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An entrepreneur won $40,000 to build his startup, but abandoned the idea...
Student Loan Hero, a personal finance site, was acquired for $60 million this week.That milestone never would have happened if CEO Andy Josuweit stuck with his original idea for a company.Josuweit says...
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'Shark Tank' entrepreneurs who won $100,000 decided to audition the night...
The husband-and-wife team behind Lollacup (now Lollaland) earned an investment deal on "Shark Tank" in 2012.But Hanna and Mark Lim only applied to "Shark Tank" on a whim.Once they were accepted, they...
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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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This startup wants to make blood testing as easy as snapping a photo with an...
In the wake of Theranos — the buzzy blood-testing unicorn that's fallen from grace and whose founder faces criminal charges— startups are still working to make blood-testing faster and cheaper. One new...
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The homeless man who went viral for handing out his résumé on the highway in...
Entrepreneur David Casarez quit his job as a web developer at General Motors to launch his own tech startup.However, he ran out of money and was already living out of his van.So Casarez stood on the...
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11 painful moments CEOs and founders thought their business was sunk — and...
JetBlue, SparkNotes, Virgin Atlantic Airlines, and other successful businesses have had rough patches in the past.There have been moments when their founders and CEOs didn't know if the company would...
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13 styles from Everlane that we wear in our everyday lives — for both men and...
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.Cult-favorite basics brand Everlane has...
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There's a big problem with the way Silicon Valley values billion-dollar...
Former Twitter vice president and longtime Silicon Valley investor Elad Gil has recently written a book about late-growth companies called High Growth Handbook.Gil suggests company founders should...
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The cofounder of a $23 million startup has been accused of taking off his...
A former female employee at the $23 million artificial intelligence startup Pilot AI filed a lawsuit against the company this week alleging sexual harassment from the company's cofounders.Rachel Moore,...
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The CEO of a $60 million startup never got an MBA or worked in the corporate...
Student Loan Hero, a financial planning company, was acquired by LendingTree last week for $60 million.CEO Andy Josuweit managed to turn his startup into a success despite not having an MBA or...
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The 'Shark Tank' founders who were called 'sock cockroaches' on national TV...
The founders of sock company Bombas appeared on "Shark Tank" in 2014.They landed a deal with Daymond John and, in 2017, Bombas brought in nearly $50 million in revenue.The founders said they didn't...
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I found high-quality stainless steel cookware that doesn’t cost hundreds of...
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.When you're making sauces, gravies, and...
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A CEO who sold his company for $800 million has helped build 4 $1 billion...
Bryan Johnson, who sold his company Braintree to PayPal for $800 million in 2013, created OS Fund to invest in "deep tech" companies centered on science and technology.Of the 28 companies OS Fund has...
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There's more money than ever pouring into Silicon Valley startups, so...
Silicon Valley is flush with cash, with nearly $58 billion invested in US venture-backed startups so far in 2018.With so much money in venture capital, small-time investors are struggling to compete...
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The founder of a top Silicon Valley startup got interrupted during a board...
Heidi Roizen, a partner at Silicon Valley venture-capital firm DFJ, had to stop a board meeting with cultured-meat startup Memphis Meats when the founder showed a slide of five recent hires, all of...
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This founder couldn't convince male investors to fund her smash-hit wedding...
New York-based venture firm Female Founders Fund (F3) has founded a new program to mentor and advise female entrepreneurs in cities throughout the US. Among the entrepreneurs participating is Zola...
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This Kickstarter sensation is making luxury women's watches for less than...
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 a Kickstarter-alumn...
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The first app to get approved as birth control in Europe has now been...
Birth-control app Natural Cycles has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration — the first app to be approved for contraception in North America.The app uses an algorithm to tell women when...
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The founder of a beloved productivity app thinks the startup model is broken...
Phil Libin, a longtime entrepreneur and the founder of Evernote, thinks the technology industry isn't doing a good job of promoting innovation.He's particularly critical of the startup model, because...
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US investors are pouring hundreds of millions into a healthcare company that...
Meet Dr. Consulta, a Brazil-based healthcare company that provides set prices for healthcare services like check-ups and MRIs. Founded in 2011, the company has already seen 1 million patients through...
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