working from home’→

How Liberty Mutual shifted 44,000 workers from office to home

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In a typical month, an IT department might deal with a small percentage of employees working remotely, but tracking a few thousand employees is one thing — moving an entire company offsite requires next-level planning. To learn more about how large organizations are adapting to the rapid shift to working from home, we spoke to Liberty […] Continue reading How Liberty Mutual shifted 44,000 workers from office to home→

Gauging growth in the most challenging environment in decades

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Before COVID-19 hit, we were already looking at our operations creatively and seeking to become more efficient, so we’re going to come out of a two-year stretch as an even more efficient company. Continue reading Gauging growth in the most challenging environment in decades→

Tulsa is trying to build a startup ecosystem from scratch

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When you think about startup hubs, Tulsa, Oklahoma is probably not the first city that comes to mind. A coalition of business, education, government and philanthropists are working to foster a startup ecosystem in a city that’s better known for its aerospace and energy companies. These community leaders recognized that raising the standard of living […] Continue reading Tulsa is trying to build a startup ecosystem from scratch→

Enterprise investors remain flexible as they navigate COVID-19

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One would think it’s a given that investment strategies would change in the strange times we find ourselves. With the economy staggering and so much general uncertainty, it seems caution would be the watchword of the day, especially in the enterprise. But enterprise investors aren’t necessarily looking at what’s going on right now. As startups […] Continue reading Enterprise investors remain flexible as they navigate COVID-19→

Pitch deck teardown: The making of Atlassian’s 2015 roadshow presentation

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In 2015, Atlassian was preparing to go public, but it was not your typical company in so many ways. For starters, it was founded in Australia, it had two co-founder co-CEOs, and it offered collaboration tools centered on software development. That meant that the company leaders really needed to work hard to help investors understand […] Continue reading Pitch deck teardown: The making of Atlassian’s 2015 roadshow presentation→

Is Zoom the next Android, or the next BlackBerry?

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As someone who was at both BlackBerry and Android during their heydays, my biggest learning takeaway is that product experience trumps everything else. Continue reading Is Zoom the next Android, or the next BlackBerry?→

India’s richest man built a telecom operator everyone wants a piece of

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As investors’ appetites sour in the midst of a pandemic, a three-and-a-half-year-old Indian firm has secured $10.3 billion in a month from Facebook and four U.S.-headquartered private equity firms. The major deals for Reliance Jo Platforms have sparked a sudden interest among analysts, executives and readers at a time when many are skeptical of similar […] Continue reading India’s richest man built a telecom operator everyone wants a piece of→