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Here's The Management Secret Behind Why This Startup CEO Has No Desk Or Computer
Slava Rubin, the CEO of Indiegogo, the crowdfunding website that just closed its latest round of funding, has neither a desk nor a computer.And he doesn't want them.Rubin says that as CEO he doesn't...
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Why You Can't Get Rich Working For Someone Else
There's a set system of success most of us ascribe to growing up: Go to school, get good grades, work really hard, get swooped up by a company and get taken care of for the rest of your life.But here's...
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Funding For Payments Startups Hit A Peak In The First Quarter
Funding for payments companies hit a peak of $492 million in the first quarter of 2014, according to data from TechCrunch.That's up 109% from the previous quarter and 347% from the same quarter in the...
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This Startup Has A Plan To Control Everything In Your Home Over The Internet
SmartThings, the company that lets you control household objects like lights and door locks over the internet, is making a bigger push to bring hardware companies and developers to its platform.Today,...
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The 10 Scary Thoughts Every Startup Founder Secretly Has At Least Once
One of our earliest team members, who left to start his own company, sent us an email recently. I'll paraphrase here, but the gist of it was that despite his being one of the first people to join the...
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The Silicon Valley Investors Who Actually Support Women In Tech — And Those...
There is a gender gap in tech. But which investors are doing their part to help change the ratio and fund more female founders?Business Insider researched active portfolios for 26 early-to-mid-stage...
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Europe Faces Huge Challenges In Creating Its Own Silicon Valley
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe needs to sort out its fragmented telecoms market and regulatory imbalances if it is to spur a new generation of technology start-ups and create its own version of America's...
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We Searched High And Low For A VC Firm That Backs A Lot Of Female Founders —...
Just how skewed is the male-to-female ratio in tech?Business Insider reviewed the active portfolios of 27 early to mid-stage VC firms in Silicon Valley and 15 in New York based on publicly-available...
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Most Startup Founders Pay Themselves This Totally Reasonable Salary
How much do startup founders pay themselves? And how much should they pay themselves if they raise money from investors?Career research company 80,000 Hours estimates that founders going through the Y...
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A Study Being Passed Around Silicon Valley Shows That Raising Tons Of Money...
When startups raise large rounds of financing from investors, it’s often praised in the press. And in Silicon Valley, founders are often encouraged to raise as much money as possible. But a new study...
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This 26-Year-Old Is Raising $50 Million To Fund His VC Firm
As a senior at MIT back in 2008, Krishna Gupta realized that there was a gap in the venture capital world.There were all these students coming up with great ideas for companies, but there were few...
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Startup Founder Confesses The Mistakes That Killed His Company Before It Even...
Carlos Taborda, CEO of cloud app hosting platform Webbynode, recently detailed the fatal mistakes he made that prevented one of his startups from succeeding.Taborda wasn't inexperienced when he set out...
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New App Looksery Photoshops Your Face While You Video Chat To Make You More...
It's common for people to post profile pictures of themselves that don't accurately represent how they look in real life.Now, an app called Looksery wants to help people achieve the same false sense of...
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GitHub Cofounder Who Resigned Amidst Scandal Has Resurfaced At His Wife's...
When Theresa Preston-Werner, wife of GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner, issued a public apology over the scandal that caused her husband to resign, she hinted that he was already working on...
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Another Top Executive Is Leaving Clinkle, The Stealth Payment Startup That...
Human resources executive Allison Hopkins is leaving stealth payment startup Clinkle, Re/Code’s Jason Del Rey reports. We've confirmed that yesterday was Hopkins' last day at the startup.Hopkins was...
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Uber Raises $1.2 Billion At $17 Billion Valuation
Uber has raised $1.2 billion at a $17 billion pre-money valuation, the company announced today.All together, investors value Uber at $18.2 billion.The investment comes mostly from mutual funds....
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The 13 Best New Startup Logos Of The Year
A logo can make or break it for a startup. It's the first thing that catches your eye in the App Store, on Twitter, and on a website.When you're just getting off the ground, you need a logo that...
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A College Kid Gave Himself The Ultimate Graduation Gift And Sold His...
On May 18, Dan Shipper graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He didn't stick around to celebrate with friends like most college seniors do.Instead, he hopped on a flight to Boston to finish...
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15 Traits Of Entrepreneurs Who Fail
No matter how great your passion and vision, a few bad habits can drive a promising business into the ground.Clay Clark, CEO of small-business resource Thrive15, has consulted with entrepreneurs for...
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VOTE NOW: Help Us Choose The World's Best Design Schools
As we enter the golden age of design in startups, highly talented user-interface and product designers are becoming ever more important.Some companies leading the charge are Apple, Pinterest, Square,...
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