4 small ways to be a socially responsible founder I believe my company should actively seek to solve major social problems as part of our core business strategy As a missionary founder, I believe in whatNiklas Zennstromrefers to as “Conscious Scaling.” Maybe its my churchy, community upbringing, but I believe if you have the opportunity to make things better for others, then you should. But what does that actually mean in practice?...

Every startup aspires to scale, but doing so quickly will inevitably impact your team dynamic. When a startup of ten suddenly becomes a team of fifty, everything shifts: from the way you communicate with employees, to the way you hire, train, and retain. In order to ensure rapid growth doesn’t come at the cost of culture, founders must find effective ways to ensure everyone on the team is ready for the hyper-growth ride....

Tech debtis the off-balance sheet cost of technology work that needs to be done in the future. It accumulates by choosing a limited/less expensive technical solution now and pushing off the full/more expensive solution to the future. By not implementing the full solution now, companies are faced with the need to ‘rework’ software development in the future. Having worked closely with more than 25startupsduring their journey from early-stage to growth stage, I have gained an understanding of how tech debts trigger reworking and what startups should do to avoid it and move to the next level....

TNW Conference 2021is just a couple of weeks away, and we’re beyond excited! It’ll have all the essentials of a great tech festival:gorgeous venue,amazing parties, and ideas that will change how you think about sex. Wait, what? Sex might not sound like a normal topic for tech conference, but ouramazing line-up of speakerswill show you how new technology can help fight for women’s sexual freedom and sex positivity. Here are the four tech founders you’ll see at TNW2021 who will change the way you think about sex....

The Mac App Store is finally available and in case you missed it earlier, we’ve already posted ourfirst impressionsand we’ll continue to post reviews. And after spending some time with it this morning, we did however notice a possible glitch that will affect developers and users alike. Glitches With Free Trials While checking out Smoovie, a stop motion app that costs $14.99 within the Mac App store, we saw that within the details that there was a free trial available on the official site....