Hi there, 

One tip from our CBI Guide to Working Remotely: tone doesn’t always translate over Slack. Use emojis — or, even better, GIFs.

The folks over at The Pudding have a handy guide on the emotional range of each celebrity in GIFs.

For example, there's an Elmo GIF for pretty much every mood.

WFH, day 1:

Mask on

As more people quarantine to slow the spread of the coronavirus, telehealth startups are trying to fill gaps in pandemic care.

Clients can take a look at 12 telehealth cos that are virtually connecting doctors and patients here.

Nama-stay home please

And the winner is...

Do you know the way?

Companies are leveraging AR/VR to catalyze the shift to virtual offices.

Take a look at how AR/VR could change everything — from how distributed offices function to how employees approach work itself — in our Tech Trends 2020 report.

Let’s chat about AI

Our webinar on the AI 100 is coming up tomorrow, March 19. 

Register now to hear our lead AI analyst highlight exceptional startups’ business models and solutions, as well as how AI trends are transforming businesses.

Bloomberg. Olivia Rockeman (@livrockeman) looks at how COVID-19 could threaten digital banking and payments startups and talks with CB Insights fintech analyst Alex Kern (@AlexKernA). 

Inc. Tom Foster (@tomfoster2) argues that Texas provides an appealing environment for startups and cites the PwC and CB Insights Q4'19 MoneyTree report.

Forbes. Marta Orosz (@martiorosz) reports on the German billionaires backing coronavirus vaccine development and references CB Insights data.

P.S. We’re hiring sales development representatives. Check the role out here.

Feeling like crying Michael Jordan. There's pretty much a gif for every emotion.
The Pudding

Dear Robot. Nearly half of millennials prefer to get financial advice from an app rather than a human.

Wall Street Journal

The Rolls Royce of... Manufacturers like Rolls Royce are converting their factories to make ventilators and hand sanitizer.

Quartz

Gamers got nothing on these. Traders are setting up creative work from home "rona rigs."

Bloomberg

Olfactory factory. Intel’s neuromorphic chip can “smell” chemicals, drugs, and diseases. 

PC World