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The key to disrupting a billion-dollar industry is 'ignorance,' says the...

Insurance provider Lemonade is a three-year-old startup that recently received $120 million in a funding round led by Japanese telecom giant Softbank.Lemonade is attempting to reinvent the homeowners...

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Flush with new cash, embattled electric-car startup Faraday Future hopes to...

The long-suffering electric-car outfit Faraday Future hopes to turn the page on what has been a rough couple of years for the company.A new, Hong Kong-based investor has promised a $1.5 billion...

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30 women in venture capital to watch in 2018

In 2017, the presence of women in venture capital made feeble progress at the country's top firms.Union Square Ventures and First Round Capital were among two firms last year to take on their first...

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Microsoft has committed $500 million to help startups do business — and it...

Microsoft's BizSpark program will no longer be offering free cloud credits to startups.Instead, the company will focus on new programs that assist startups — but only if they use Azure.Microsoft is...

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Legendary investor Bill Gurley says that there's a 'systematic problem in...

Legendary Silicon Valley investor Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital warned that entrepreneurs aren't being properly held accountable any more.It's because low interest rates have made it easy for...

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A 32-year-old CEO who sold his company for $1.9 billion explains why...

At 32, Nat Turner has already sold one company to Google for more than $70 million, and sold a second to pharmaceutical giant Roche for $1.9 billion. Turner and his cofounder Zach Weinberg, 31,...

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This couple invented a clever piece of luggage so you'll never have to check...

Over the past two years, Johnathan Webster has taken nearly 60 flights and successfully avoided one bane of airline travel: checking his luggage.Webster and his wife, Gizem Mut-Webster, have evaded...

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A new unconventional co-working space is undercutting WeWork's membership...

The future of co-working spaces isn't shared offices with bespoke decor, it's restaurants— at least according to Nick Jiang and Ray Choi. Together, they've foundedBirdnest, a new company that pairs...

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16 'Shark Tank' home products that are actually useful

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.Nine seasons in and hundreds of products...

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Dick Costolo explains why he shut down his fitness startup after 8 months:...

Dick Costolo, best known as Twitter's former CEO, has shut down Chorus, his fitness app startup, just a few months after releasing the app to the app store.He explains to Business Insider that the app...

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Take a look inside the stylish, modern-day communes that are taking over US...

More and more city dwellers are considering alternative housing options. Co-living spaces like Common, which opened three new living facilities since the start of 2018, are providing a sleek...

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A 39-year-old who left college to found his first biotech company now manages...

Christian Angermayer, a 39-year-old investor, left college in the late 1990s to help found a biotech company that would eventually become Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.When he sold the company, Angermayer...

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I tried the leather jacket that’s all over supermodels and my Instagram feed...

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.For the past three years, I've seen the...

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Inside the Financial Gym, where trainers offer you wine and Kleenex as they...

Step inside the Financial Gym's second-story suite overlooking a bustling midtown Manhattan enclave, and you'll be greeted by a perky trainer before being offered a glass of wine and a seat at the...

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30 rising stars in the New York tech investing scene worth watching

In the competitive field of venture capital, it isn't always easy to make it before you turn 30. To be a successful investor in early-stage companies, you have to be a savvy deal-maker, a self-starter,...

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7 months after a sexual harassment scandal, the human resources startup...

BetterWorks has a new CEO, seven months after founder Kris Duggan announced that he would step down following sexual harassment allegations. Doug Dennerline, a former Cisco and Salesforce executive,...

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This startup's luxury leather bags are all over Instagram — here's why women...

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.Recently, I've been seeing a luxury...

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The CEO of $4.3 billion Okta explains why he wishes he had gone public sooner...

One year after Okta's initial public offering, CEO Todd McKinnon shares his advice to founders thinking about taking their startups public.McKinnon, who cofounded Okta in 2009, said he regrets not...

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I slept on a memory foam mattress from popular online startup Leesa — and 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.There are plenty of beds in boxes to...

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How a pair of 20-something brothers from Eastern Europe are shaking up the...

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.Filippo Loreti is Kickstarter's most...

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