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Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak just launched a new startup to reinvent...
Steve "Woz" Wozniak, cofounder of Apple Computer and inventor of the Apple II computer, announced on Friday the launch of his latest startup, Woz U.The venture is a "digital institute" meant to help...
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Secrets to scaling a startup, from the cofounder who expanded Lyft to more...
John Zimmer is the cofounder and president of the $7.5 billion ride-hailing service Lyft.In an interview on Business Insider podcast "Success! How I Did It," he said that the keys to scaling the...
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Lyft's cofounders met on Facebook and lived on opposite coasts — here's how...
John Zimmer and Logan Green met through a mutual friend on Facebook. Both were thinking about starting a ride-sharing service.Lyft, then called "Zimride," was a side project for a few years.The...
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This executive left a great job at PayPal to run a gift card startup she...
PayPal executive Kathleen Pierce-Gilmore left the company in October to join Raise, a gift card marketplace startup, as chief operating officer and president. Pierce-Gilmore, who grew up poor, thinks...
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How three siblings built a startup that turns your book collection into a...
Libro Library is an app that turns your bookshelves into a public library that anyone can borrow from.It's run by an unusual founder team — three siblings in different cities — something that can cause...
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Here are the benefits and challenges of working in China's growing tech scene
China's tech industry isn't as exclusive as Silicon Valley's, but it's still hard for expats to connect to the right person.The work culture in Chinese tech is intense, reflected by slogans like “996,”...
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Tech companies have a Baby Boomer problem
All the recent focus on sexism and gender discrimination in Silicon Valley has obscured another long-festering diversity problem for the tech industry: ageism. Now job hiring website Indeed is shining...
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Lyft's cofounder didn’t take a salary for 3 years and slept on a couch in an...
Ride-hailing service Lyft is now worth $11 billion.But in the early days of Lyft — then called Zimride — the cofounders didn't take a salary and shared an apartment/office.They turned the startup...
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This interior design startup lets you try out furniture before you buy it —...
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase.Modsy is a service that makes 3D models...
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A nonprofit focused on the 1.25 million Americans with type 1 diabetes is...
JDRF, a nonprofit type 1 diabetes organization, has its own venture arm, T1D Fund, which manages $60 million. That includes $5 million added to the fund on Tuesday from the Helmsley Charitable...
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This CEO used to help the Pentagon track insurgency — now he's got $14.7...
Primer is a company coming out of stealth, with $14.7 million in funding. Previously, Primer CEO Sean Gourley had an illustrious career in academia and the public sector, including a stint in Iraq...
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This beauty startup raised $25 million to defy the retail apocalypse and open...
Online beauty retailer Madison Reed is opening Color Bars where customers can have the company's products applied in-person.It recently raised $25 million to open more stores. While Madison Reed is not...
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The cofounder of Lyft reveals the closest his $11 billion startup came to dying
In 2012, the year it launched, Lyft received cease-and-desist letters from the California Public Utilities Commission.Lyft fought the orders and in 2013, the CPUC voted to approve new regulations...
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This startup wants to help programmers get hired based on their coding skills...
CodeFights is offering a new system called CodeFightsR that's designed to help companies improve their recruiting and hiring processes. Companies can use CodeFightsR to evaluate candidates based on...
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New York City has topped San Francisco when it comes to startups raising VC...
The New York City metropolitan area was the most highly-funded region of the US in the third quarter of 2017 — pushing San Francisco out of its long-held spot.Startups in NYC saw $4.227 billion in...
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Tim Cook and Eric Schmidt stripped down to try this new kind of shower head...
A startup based in San Francisco wants to disrupt the way you shower.Its flagship product, the Nebia Spa Shower System, uses up to 70% less water than a traditional shower head.The company is backed by...
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TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS BRIEFING: Auto tech startups struggle to gain...
Welcome to Transportation & Logistics Briefing, a new morning email providing the latest news, data, and insight on how digital technology is disrupting transportation and delivery, produced by BI...
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I discovered a new brand that makes owning delicate gold jewelry actually...
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase.AUrate is a direct-to-consumer site...
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A man who sold his company for $700 million in all cash in his 20s reveals a...
Spencer Rascoff is the CEO of the real-estate website Zillow and a founder of the travel website Hotwire.In 2003, Expedia bought Hotwire for nearly $700 million, all cash.But the sale came right after...
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Media, Marketing, and The Next Big Thing — take a deep dive into each with a...
Between artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and virtual reality — not to mention robots, chatbots, and just plain bots — there is a bewildering array of technology and trends to master in media...
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