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See you tomorrow!  — Christine and Haje

The TechCrunch High 3

• Slumdog $5-illonnaire: Landa is the most recent startup to draw enterprise capital, on this case $33 million, to democratize actual property possession, Mary Ann writes. Its strategy permits individuals to put money into the actual property sector, which is understood for offering generational wealth, however in a cheaper, extra fractional approach, and in some circumstances, for as little as $5 initially.
• Snap, crackle and . . . fizzle: Regardless of the myriad of stories and new income streams we’ve reported about Snap proper right here on this publication, Evan Spiegel stated the phrases no tech worker desires to listen to proper now: “restructuring our enterprise.” Amanda experiences that this sadly means chopping 20% of employees.
• Obstacles overseas: Amazon faces some powerful competitors in India, and Manish experiences that has introduced some challenges within the e-commerce big’s means to achieve a extra outstanding foothold within the nation.

Startups and VC

This week, Haje went deep with a founder who’s constructing digital license plates. He mused that constructing an easy-to-copy {hardware} product in an extremely tightly regulated business the place winner-takes-all can be an utter nightmare, however when it really works, it really works, and it’s fascinating to see Reviver construct an organization, one license plate on the time.

Populus, the San Francisco–based mostly transportation knowledge startup, obtained its begin as shared scooter mania took maintain and cities tried to make sense of how infrastructure was being utilized by fleets of tiny automobiles. Now, Populus co-founder and CEO Regina Clewlow is repositioning the corporate to make the most of one other scorching alternative: curbs and congestion, Rebecca writes. It’s a very good learn from the TechCrunch transportation desk with an undertone of “the ability of nice pivots.”

Raisin’ cash, raisin’ hell:

 Crafting a XaaS buyer success technique that drives development

Giving customers higher service than they anticipated might actually save a software program startup. In a single examine, firms that spent 10% of yearly income on buyer success attained peak internet recurring income.

“Firms principally deploy two or extra buyer success archetypes,” in line with TC+ contributors Rachel Parrinello and John Stamos. “They normally fluctuate by buyer phase, enterprise versus technical focus and gross sales movement focus: undertake, renew, upsell and cross-sell.”

If you happen to’re considering optimizing income by CS, learn the remaining for a full overview of job design methodology, as a result of “firms shouldn’t design their buyer success roles in a vacuum.”

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Huge Tech Inc.

Social media and privateness don’t typically go hand in hand, particularly when youngsters can see rather a lot on the web already. Twitter obtained caught up on this when it reportedly tried to monetize grownup content material in an effort to compete with OnlyFans. It later scrapped this system when it was discovered that its system couldn’t “detect little one sexual abuse materials and non-consensual nudity at scale,” Amanda writes. In the meantime, California lawmakers wasted no time transferring forward to place in place statewide on-line privateness protections for kids the place there are none on the federal degree, Taylor experiences.

• Stepping on the fuel, er, EV pedal: Toyota is accelerating its funding in U.S. electrical automobiles, and can park some $3.8 billion into that initiative, up from an preliminary $1.3 billion, Jaclyn writes.
• Cashing in on NFTs: Occasion organizers working with Ticketmaster can now subject NFTs tied to tickets on Circulation, Ivan experiences.
• It’s virtually fall and meaning one other Apple occasion: Brian has the thin on all of the issues you must learn about Apple’s iPhone 14 occasion on September 7.
• New satellite tv for pc on the block: Royal Caribbean goes “all-in on satellite tv for pc service,” and can outfit its fleet of ships with Starlink web, Devin writes.