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The founder of Gympass reveals the single hiring mistake first-time...
One of the best pieces of entrepreneurship advice has to do with hiring top talent.Instead of looking for people who can do the job today, look for people who will still be successful two or three...
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Brex, the $2.6 billion credit card company for startups, explains why it's...
On stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Wednesday, Brex cofounder and co-CEO Henrique Dubugras announced Brex Cash, a bank account designed specifically for startups.Brex Cash is the third major product...
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Everything we know about uBiome, the startup that convinced Silicon Valley...
uBiome was founded in 2012 on the promise of helping ordinary people understand the bacteria living in and on them, known as their microbiome.The company eventually raised $105 million from investors...
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PITCH-DECK LIBRARY: The pitch decks that helped hot startups raise millions
Billions of dollars are invested in startups every year.Whether a startup seeks to raise money from angel investors, venture-capital firms, or other backers, the presentation — or "pitch"— about the...
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Governance sank WeWork from the start, a VC and Stanford lecturer says....
Rob Siegel, a lecturer in management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and partner at XSeed Capital, details where WeWork went wrong.Specifically, the company lacked proper governance, which...
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Europe's top VCs pick out 19 hot startups that are challenging the status quo
Innovation is essential to getting ahead in the competitive world of tech, be it getting the best talent, finding new ways of doing things, or taking unexpected decisions to stay on top of the pack....
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Investors and founders reveal how to know if venture capital is the best way...
Successful entrepreneurship is about knowing the best way to fund your business.Raising venture capital isn't always the answer.Venture capitalists say the most important factor to consider is market...
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Cash-strapped WeWork pulled more than $60 million from its UK unit and almost...
Cash-strapped WeWork pulled more than $60 million from its UK subsidiary and lumped it with close to $240 million in extra debt in 2018.WeWork International Limited grew revenue by 90% last year, but...
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VCs invested almost $40 billion in fintech last year. 4 major leaders...
The fintech industry continues to grow, with the sector raising a record $39.57 billion globally in 2018, according to research conducted by data provider CB Insights and reported by Reuters.With the...
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Phil Libin is refocusing his startup incubator from AI to health tech because...
All Turtles, an incubator launched and run by Evernote cofounder Phil Libin, has shifted its focus.Libin launched it with the idea that it would foster applications and products based on artificial...
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Silicon Valley's founder-led startups have lost their shine with IPO...
After poor public performances by some of Silicon Valley's hottest private companies, venture capitalists are decrying the traditional IPO process in favor of direct listings.The unconventional...
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As founders and VC investors lock horns, startups are on the hunt for...
An outside director, or independent board member, is considered the neutral party on a startup board. They typically have no major investment unlike a venture capitalist who represents their firm.This...
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WeWork says thousands of its phone booths could have dangerous levels of...
WeWork warned tenants that it found "potentially elevated levels of formaldehyde" in phone booths in its locations in the US and Canada.The office-sharing company is pulling thousands of phone booths...
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A young investor who shook up European venture capital on its appalling lack...
A young investor who shook up European venture capital on its shocking diversity record is now raising her own fund.Check Warner, cofounder of Diversity VC, is raising a $30 million fund called Ada...
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IPO flops and CEO firings have made it clear that Silicon Valley's magic...
For more than a decade, Silicon Valley's law of the land has rested on one fundamental principle: a startup's founder does whatever they want, unmolested by the rules and constraints governing everyone...
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The real reason IPOs are flopping is the lack of startup transparency, some...
While Silicon Valley VCs blame Wall Street's dominant role in IPOs, corporate governance experts say rules that allowed startups to withhold more information was a cause of recent flopsThey cite the...
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Fertility benefits startup Carrot wants to tackle the affordability gap in...
Carrot Fertility, a fertility benefits startup that works directly with employers, announced Tuesday it was launching a flexible spending debit card to help patients pay for fertility treatments.Carrot...
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Jack Dorsey’s former chief of staff and the woman behind Y Combinator’s...
All Raise, a Bay Area-based nonprofit trying to close the funding gap for female entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, announced several big hires on Wednesday.Domonique Fines, the former architect of...
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Video startup Vidmob, which has been seen as a rival to agencies, just signed...
Buzzy video startup Vidmob specializes in slicing videos into bite-size pieces for social media, theoretically saving marketers money.Vidmob recently raised $25 million in a series B funding round led...
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Investors just bet $2.4 billion that your gut is the next frontier for the...
Several high-profile startups that promised to draw insights from the bacteria living in and on us, known as the microbiome, have failed in recent months.One of them, a company called uBiome that was...
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