Recession-proof your software engineering career

Recession-proof your software engineering career

Matt Martin Contributor Share on Twitter Matt Martin is CEO and co-founder of Clockwise, a San Francisco-based software company. Software engineering is generally an employee’s market. In 2019, demand for frontend and backend engineers grew 17%, according to Hired’s...
Daily Crunch: E-commerce sales surge

Daily Crunch: E-commerce sales surge

eMarketer tries to quantify the rise of e-commerce, Reddit’s co-founder steps down from the board and SpaceX focuses on its next-generation spacecraft. Here’s your Daily Crunch for June 8, 2020. 1. US e-commerce sales to jump 18% in 2020, but not enough to offset...
Vroom’s new IPO pricing is great news for unicorns

Vroom’s new IPO pricing is great news for unicorns

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Last week we noted that the IPO window was open, a seemingly incongruous reality when compared to stark unemployment figures in the country and what...
France refines its plan to support startups

France refines its plan to support startups

A few days ago, the French government detailed different measures as part of its support plan for startups. France already announced a $4.3 billion (€4 billion) plan back in March. The new announcements are more about refining and adding some additional measures. The...