LinkedIn Adding new features to support virtual events, Elon Musk intensifies his battle with Alameda County and the CEO of Banjo resigns after some troubling revelations.
Here is his daily Crunch of May 12, 2020.
a) LinkedIn adds live video surveys and events with emphasis on increased virtual engagement
Microsoft -Property on LinkedIn has announced some new important feature updates that show how it is trying to play a role in virtual workplaces: it is launching polls functionality so that users can get comments and feedback, as well as a tool called Virtual Events from LinkedIn that allows people to create and broadcast video events through their platform.
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Virtual Events products are a fusion of two existing tools: LinkedIn Live and LinkedIn Events.
2) Elon Musk Restarts Tesla Factory Defying County Orders
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Monday that the company's factory in Fremont, California, was open and had restarted production despite a home maintenance order from Alameda County. Musk said in a tweet Monday afternoon that "it will be on the line", a reference to the factory assembly line where Tesla manufactures model X, model S, model 3 and model Y He added "yes someone is arrested, I ask that it be just me.
3) Banjo CEO resigns after report details KKK ties to past
so research reports On OneZero revealed his undisclosed involvement in a synagogue shootout with KKK members at 17, the CEO of surveillance startup Banjo will leave the company he founded. In a short blog post, the company announced a "change in leadership" and the resignation of its founder and CEO Damien Patton.
4) 4 edtech CEOs are looking into the future of the industry
As millions of people embrace distance learning overnight, edtech's reputation is changing and inves tors are struggling as a result. We are asking four entrepreneurs who have worked in this space to share what they think the next billion dollar business will look like. (Additional Crunch subscription required).
5) Instagram Lite closes before relaunch
Instagram, which has always called the app a "test," plans to leverage what it has learned in recent years to develop a new version of Instagram Lite. It is not known how far this version may be, but the new version is under construction.
Jon McNeill spent two and a half years as President of Tesla, leading global sales, marketing, delivery and government relations before traveling to Lyft in early 2018. We told him about his experience in both societies and how it applies these ideas. to your new startup studio. (Additional Crunch subscription required).
7) DispatchTrack, a last-mile logistics platform, raises $ 144 million for its first financing
DispatchTrack, which provides a platform for last mile deliveries, has closed its first funding. As a startup, it has already grown to handle more than 60 million deliveries a year.
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