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24 books C-suite leaders and billionaire investors say all entrepreneurs...
Though there is no single way to approach entrepreneurship, reading remains one of the best ways to learn what it takes to launch a business. Billionaire moguls like Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett have...
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WeWork signed just 4 new leases last quarter as SoftBank scrambles to turn it...
WeWork signed only four new US leases for a combined 184,000 square feet of space in the last quarter of 2019, according to CBRE data.The troubled coworking startup added an average of 2.54 million...
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CULTIVATED: Top VCs tell us where they're looking to place their bets in...
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Microsoft just committed $1 billion to carbon capture and removal to fight...
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it will be "carbon negative" by 2030. To reach that target, the software giant is establishing a $1 billion fund to "accelerate the global development of carbon...
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Here are 46 AI startups worth at least $1 billion after a record year for the...
CB Insights compiled a list of artificial intelligence companies that have reached a valuation of at least $1 billion, including several businesses that surpassed that mark in 2019.These AI unicorns...
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A top Silicon Valley venture firm is doubling down on its bet that innovation...
On Thursday, venture firm General Catalyst announced that Katherine Boyle, Peter Boyce, and Alex Tran were promoted to partner within the firm.All three partners focus on investments outside of Silicon...
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General Catalyst's newest partner wants to bring Silicon Valley's...
On Thursday, General Catalyst announced that journalist-turned-VC Katherine Boyle was promoted to partner. Boyle has led some of the firm's most controversial investments in startups working closely...
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A company that runs on 'structured chaos' is going viral and selling out...
A company called MSCHF has quietly been creating some of the most absurd, cynical, and viral projects and products that have spread across the internet.Products from the seven-person company range from...
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New York's startup scene is booming, and this Harvard grad thinks the growing...
On Thursday, General Catalyst announced that principal Peter Boyce was promoted to partner in its New York office.The Harvard alum joined the notable venture firm right after graduation. He had helped...
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Y Combinator's Eric Migicovsky, the inventor of the smartwatch, says a...
Eric Migicovsky, the founder of failed startup Pebble, helps entrepreneurs avoid his past mistakes as a partner at startup accelerator Y Combinator.He shared one of his learnings as an investor in a...
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A billionaire investor dubbed 'the next Warren Buffett' tore into WeWork in a...
A billionaire investor dubbed "the next Warren Buffett" slammed WeWork in a private annual letter to clients.Baupost Group CEO Seth Klarman blasted cofounder and ex-CEO Adam Neumann's $1.7 billion...
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A startup run by a Tesla veteran and backed by Bill Gates is promising to...
There's a reason lithium-ion batteries are in nearly every electronic device — they're energy-dense, lightweight, and don't degrade quickly. Where they fall short is in the storage of electricity on...
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CULTIVATED: MedMen CEO says the company will turn things around,...
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The little-known VC firm behind Visa's $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid is...
Ravi Viswanathan started NewView Capital in 2018 after leading enterprise investing at top Silicon Valley VC firm NEA for nearly 15 years.As a registered investment advisor, NewView Capital is able to...
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How to rise the ranks at Point72; a leaked pitch deck reveals WarnerMedia's...
Finance editor Meredith Mazzilli here, taking the final turn as guest host while executive editor Matt Turner wraps up parental leave. I'll get the shameless promotion for my own newsletter out of...
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Europe's popular challenger banks Revolut, Monzo, and Starling are in a...
The buzziest challenger banks in Europe are in a fundraising "arms race" as they gun for international expansion and growth.Revolut, Monzo, and Starling Bank are all challenging incumbent high-street...
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Silicon Valley's 'startup guru' told us there are 5 types of entrepreneurs....
Being an entrepreneur comes with social status. Entrepreneurs make stuff. They're talented. They think differently.Serial entrepreneur and startup guru Steve Blank says entrepreneurs are resilient,...
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Here are the top 10 best performing venture funds that launched at the turn...
PitchBook put together a list for Business Insider of the best-performing venture-capital funds that were launched from 2010 to 2012.Of the funds that were launched in that period, the median average...
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Here are all the companies Airbnb has acquired to help it grow into a $31...
Since its launch in 2008, Airbnb has gone from a startup renting air mattresses to a multi-billion dollar global travel company.After a wave of lukewarm receptions for tech IPOs last year, Airbnb...
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Oyo, the 'jewel' in SoftBank's startup portfolio, just announced more layoffs...
Oyo, the Indian budget-hotel startup backed by SoftBank, is laying off sales employees in the US, two sources directly familiar with the cuts told Business Insider.Layoffs will affect mainly sales...
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