This Black-owned vegan ice cream brand can't stop selling out, but is...
Entrepreneurs Kai and Nee-Nueh Nortey run their vegan ice cream business from a rented space in Oakland, California.Their coconut cream-based ice cream routinely sells out online, but the couple has...
View ArticleCheck out the pitch deck customer service startup SupportLogic used to win...
Customer service startup SupportLogic just raised $12 million in a fundraising round backed by Sorenson Ventures and Sierra Ventures. Founded in 2016, SupportLogic promises clients the "world's first...
View ArticleIntel Capital veteran Lisa Lambert jump started electric utility National...
When she launched the corporate venture organization at utility giant National Grid, Lisa Lambert decided to break from the norm in the industry and use a compensation program taken from traditional...
View ArticleCheck out the pitch deck real estate startup Offr used to raise $3.6 million...
Irish proptech startup Offr has raised a £2.7 million ($3.6 million) seed funding round from Barclays. The 10-month-old company is a digital solution for buying, letting, and renting properties across...
View ArticleScience 37, a virtual trials startup once eyed by Alphabet's Verily, just...
Science 37 just raised $40 million for its online approach to drug research. Coronavirus sent new business its way, as outbreaks shut down hospitals that normally run trials.Now, the startup is...
View ArticleWe got an exclusive look at the pitch deck pen test startup Cobalt used to...
San Francisco-based pen test startup Cobalt has raised $29 million in Series B funding in a round led by Highland Europe. The company's digital platform connects penetration testers, effectively...
View ArticleLeaked memo: $1.6 billion challenger bank Monzo is ending coronavirus salary...
Internal slack messages from challenger bank Monzo, seen by Business Insider, show that the startup is ending a pay freeze instigated during the coronavirus pandemic. The pay freeze will end on 1...
View ArticleVCs are eyeing these three DTC companies set to benefit from the home...
The pandemic created a home improvement boom as consumers spend more time at home.Big chains like Home Depot and Lowe's had great quarters. These effects are reaching startups in the home improvement...
View ArticleHOW TO START A BUSINESS: The ultimate guide for founders on launching a...
Entrepreneurship doesn't come with a rule book, but successful founders and investors have a wealth of experience to serve as a guide. If you're planning to start your first business in 2020, these...
View ArticleThis pitch deck helped Australian tech unicorn Canva on its journey to a...
Australian design unicorn Canva recently raised $60 million in fundraising – doubling its valuation to a massive $6 billion. The Sydney-based startup – known as the design platform for non-designers –...
View ArticleHow 23-year-old Alexandr Wang built Scale AI into a $1 billion company in...
Alexandr Wang is living the classic Silicon Valley success story.At just 23 he's the CEO of Scale AI, a four-year-old company valued at $1 billion that he founded at age 19, dropping out of MIT to do...
View ArticleHere's the pitch deck deep tech firm Apheris used to persuade Twitter chair...
Berlin-based deep tech startup Apheris raised funding from institutional investors and angel investors, including Twitter chair Patrick Pichette, in a $3 million seed fundraising round.Apheris helps...
View ArticleLEAKED: A decade before Postmates was acquired by Uber for $2.65 billion, its...
Postmates' original pitch deck, put together by the company's cofounder Bastian Lehmann, was leaked this week to Business Insider.The pitch deck makes clear Lehmann's broad ambitions for his startup;...
View Article20 CEOs of thriving DTC brands like Olipop and The Naked Market reveal why...
Many direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands like Olipop and Purely Elizabeth have seen tremendous growth in the last few monthsThe success, while fueled by pandemic-related tailwinds, could be sustainable...
View ArticleWarren Buffett admires Airbnb but won't be a user, he said 3 years before it...
Airbnb, which filed to go public last week, appears to count Warren Buffett among its admirers.The billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO told Leigh Gallagher for her 2017 book, "The Airbnb...
View ArticleWINNING Y COMBINATOR: Read the successful applications that hot startups used...
Y Combinator is an incredibly selective startup accelerator — and applications for the winter 2021 batch are due on September 23 by 8 p.m. PDT.An impressive application can help you win a spot.Business...
View ArticleUnity, Epic Games' $6 billion rival in the video game creation software...
Video game creation software maker Unity on Monday publicly filed its paperwork for an initial public offering.The company didn't say how many shares it plans to sell or at what price, but said it...
View Article25-year-old Luminar CEO just sold the self-driving-car startup he founded in...
Luminar, which makes sensors for autonomous vehicles, said Monday it was selling itself in a deal valued at $3.4 billion via a SPAC merger with Gores Metropoulos. Volvo and the tech mogul Peter Thiel...
View ArticlePalantir's S-1 could drop as soon as Monday or Tuesday, with a plan to go...
Palantir is expected to reveal key paperwork as soon as Monday for its plans go public, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who said the paperwork could also come on Tuesday.Palantir's...
View Article25 things I wish I knew when I was an aspiring entrepreneur
If you're looking to start your own business, David Cancel, CEO of messaging software company Drift and a serial entrepreneur, has some advice: Take the time to learn from other people's mistakes....
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