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When should you kill a product? 4 lessons from GitLab’s subscription change 1. Be generous in your transition offer to help bridge change Not only can GitLab customers on the canceled plan choose to remain on the same tier until the end of their subscription period, but they can also renew at the current price for one additional year or upgrade at a significant discount. 2. Avoid pushing upsells GitLab actually encouraged users of the canceled plan to investigate their free plan!...

As a founder, you’re bombarded with tips and tricks on how to secure funding and woo potential investors… but what happens after that? What do you do with their advice? And what happens if you don’t agree with their suggestions? That’s why I called up Heini Zachariassen,Vivino’s opinionated and vocal founder, who’s got tons of experience listening to — andnotlistening to — his investors to shed some light on this awkward little dilemma....

YouTubeis one of the biggest websites in the world, according toAlexa. Every hour, another 35 hours are added to the website. This is common knowledge, but you wouldn’t guess it from YouTube’s homepage. If you’re logged in, some recommendations will appear below the big advertisement that tries to grab your attention instead. Other content includes trending videos and a list of categories with one of the most popular videos. Youtube’s recommendations are often far-fetched, not interesting (same video, different uploader) or unhelpful....

When the first baby is born off-Earth, it will be a milestone as momentous as humanity’s first stepsout of Africa. Such a birth would mark the beginning of a multi–planet civilization for the human species. For the first half-century of the Space Age, only governments launched satellites and people into Earth orbit. No longer.Hundreds of private space companiesare building a new industry that already has US$300 billion inannual revenue. I’m a professor of astronomy who has written abookand a number ofarticlesabout humans’ future in space....

When will we know that a COVID-19 vaccine is safe and ready? What is the status of COVID-19 vaccines in human clinical trials? Phase 3 studies are underwayfor the Moderna and BioNTech/Pfizer vaccines, the Oxford/AstraZeneca viral vector vaccine and now theJohnson & Johnson viral vector vaccine. Each of these vaccines uses the SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein, which the virus uses to infect cells, to trigger the immune system to generate protective antibodies and a cellular immune response to the virus....