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This team wants to teach your kids cybersecurity while they’re home from school

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Coronavirus-related school closures are skyrocketing, leaving parents scrambling to educate their children while still juggling their jobs. It’s a challenging and confusing time — and Jonathan Slater and Lorna Armitage think they have something that might hold kids’ interest: a free online learning platform that teaches them about cybersecurity. The virtual “Cyber School,” slated to launch next Monday, plans to host daily 45-minute livestreams focused on topics including an introduction to coding and algorithms, online safety, ethical hacking and social engineering. Armitage and Slater are part of a growing cohort of cybersecurity professionals who, in addition to their day jobs, are volunteering to share their cybersecurity expertise during the coronavirus pandemic. “What can we do to help and care? Kids are going to be out of school, why don’t we try to put something together and get them interested in computer science and cybersecurity and tech in general?” Armitage, a […]

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Torch & Everwise merge into affordable exec coaching for all

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While companies might pay for a CEO coach, lower level employees often get stuck with lame skill-building worksheets or no mentorship at all. Not only does that limit their potential productivity, but it also makes them feel stagnated and undervalued, leading them to jump ship. Therapy…err…executive coaching is finally becoming destigmatized as entrepreneurs and their […] Continue reading Torch & Everwise merge into affordable exec coaching for all→

$75M legal startup Atrium shuts down, lays off 100

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Justin Kan’s hybrid legal software and law firm startup Atrium is shutting down today after failing to figure out how to deliver better efficiency than a traditional law firm, the CEO tells TechCrunch exclusively. The startup has now laid off all its employees, which totaled just over 100. It will return some of its $75.5 […] Continue reading $75M legal startup Atrium shuts down, lays off 100→

Layoffs hit another Softbank co as $3.2B Flexport cuts 50

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Fearing weak fundraising options in the wake of the WeWork implosion, late stage startups are tightening their belts. The latest is another Softbank-funded company, joining Zume Pizza (80% of staff laid off), Wag (80%+),  Fair (40%), Getaround (25%), Rappi (6%), and Oyo (5%) that have all cut staff to slow their burn rate and reduce […] Continue reading Layoffs hit another Softbank co as $3.2B Flexport cuts 50→

Cloud services provider DigitalOcean is laying off staff, sources say 30-50 affected

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After appointing a new CEO and CFO last summer, cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean is embarking on a wider reorganisation: the startup has announced a round of layoffs, with potentially between 30 and 50 people affected. DigitalOcean has confirmed the news with the following statement: “DigitalOcean recently announced a restructuring to better align its teams to its […] Continue reading Cloud services provider DigitalOcean is laying off staff, sources say 30-50 affected→

Atrium lays off lawyers, explains pivot to legal tech

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$75 million-funded legal services startup Atrium doesn’t want to be the next company to implode as the tech industry tightens its belt and businesses chase margins instead of growth via unsustainable economics. That’s why Atrium is laying off most of its   in-house lawyers. Now, Atrium will focus on its software for startups navigating fundraising, hiring, […] Continue reading Atrium lays off lawyers, explains pivot to legal tech→

Refocusing on relocation, Jobbatical launches new offices in Spain and Germany

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I’ve been following Estonia-headquartered Jobbatical and its founder, Karoli Hindriks, for years. Part of the vanguard of startups working on infrastructure for digital nomads, the startup has been building the base platform to help global job seekers hire and fire their governments. Digital nomads are hiring and firing their governments As Jobbatical has worked with […] Continue reading Refocusing on relocation, Jobbatical launches new offices in Spain and Germany→

A startup factory? $1.2B-exit team launches $65M super{set}

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Think Jack Dorsey’s jobs are tough? Well, Tom Chavez is running six startups. He thinks building businesses can be boiled down to science, so today he’s unveiling his laboratory for founding, funding and operating companies. He and his team have already proven they can do it themselves after selling their startups Rapt to Microsoft and […] Continue reading A startup factory? $1.2B-exit team launches $65M super{set}→

How much of the cybersecurity talent shortage is self-inflicted?

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Money matters when it comes to recruiting cybersecurity staffers. But, beyond salary, a combination of factors have contributed to the widespread skills shortage, and some issues are worsened by the industry itself. Various studies suggest the shortage of qualified cybersecurity candidates is set to hit 3.4 million unfilled positions by 2021, up from the current level of 2.93 million, with 500,000 of those empty seats located in the U.S. It’s the kind of existential problem that makes other headaches worse, resulting in possible data breaches not being investigated and the rise of untested security vendors hawking artificial intelligence tools that promise to help corporate security teams run with fewer humans. And yet, while enterprise executives and recruiters agree there is a significant dearth of skilled security professionals, there is a surge of momentum behind the argument that the industry’s staffing shortage is self-inflicted. The lack of qualified job candidates isn’t […]

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How to move from VP of Sales to CRO with leading exec recruiter David Ives

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It wasn’t so long ago that sales meant just showing up with a deck and a smile. These days, it seems that sales leaders almost need a PhD in statistics just to get through the typical day managing a sales funnel. From SQLs and MQLs to NDRR and managing overall retention, the roles of VP […] Continue reading How to move from VP of Sales to CRO with leading exec recruiter David Ives→