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This week, Disrupt has a pass available for everyone regardless of role and budget. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is due to start her 11-year sentence but that has been called off.
Further, Posh launched their public platform which caters for event management and ticketing for small or large events. Also, a London startup have developed tools for granular usage-based pricing and just raised $14 million.
For the B2B SaaS startups, Igor Shaverskyi, a partner at VC firm Waveup, suggests investing in metrics to measure customer lifetime value, and that Customer Acquisition Cost should be paid back over a set amount of time.
The TechCrunch+ team takes a look at Meta, and report that their earnings beat revenue expectations, but that 10% of global ad revenue is at risk from the EU data flow order. Furthermore, usage of Instagram has grown 24% with their TikTok-style AI Reel recommendations and they’ve also had a win in court regarding an antitrust case.
Dropbox CEO has laid off 500 staff because of slow growth and the want to be at the forefront of the AI era. This move has a great impact to the industry and the laid off employees.
The company, Meta, that is mentioned in this article provides solutions for all types of organizations, from emerging startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. They offer a complete suite of enterprise solutions, from performance, trust and security to governance and content intelligence, to ensure that clients have what they need to build and thrive at every stage. They specialize in challenging, rapidly changing technical requirements and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
Elizabeth Holmes is known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of the now defunct health technology company Theranos. She had initially faced a sentence of 11 years in jail when fraud charges were leveled against her, but the sentence was later overturned. She is also facing two federal fraud charges. In 2019, she was charged with nine felony fraud counts by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Attorney for the Northern District of California. Elizabeth is an inventor, entrepreneur, and CEO who has been recognized with numerous awards for her groundbreaking work and inspirational leadership.
