In 2016, while working in Freshworks (then Freshdesk) with Girish Mathrubootham, Shihab used to receive multiple customer feedback surveys.

(L-R) Shihab Muhammed, CEO & Subin Sebastian, CTO, SurveySparrowThis was when he realised that he was bad at completing feedback surveys.

Finding an opportunity to create a better platform for more engaging surveys, Shihab decided to do something about it.

The platform has a built-in automation system that allows organisations to manage customer experience surveys, employee pulse surveys, and market feedback surveys.

The platform also helps organisations manage customer experience surveys, employee pulse surveys and market feedback surveys,” says Shihab. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585359005.1076062/[The-Turning-Point]-How-a-failed-feedback-survey-led-to-startup-SurveySparrow?ref=audio_experience

You can visit the Feeding India donation page and choose to support one family (Rs 500), three families (Rs 1,500), five families (Rs 2,500) or more.

“All proceeds will be used in procuring and distributing meal kits to families of daily wage earners across 26 cities,” it added.

You can visit Razorpay’s COVID-19 Relief page for NEFT transfer and donation details.

It has already raised Rs 1.8 crore through multiple initiatives for daily wage earners, waste-pickers, and migrant labourers across Indian cities.

The initiative aims to raise Rs 20 lakh to collect food supplies for daily wage earners in Delhi. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585357207.9745584/Coronavirus:-8-ways-you-can-contribute-to-COVID-19-relief-funds-and-make-a-difference?ref=audio_experience

Airbnb is pumping the brakes on new hires and freezing its marketing spending as its losses from the coronavirus fallout mount, according to a report Friday from The Information.

Airbnb, which once stood out among the crop of sharing economy startups for being profitable, is now losing hundreds of millions of dollars, The Information reported.

Technical and essential roles at Airbnb are still open and moving through the process on a case-by-case basis, a source close to the company told Business Insider.

In conversations with Business Insider, multiple venture capital investors speculated that Airbnb, Uber, and Lyft may not make it out of a pending recession at all.

"I think it's definitely going to impact timing," Torch Capital founder and managing partner Jon Keidan told Business Insider. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585355511.0159414/Airbnb-is-freezing-marketing-spending-and-slowing-hiring-as-losses-reportedly-reach-hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars?ref=audio_experience

Small business owners can get either loans or payroll relief from the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill, but not both.

Here's how to decide which is better for you. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585353607.782304/The-$2-trillion-stimulus-law-could-leave-startups-out-in-the-cold.-Here's-why-Silicon-Valley-is-worried.?ref=audio_experience

Two University of Washington students just released a SMS COVID-19 tracker and have plans for a coronavirus screening tool.

Nikolas Ioannou and Sage Khanuja are the teenagers behind Spira, which debuted the text-based service this week.

Users will receive daily coronavirus updates, including information on deaths, cases, recoveries, and even reminders for hand washing and staying home.

The young entrepreneurs are also working on a COVID-19 screening tool that encourages people who may be experiencing flu-like symptoms to answer a quick questionnaire.

Ioannou said it’s not meant to replace the actual COVID-19 test, but rather as an “informative datapoint.”“Depending on the output of the machine learning model, we would adjust the patient’s urgency to get a screening test,” he said. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585351806.7908657/Seattle-teenagers-debut-SMS-text-alert-service-for-COVID-19-stats,-set-sights-on-screening-tool?ref=audio_experience

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hopping on Zoom with betaworks’ John Borthwick and Matt Hartman to discuss the tech world’s adaptation to this new locked-down world, the future of new media and answer questions from the audience.

We discussed whether new media companies can raise capital right now, and touched on emerging trends around audio, voice, AR, live events, travel-related companies and many other topics.

It was a delight, and I’m excited to do more of these in the future.

For those of you who missed the Zoom, here’s a rundown of what we discussed (audio embed below). | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585350006.882426/John-Borthwick-&-Matt-Hartman-of-betaworks-discuss-coronavirus-adaptation-strategies-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

The way small businesses or companies of any size operate has been upended by the coronavirus.

The Small Business Mindset You Need Right NowIf you’re a small business owner, there’s really only one question on your mind; how do I stay in business through this COVID-19 crisis?

Coronavirus Response Act Requires Businesses to Pay Sick Leave for Covid-19The Families First Coronavirus Response Act affects all employers with 1-500 employees.

Small Business OperationsHow to Work from HomeMany small businesses are now allowing employees to work remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic.

By keeping their fingers on the pulse of technological innovations, small businesses can increase their productivity as well as their market share. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585348205.5143797/In-The-News:-How-Small-Businesses-are-Handling-the-Coronavirus-Pandemic?ref=audio_experience

What is the right way to do it?

What is the right way to manage those discussions?

If we really think about where all of our heads were at 10 days ago, and that day was the hardest day of my professional life.

I never know the right way to do it and the right way to approach it.

Depending on how big that relationship was, it involved me also getting on the phone to just let them know that the company’s in really, really strong position, stronger than ever. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585346407.970586/SaaStr-Podcasts-for-the-Week-with?ref=audio_experience

Textio, the Seattle startup whose augmented writing platform helps companies use language that attracts the right job candidates, laid off 30 employees on Friday.

Snyder elaborated more in a string of Tweets on Friday:1 Today we are saying farewell to several incredible people from our @textio team.

>> — Kieran Snyder (@KieranSnyder) March 27, 20202 This is part of a much bigger situation we’re all battling right now.

— Kieran Snyder (@KieranSnyder) March 27, 20205 At Textio, we have always worked with and supported employers.

— Kieran Snyder (@KieranSnyder) March 27, 20208 More on this soon. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585344606.505987/Textio-lays-off-30-amid-COVID-19;-Seattle-startup-hopes-its-AI-writing-tech-will-aid-all-job-seekers?ref=audio_experience

'It was my decision': TripActions CEO said it's slashing benefits, closing offices, and its cofounders are cutting their pay in half just days after laying off one-fourth of its workforce | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1585342807.2607443/'It-was-my-decision':-TripActions-CEO-said-it's-slashing-benefits,-closing-offices,-and-its-cofounders-are-cutting-their-pay-in-half-just-days-after-laying-off-one-fourth-of-its-workforce?ref=audio_experience