How to avoid bad hires in early-stage startups

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• February 26, 2026 at 01:02 PM

Lucena got the idea for Mappa after trying to build a marketing team but continually feeling like she had made the wrong hires.

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A VC and some big-name programmers are trying to solve open source’s funding problem, permanently

A group of well-known open source programmers and a VC have launched the Open Source Endowment. They hope this new method will provide funding for good.

TechCrunch• Feb 26, 2026, 04:00 PM

Spyware maker sentenced to prison in Greece for wiretapping politicians and journalists

A Greek court on Thursday sentenced the founder of Intellexa, a collective of spyware makers, to eight years in prison for illegal wiretapping and privacy violations, according to several reports. Tal Dilian and three other Intellexa executives were tried for their role in a scandal dubbed “Greek Watergate,” which dates back to 2022. The Greek […]

TechCrunch• Feb 26, 2026, 03:45 PM

X tries wooing advertisers by letting them reuse creatives made for other platforms

X has launched an expanded set of aspect ratio support for both image and video ads, so advertisers can now reuse assets they've created for other platforms.

TechCrunch• Feb 26, 2026, 03:41 PM

eBay to lay off 800 staff

The latest round of layoffs marks eBay’s third workforce reduction in the past three years.

TechCrunch• Feb 26, 2026, 03:10 PM

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TechCrunch• Feb 26, 2026, 03:00 PM

Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, is challenging the app store status quo

Jest, a marketplace for messaging games, emerged from stealth with $7 million in seed funding.

TechCrunch• Feb 26, 2026, 02:00 PM