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The 17 best colleges for startup founders
While Peter Thiel is famous for paying wanna-be entrepreneurs not to go to college, there are still thousands of founders who do go to college and go on to form well-funded companies. But there are...
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We talked to the founder of Indian startup Byju, who just got a $50 million...
Thursday was a day that Byju Raveendran, the founder and CEO of Byju's, will never forget.Byju's is India's largest ed-tech company and its learning app has not just inspired more than 250,000 student...
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We talked to the startup founder Erlich Bachman from HBO's 'Silicon Valley'...
One of the reasons HBO’s “Silicon Valley” is such a hit rests in how effortlessly it skewers the tech scene.The reality is often so ridiculous that the show even has to pull back sometimes, otherwise...
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This guy's startup is one of the best ideas we've heard in a while: helping...
An Israeli startup called prooV is building what it calls the first "proof of concept" platform, which lets an enterprise test-drive a startup's technology before they sign a purchase order for it.Toby...
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Twilio CEO explains why the $5 billion company went public when so many other...
Startups can go boom and bust overnight, and part of the fallout is leaving its customers in a lurch. Startups, especially in the cloud space, can be seen as risky bets because they're asking customers...
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Ford paid more than $65 million for shuttle-van startup Chariot
Last Friday, Ford bought shuttle-van startup Chariot in an all-cash deal. But the price wasn't disclosed, so it wasn't clear whether this was a case of a distressed startup selling for a...
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We checked out Arcimoto's $12,000 electric trike — here's what it was like
It's easy to tell the difference between a motorcycle and car, right? One has two wheels, one has four.Except that there are now plenty of vehicles available that have three wheels.There's the Can-Am...
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I tried MealPal, the monthly lunch subscription service — here's what it was...
MealPass, a monthly lunch subscription service, launched in New York City in March 2016, but rebranded as MealPal this week.The service was founded by the team behind ClassPass, a startup that gives...
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A 'tourist investor,' not a VC firm, has the most investments in...
Over the last few years, tech startups have stayed private longer — thanks in part to a new class of "tourist investors."While tech companies have traditionally raised money from venture capitalists,...
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Antidote is a digital health startup that's aiming to speed up the...
A digital health startup that has raised $17.9 million (£13.7 million) and helps patients find medical trials online has rebranded itself from TrialReach to Antidote.The London-based company, founded...
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This 24-year-old Harvard dropout wants to rid the world of multiple-choice...
Rebecca Kantar was two years into Harvard when she dropped out."I just felt like a lot of the same brain development was happening to me throughout my classes," Kantar recalled to Business Insider.As...
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It's been a rough year for startups, but it's getting better
The tech startup world has faced a hard year, with bankruptcies, layoffs, and a challenging funding environment.Exits for tech startups — that is, acquisitions or public offerings, which are the main...
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Inside the catastrophe at Mode Media, the billion-dollar juggernaut that...
From the winding freeway that links Silicon Valley with San Francisco, the giant Mode Media sign gracing the company's headquarters was a hard-to-miss proclamation alerting passing drivers to an...
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This startup is building a nationwide housing swap community for homeowners...
As any homeowner who has made a big move knows, setting up shop in a new city isn't easy as putting your things in boxes and driving a few hours.Selling a home often creates a big financial burden...
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Two famous Google alums are advising a secret startup building the 'eyes of...
Alex Teichman crawled on the carpet as the dog ran around him. A camera watched them closely nearby. On the screen of the computer, Teichman's outline was glaring red, despite him being on all fours...
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Millennials aren't building startups like past generations, but not for the...
Millennials may call themselves the most entrepreneurial generation, but the data doesn't seem to back that claim up.That's according to a new nationwide study by professional services firm EY and the...
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This is the one quality every startup founder needs
When it comes to startup founders, venture capitalist Jeff Jordan is looking for one quality in particular. Airbnb founder and CEO Brian Chesky has it. Ben Silbermann, the founder and CEO of Pinterest,...
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These former Apple engineers are building a whole bunch of cool car tech —...
While you're waiting to buy a new electric car that's basically a computer on wheels, a new startup is trying to make smart, well-designed products that will put a little bit of technology into your...
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Squarespace's New York offices are as sweet as the best Silicon Valley tech...
Squarespace is one of the most prominent New York tech startups, and it recently moved into an office that wouldn't look out of place among its peers in California. The new office, like many of the...
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I've been advising startups for 10 years — here's how I hire world-class...
Since my first job at a mobile-media startup, way back in the ancient times before the app store existed, I've had a hand in hiring developers. A few years later, when I started managing development...
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