Generative AI reminds me of ball clamps: the technology is relatively inexpensive, highly adaptable, and a proven way to reduce friction.
Investors Take Notice: CB Insights VCs invested $49 billion last year, a 40 percent jump from the previous year.
Kunal Lunawat, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Agia Ventures, says, “The emergence of AI will cut through material use cases in real estate technology. The hype so far has mostly focused on chatbots and avatars.”
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For TC+, Lunawat explores several examples, including the ability to inject AI into construction workflows, use ML data to optimize bidding and estimating, and automate processes like obtaining insurance and underwriting loans.
“The opportunity for entrepreneurs in real estate technology in search, listings, mortgage, insurance, construction and sustainability is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
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Choosing a Cloud Infrastructure Provider: A Beginner’s Guide
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Risk of being dogmatic: All non-technical founders should hire a CTO.
Most of the time, however, like many aspects of startups, this gap isn’t filled until it’s most important.
in the meantime, a person It must make fundamental decisions regarding cloud infrastructure and strategy.
Sashank Purigala, Founder and CEO, BOS Framework, said, “It is important to analyze the available tools before deciding on a cloud infrastructure provider to drive application maturity and cost.
In an in-depth guide to best practices for testing cloud strategy, Purigala examines the challenges and benefits of “cloud monogamy,” compares major vendors, and offers strategies to help developers avoid “analysis paralysis.”
What do investors want from your problem slide?
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Early stage investors often understand verticals better than the entrepreneurs who pitch them.
In general, they’re looking for scalable ideas and founders, which is why every pitch needs to describe “what could be better and how to turn a gap in the market into an opportunity,” says Haje Jan Kamps. .
Using examples from previously analyzed presentations, Haje explains the framework to help startup entrepreneurs articulate the benefits of their startup and why it is poised to grow:
- Who has this problem?
- How are you currently solving this problem?
- What sacrifices are they willing to make for the current solution?
- What is wrong with the way you are currently solving this problem?
Cybersecurity teams beware: The defender’s dilemma is a lie.
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The Defender’s Dilemma is one of the most common cybersecurity hacks: “Defenders must always be right. Attackers only have to be right once.
It may sound plausible, but David J. Bianco, employee security strategist at Splunk, says it’s a false narrative that makes systems less secure.
Defenders rightly expect attackers to lie and cheat in order to achieve their goals, but sometimes we forget that lying and cheating work both ways.
Provide feedback to applicants (good or bad) to improve the quality of technical interviews.
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“White Coat Syndrome” occurs when patients are diagnosed with artificially high blood pressure because they worry about visiting the doctor.
Technical interviews are similar: in a study that collected data from 1,000 interviewers, a quarter of the candidates who passed thought they had been rejected at first.
“Our research shows that 43% of all candidates consistently underperform their technical interview,” said Allen Lerner, founder and CEO of Interview.
In a whole TC+ post, she offers a playbook for gathering and sharing “honest (and sometimes tough) feedback” and asking questions that create objective metrics after the interview.
“Only about 25% of candidates perform consistently from interview to interview,” Lerner writes. “This means that the candidate you rejected today may be the person you want to hire in six months.”
