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We Promise We Won’t Judge Your Spotify Wrapped: PL;DR 12/10

Is it the New Year yet? Not quite. In the meantime, we’ve got some news to keep you occupied while you WFH under a heap of blankets.

Another week has passed by. We hope you’re keeping warm and trying to get through these next few weeks before the New Year.

If you’re not knee-deep in OKRs and planning, you’re probably just climbing out. We’d love to learn about your goals for 2022.

Everybody Modifies the Spotify

As Picasso famously said, “good artists copy, great artists steal.” And that still applies today. Plenty of companies are following Spotify’s Wrapped trend.

Women-founded Startups Aren’t Getting Their Fair Share

1.9% of women-owned software enterprise startups received funding. What can be done to remedy this?

President Biden Empties the Tank on Non-electric Vehicles

The US continues to work toward its goal of cutting to net-zero emissions by 2050. First on the chopping block: government-owned non-EVs.

Grow Your Team — Or Advance in Your Career

Looking for a new role to round out the year in? Or maybe you’re hiring in anticipation of your enormous 2022 goals? Look no further than the Partnership Leaders Job Board

Here are just a few of the roles shared within the Partnership Leaders community this week:

Other news we’re watching

  • Congratulations to our friends at Tipalti! — This week, Tipalti announced their $270M Series F round. Their platform is used to automate accounts payable tasks and this new round brought their total valuation to $8.3B. Congrats to PL’ers & Tipaltians, Keerat Dhanoa & Travis Bradley. 
  • It pays to use Coinbase for transacting crypto — At least, outside the US it does. Coinbase announced yesterday that through their app, Compound, users will be able to earn interest on their crypto by lending it out.
  • Does your view suck? – Sweat not, developer Alex Shakespeare has created a virtual window that provides live views from different cities around the world.

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