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Meet The 23-Year-Old Who Had Such A Good Idea, Strangers Gave Him $13 Million...
Most 23-year-olds are just getting on their feet and struggling to make ends meet after graduating from college. James Proud, however, has already raised millions to fund his startup that creates a...
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The Former Facebook CTO Is Building A Brilliant Office Culture That Every...
Building a startup from the ground up is extremely difficult. As rewarding as it is, startups are usually very demanding and take huge amounts of attention, which often lead to long working...
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Curiosity Is The Key To Being A Successful Venture Capitalist
Becoming an excellent venture capitalist isn't just about reading the right books or getting an MBA.In fact, the most important quality that could make or break an investor's career has little to do...
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7 Ways Successful Entrepreneurs Think Differently From Everyone Else
Building a company from the ground up requires a tremendous amount of confidence, creativity, motivation, and focus. It's the reason why not everyone can make it as an entrepreneur.We took a look at...
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Top Silicon Valley Investor Bill Gurley Is All About These Startup Trends...
Top Silicon Valley investor Bill Gurley is all about the recent startup trend of personalization and customization.In an interview with Forbes contributor Eric Jackson, Gurley spoke about his...
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Quora Turned Into Something Its Cofounders Didn't Expect
Since it was founded in 2009, Quora, the questions and answers platform, has provided us with a really great Wikipedia-meets-Google resource for our random and varied queries.It touches on everything...
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Zady Cofounders Darabi And Bédat Aim To Disrupt The Fashion Industry One...
Soraya Darabi, 30, and Maxine Bédat, 32, celebrated their startup's first anniversary this week, but the two are not sitting back and relaxing just yet.The slow-fashion startup, called Zady, is rolling...
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Why Uber's Master Plan To Steal Lyft's Drivers Might Be Perfectly Legal
On Tuesday, The Verge reported that Uber is sending "hired brand ambassadors" undercover to recruit drivers from its biggest rivals in the ridesharing space, especially Lyft.A "hired brand ambassador"...
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If This Company Succeeds, We Won't Be Fighting About Reclining Airline Seats
Another week, another flight diverted because passengers were fighting over a reclining seat.It's the great airborne travel question of our age: To recline, or not to recline?Of course, the core of the...
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How 3 Startup CEOs Gave Up Fortunes To Turn Half Their Employees Into...
There’s a startup in New York everyone talks about, and the things they say aren't very nice.The startup sold for ~$80 million and the founders got rich. But, as the rumors go, no other employee made...
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What It Feels Like To Walk Away From An Offer That Guarantees A Lifetime...
A few founders have been offered tons of money to sell their startups — then walked away from the deals.Evan Spiegel famously turned down Facebook's multibillion-dollar offer to buy Snapchat. Groupon...
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How A Founder Turned Half His Team Into Millionaires During A $100 Million...
This is an excerpt from a story that was previously published on Business Insider, How 3 CEOs Gave Up Fortunes To Turn Half Their Employees Into Millionaires. Wiley Cerilli dropped in and out of...
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See Why Gowanus — Home To A Toxic Canal — Is NYC's Hot New Destination For...
Gowanus, the southwestern Brooklyn neighborhood named for the toxic canal that snakes its way through it, doesn't sound like a hot destination. But this neighborhood is thriving — small businesses,...
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This Coffee Startup Wants To Use Data To Find You The Perfect Cup Of Joe
The tech world is known for having a bit of a coffee addiction.Square CEO Jack Dorsey, for example, is a longtime investor in San Francisco-based roasters Sightglass Coffee. And, of course, there's...
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How Quitting My Corporate Job For My Startup Dream Completely Ruined My Life
Finally the SMS arrived:“Tomorrow morning 5am, flight number AZ610 from Rome to NewYork.”An SMS hitting my BlackBerry on Sunday evenings used to decide my destination and client for the coming week.I...
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Here's How First-Year MBA Students Won $50,000 In A School Startup Competition
Most grad school orientation weeks consist of a few days packed with dry lectures about the upcoming semester, with a mixer or barbeque thrown in. But this year at the University of Michigan Ross...
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Tips Every Startup Founder Should Live By, As Told By One Of Silicon Alley's...
When you're starting your own business, it's hard to draw the line between when your work day ends and when your personal life begins.For some (and probably many) startup founders, that line probably...
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One Of The Smartest VCs Of All Time Has An Ominous Warning For The Tech Industry
Respected venture capitalist Bill Gurley is sounding the alarm on the startup industry.In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Gurley says the current environment reminds him of the tech bubble...
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New York's No. 1 VC Has An Ominous Warning For The Tech Industry
Another venture capitalist is warning that startups are burning too much money. Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures says burn rates are "sky high all over the US startup sector right now." The burn...
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Two Decades After Escaping The Wars In Yugoslavia, This Woman Has Become A...
As a child growing up in a small town in Yugoslavia, Natalia Burina didn't really understand what was going on, but she vividly remembers the sudden shift from normality to chaos."It just seemed like...
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