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The recent enacting of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) may not directly affect your small business, but you need to know about it.

The CCPA has jurisdiction not only over businesses operating in California, but also over all businesses that process the personal information of California residents.

So, you’re thinking, the CCPA doesn’t apply to my small business.

For example, in the CCPA legislation, businesses which don’t comply with the CCPA can be fined from $2,500 to $7,500.

The company focus is on startups and small businesses, helping them ensure they are compliant with all present and future legislation. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585503007.5156918/What-is-the-CCPA-and-Could-It-Threaten-Your-Small-Businesses??ref=audio_experience

Bengaluru: Ola co-founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has offered 500 Ola cabs to the State Government for covid-19 related work.

Aggarwal called Deputy Chief Minister CN Ashwathnarayan, and said Ola services were currently availalbe in Bengaluru , Mysuru, Mangaluru, Hubli-Dharwad and Belagavi, and the government was free to decide how many cabs it would require in these places.The deputy chief minister conveyed Ola's offer to officials in districts.

Ola cabs will be available for healthcare staffers, transportation of medicines and other essential healthcare stuff and for emergencies. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585501206.323337/Ola-CEO-offers-500-cabs-for-use-in-Covid-19-work?ref=audio_experience

Similarly, Sachin Gupta and Vivek Prakash being app developers themselves launched their startup HackerEarth in 2012 with the motive to build an entirely meritocratic system using a sufficiently objective measure for an app developer’s skills.

Still, there are a bunch of app developers who do not get the job they deserve.

HackerEarth - Startup LaunchHackerEarth - Business Model and Revenue ModelHackerEarth - Startup ChallengesHackerEarth - Funding and InvestorsHackerEarth - GrowthHackerEarth - Future PlansHackerEarth - About and how it worksHackerearth LogoHackerEarth mainly focuses on crowdsourcing solutions from the developers’ community.

HackerEarth - Startup ChallengesThe biggest challenge for HackerEarth like any other startup is to scale the programmers and keep them engaged on HackerEarth.

Also, HackerEarth has grown into a global community of 2+ million developers driving creativity and innovation to the field like a force. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585499407.4396243/HackerEarth---The-world's-largest-community-of-developers!?ref=audio_experience

Our theme for the coming few months in Bridging the Gap.

Sign up here, it’s FREE but capped at whatever limits Zoom caps us at.

We’ve also added a new, FREE course to SaaStr UniversityLike the previous 3 courses, this one is also entirely free.

It’s particularly geared toward sharing the lessons with your team.

So maybe have everyone on the team sign up for this one (and any others they want), here. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585497713.66516/New,-Free-Course-on-SaaStr-University:-Ideas-for-Tougher-Times?ref=audio_experience

The total number of cases worldwide have crossed 680,000, with over 32,000 deaths being reported from all corners of the world, according to Worldometers.

In India, the number of COVID-19 cases have touched 987, with a total of 25 deaths, and 87 people recovered.

In his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologised for the inconvenience caused to the people and requested citizens to maintain calm.

And across the world, Spain has now emerged as the new epicentre of COVID-19 deaths, as the country has now witnessed over 800 deaths for the second consecutive day.

The US remains a hotspot as the number of coronavirus cases cross 120,000, while the total number of deaths in Italy crossed 10,000. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585495806.4659133/Coronavirus:-COVID-19-updates-for-March-29?ref=audio_experience

Things are rough out there, brutal in many cases.

But there are pockets of SaaS that are growing, and in some cases, significantly faster than before.

We put out a thread here you can click on for a deep dive on 100s of SaaS openings from SaaStr CEOs:Are you hiring?

Respond with a link to your top hire to make, etc.

— Jason ✨InItTogether✨ Lemkin (@jasonlk) March 27, 2020They include:Check out the threadPublished on March 29, 2020 | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585494007.1869218/61+-Companies-That-Are-Hiring-in-SaaS?ref=audio_experience

Excess2Sell is making the most out of this unsold inventory valued at approximately US$30 billion.

Excess2Sell LogoExcess2Sell - Business Model And Revenue ModelThe Excess2Sell platform follows a ‘zero’ inventory model where sellers upload the details of their liquidation inventory online.

Excess2Sell has distinguished itself by creating the only tech enabled enterprise that connects the B2B overstock market across India.

As of today, there is no other universal platform specific to ‘excess inventory liquidation’ like Excess2Sell.

Vendors of companies like Dell, HP, D-LINK, Intel, Acer, Apple, Motorola, and Samsung are among the authorized sellers on the Excess2Sell platform. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585492207.931506/Excess2Sell:-Excess-Inventory-Liquidation-in-India?ref=audio_experience

If you are not yet using SMS marketing to promote your business, perhaps you should be.

SMS is an abbreviation for “short message service.” SMS messages can be promotional messages, product launches, sales offers, and more.

To understand how SMS marketing works, there are two basic terms you need to master: short code and keywords.

Ideally, your buyers will have a sense of personal connection with the keywords you use in your SMS marketing campaign.

To find out more, check out top bulk messaging companies you can use for your SMS marketing campaigns. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585490406.9048855/What-Is-SMS-Marketing-and-How-Does-It-Work?-–-Business-for-Beginners?ref=audio_experience

Bright.md, a Portland, Oregon-based healthcare automation company, closed an $8m Series C round of funding.

The round, which brought total funding raised to date to $20.5m, was co-led by B Capital and Seven Peaks Ventures.

The company intends to use the funds to expand the presence and function of its AI-powered, virtual-care platform SmartExam, and to new markets; and increase headcount.

Led by Ray Costantini, M.D., co-founder and CEO, Bright.md provides its SmartExam™ capacity-boosting care-delivery platform to hospitals and healthcare systems across the United States and Canada.

Healthcare systems use it to deliver treatment for hundreds of conditions, such as flu, pediatrics, dermatology, muscular-skeletal and behavioral health issues. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585488611.3255677/Bright.md-Raises-$8M-in-Series-C-Funding?ref=audio_experience

According to a post by Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google is announcing a new over $800m plan to support small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), health organizations and governments, and health workers on the frontline of this global pandemic.

– A $200m investment fund that will support NGOs and financial institutions around the world to help provide small businesses with access to capital.

– $340m in Google Ads credits available to all SMBs with active accounts over the past year.

– Direct financial support and expertise to help increase the production capacity for personal protective equipment (PPE) and lifesaving medical devices.

In addition to these commitments, the company has also increased the gift match Google offers every employee annually to $10,000 from $7,500. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585486808.3789763/Google-Launches-Over-$800M-Plan-to-Respond-to-Covid-19-Crisis?ref=audio_experience