Monthly Archives: August 2022

Anyone can now sign up for DuckDuckGo’s private email service

DuckDuckGo’s closed beta for its email service is now available for everyone. Deposit Photos For years now, DuckDuckGo has actively expanding its privacy-focused web services, offering everything from its namesake search engine, to browser extensions, to a recent Email Protection forwarding system designed to thwart trackers. Although the latter feature was first released in a…

4 principles private capital firms should follow to win the talent race

Richard Change Contributor Richard Change is the co-founder and managing partner of PFA Solutions. Successful private capital firms long ago ditched their spreadsheets and moved to digital tools for accounting and other middle-office tasks as part of a larger trend toward improving efficiencies, controls and operational transparency. But there’s one function desperately in need of…

Press and Law v. Adam and Elon

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Want to save some dosh on TechCrunch+? Use the code ‘EQUITY’ at checkout for a big discount on annual subscriptions! Alex, Natasha and Mary Ann are back and as a three were in good spirits with more…

Meadow expands beyond California, bringing its cannabis point of sale platform to Michigan

Meadow, a leader in building tools for cannabis dispensaries, is expanding out of California. Since its founding in 2014, the company has focused its efforts on its home state but recently partnered with Michigan-based Wellflower. The company retooled its cannabis platform for the Michigan market and now offers the service state-wide. “California is challenging,” CEO…