SVB Collapse, Tech Layoffs & GPT-4
While the FDIC and the Federal Reserve have announced that they will step in and guarantee all deposits, even those above the FDIC threshold, there's still much to be sorted out in the coming days.
Rob Walling and Einar Vollset, co-founders of TinySeed, did a live stream earlier this week to chat about the impact this news will have on startups, why the guarantee of deposits was necessary, and what steps you might consider to protect your startup going forward.
Here's what we're covering this week:
GPT-4
Using Capterra to find customers
Tech layoffs
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OpenAI released GPT4 this week.
Should you be on Capterra? In this talk from MicroConf Remote 5.0, Eran Galperin, founder of GymDesk, chats with Rob Walling about leveraging Capterra to find more customers for your SaaS app.
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