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To get a roundup of \u2019s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT,<\/em> subscribe here<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n Oh heeeey! How are you doing today? We\u2019ve had a pretty busy day on the site today, with a veritable cornucopia of news spilling all over the internet. We\u2019ve selected some of the most interesting slices for you below. Enjoy (as far as you can enjoy another day of news about cutbacks and whispered advice to try and panic as little as possible). \u2014 Christine<\/a> and Haje<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cMost designers don\u2019t have real-life manufacturing experience and they are drawing things that aren\u2019t useable by the factory,\u201d Xianfeng Wang, founder and CEO of Pacdora, tells . To bridge the gap between designers and manufacturers. Wang\u2019s team developed Pacdora, which is like Canva plus Figma for packaging, Rita<\/a> reports. The platform offers thousands of packaging templates for all kinds of products, from shipping boxes and coffee bags to lotion bottles and yogurt pouches.<\/p>\n \u201cI was always looking for that piece of software that could help us do this internally,\u201d Juan Meisel told Christine<\/a>. He is building a logistics solution with his new startup, Grip.\u00a0 \u201cI started advising some companies on the side. They got their ButcherBox in the mail and were trying to ship anything from frozen milk to chocolate, flowers and pharmaceuticals.\u201d<\/p>\n Okay, fine, have another handful of startup news stories:<\/p>\n Image Credits:<\/strong> Kuzma (opens in a new window)<\/span> \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n How are finance-oriented property tech investors reacting to the ongoing downturn in public markets?<\/p>\n Senior reporter Mary Ann Azevedo<\/a> interviewed three VCs to learn more about how they\u2019re counseling the companies in their portfolios, which types of startups are best positioned to weather the downturn, and how they\u2019re managing risk:<\/p>\n Three more from the TC+ team:<\/p>\n +<\/em> is our membership program that helps founders and startup teams get ahead of the pack.<\/em> You can sign up here<\/em>. Use code \u201cDC\u201d for a 15% discount on an annual subscription!<\/em><\/p>\n Step right up, folks! We know you don\u2019t like carrying around a paper grocery list \u2014 heck, we know scrolling on that small phone screen is a nuisance, too. Well, Amazon and Mojo Vision have a treat for you, or rather, your eyeballs. Today, they introduced a proof of concept feature that Brian<\/a> says is \u201cthe first major third-party consumer application on a smart contact lens.\u201d That\u2019s right, an Alexa Shopping List integration for a contact lens that has a computing interface.<\/p>\n Layoffs, layoffs as far as the eye can see today. While we already shared the Stripe news with you, and as you\u2019ve likely been hearing for the past week, Elon Musk is also doing some workforce reduction at Twitter. Natasha L<\/a> reports that he now plans to slash Twitter\u2019s headcount by half. Meanwhile, Kirsten<\/a> writes that Lyft is laying off 13% of its workforce in an effort to cut operating expenses.<\/p>\n And we have five more for you:<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Top 3<\/h2>\n
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Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain how finance-focused proptech startups can survive the downturn<\/h2>\n
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