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Meet The Startup That's Going To Make Eggs (Yes, Eggs) Obsolete
If there's one thing Silicon Valley is doing better than anywhere else right now, it's optimism. The success of companies like Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Instagram, Nest, Tesla, and others, have...
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Here's How Hot Startups Help Employees Cash Out Before An IPO
If you work for a hot startup and you have an equity stake, it's just money on paper until the company goes public or gets acquired.But what if you're an employee with a growing family and you need to...
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Foursquare Is Making A Comeback?
Foursquare seems to be making a comeback as users are using the app a lot more lately, Wired reports. Ever since it updated its app this fall, Foursquare users were interacting 60% more often than they...
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The Truth About Snapchat's Active Users (The Numbers The Company Doesn't Want...
More than 400 million messages are received on Snapchat every day. That's a stat the company likes to use to show off how popular it is without revealing exactly how many people actively use the...
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Clinkle, A Buzzy Payments Startup That Hasn't Even Launched Yet, Has Laid Off...
Clinkle, a stealth payments startup buzzy for raising the largest seed round in Silicon Valley history, has laid off about 25% of its staff, according to Fortune. Earlier this year, we counted about 19...
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Here's What The LA Startup Scene Thinks About Snapchat's CEO And His Decision...
I've spent the past few days in Los Angeles visiting dozens of startups and investors in southern California. I met with fashion startups, social startups, video startups, and incubators.Los Angeles —...
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A Startup That Wants To Be The 'Amazon Of Caregiving Services' Is Trying To...
Care.com, a company that connects you to service providers like nannies, babysitters, and pet sitters, filed for its IPO today. It's trying to raise $80 million.Here are the most important numbers from...
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The Number One App In Apple's App Store Vows To Stop Spamming Your Friends...
This week, a local news network app called Circle sky-rocketed to the top of Apple's App Store charts. But, as Valleywag pointed out, the app was incredibly spammy in the way it asked you to invite all...
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Will Evernote IPO? Yes, But That's The Last Thing On Its CEO's Mind
I've tested dozens and dozens of phones over the years. And while the experience can vary wildly from device to device, there are still a handful of services and apps I always make sure I have right...
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Secret-Sharing App Whisper Is Nearing 3 Billion Monthly Pageviews Because It...
If you open mobile app Whisper, it looks like a collection of Internet memes. Each entry is a picture with bold text on top, created in seconds by users.Unlike memes, Whisper's photo messages aren't...
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This NYC Startup Made All Its Own Desks From Hurricane Sandy Debris
When you work for a startup, chances are you're going to get your hands dirty doing a lot of different kinds of work. Well, the employees of New York startup YPlan did exactly that. The company, which...
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Facebook Just Bought San Francisco Startup SportStream (FB)
Facebook has acquired SportStream, a San Francisco startup that analyzes mentions of sports on social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. It sells that data to media sites or sports teams...
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Moovit, The Transit App That Helps You Avoid Crowded Subways And Buses, Just...
Moovit, a social transit and mapping application, just closed a $28 million round led by Sequoia Capital with participation from its existing investors BRM Group and Gemini Israel Ventures.Like the...
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Cornell's New MBA Could Shake Up How Leaders Emerge In Tech
Cornell University's Johnson School of Management is seriously rethinking the MBA.Starting this May, the school will launch a one-year MBA program at its New York tech campus that aims to bridge the...
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10 Ways To Maximize Your Professional Impact In 2014
A year ago, just before the New Year, I wrote on Business Insider about 10 business practices that would lead to profitability in 2013. Out of my predictions, perhaps the best forecast was the rise of...
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5 Obnoxious Buzzwords Tech Startups Overuse
If you watch "30 Rock," you’ve undoubtedly seen the scene in which Jack Donaghy spouts off the importance of synergy, followed by about 10 other buzzwords that just don’t make any sense at all. That’s...
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RANKED: The 11 Best New Logos In Tech
It's interesting how much or how little a company's logo can tell you about the company itself.In tech, a tiny app logo is often the first and only exposure millions of users will have to your company....
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And The Startup That Won 2013 Is Undoubtedly...
There were a lot of startups that broke out of obscurity this year.From Uber to Tinder to Snapchat, a few companies got millions of mainstream users to download and use their products. In Uber's case,...
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Uber And Snapchat Investor Bill Gurley Is The VC Who Won 2013
From early Pinterest investor Shana Fisher to Snapchat's first investor Jeremy Liew, a few venture capitalists have had dynamite years.But which came out on top in 2013?He might be ranked #33 on...
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An Ultra-Exclusive High School In California Is Producing Some Of Today's Top...
Mark Suster, a venture capitalist who lives in Southern California, is helping his child apply to local high schools. One of his top choices is a private school called Crossroads, which costs tens of...
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