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Developers Are Building The 'Stupidest Apps They Can Think Of' — And...
Lately, there's been a "stupid app" trend. Some developers say they're setting out to make the most ridiculous apps they can think of. But instead of the products getting ignored, ridiculed, or quickly...
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Three Startup Founders Reveal Why They Left San Francisco For Portland
For startup founders looking to make it big, San Francisco can seem like a promised land. The tech industry is booming, with plentiful Silicon Valley venture capital and a community that's supportive...
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The 12 Best-Funded Startups You Probably Never Heard Of
Before a startup has a product ready to sell, it usually keeps its mouth shut about what it's working on. In the tech industry, that's called "stealth mode."Most startups either bootstrap or live on a...
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Check Out The Crazy, Neon 'Offices' Of This Silicon Valley Scavenger Hunt...
CLASH isn't your typical company, so it makes sense that its "office" spaces are quirky too. Founded by Joe Garvey in 2012, CLASH is a social scavenger hunt startup that has hosted events for major...
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Startup God Paul Graham Reveals The Single Most Important Quality To Look For...
Paul Graham, one of founders of prestigious startup incubator Y Combinator, has seen hundreds of startups come and go over the years. Not all of them turn out to be massive successes like Dropbox or...
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Here's How This Startup Can Deliver Laundry In Super-Specific, Super-Speedy...
If you live in New York City, you’ve likely seen one of vans operated by FlyCleaners: They’re boxy, blue and sporting an underwear logo.They also run on a well-oiled supply chain that has turned the...
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Here Are The Deep Secrets People Are Sharing On Whisper, The App That Just...
The secret-sharing app Whisper faced some serious heat this week when two reporters from The Guardian wrote a scathing exposé that accused the startup of gathering information about users and violating...
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Why Selling A Startup For $20 Million Can Be Better Than Selling It For $200...
It sounds impressive when a founder sells a startup for tens of millions of dollars.But it sounds really impressive when a company sells it for hundreds of millions of dollars.As a founder, which...
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Marc Andreessen Asks This Optimistic Question Every Time He Critiques A Startup
Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape and early investor in Pinterest and Facebook, is an optimist.In general, he believes optimists win, and pessimists lose.In an interview with New York Magazine's...
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It's So Rare For Google To Buy A Startup In London That This Founder Met The...
In May, Google bought an enterprise app called Divide for $120 million in cash and stock. One of its founders was based in New York. Another was based in Hong Kong. And the third, Alexander Trewby, was...
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Let's Face It: The UK Is A Much Better Place For Financial Tech Startups Than...
At TechCrunch Disrupt London on Tuesday, three of Europe's biggest names in financial technology discussed why the city of London — particularly compared to places in the US — makes such an attractive...
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A Dying Dating App Blew Its Last $25,000 On A Hail Mary — Now It's On Fire,...
At the end of 2012, the dating startup Hinge was running on fumes. It had only $32,000 left in the bank.Justin McLeod, Hinge's founder and CEO, raised $100,000 a few months prior, but only a few...
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This Startup Aims To Solve A Financial Problem Most People Don't Even Realize...
You're probably patting your financially responsible self on the back for opening and contributing to your 401(k).According to Chris Costello, however, that might not be enough.Costello is the...
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Hedge Fund Superstar Lee Ainslie Is Launching A Venture Capital Fund
Maverick Capital is launching a $50 million venture-capital fund, joining a growing number of Wall Street firms that are cashing in on Silicon Valley.The Wall Street Journal's Juliet Chung reports that...
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What 33 Successful Entrepreneurs Learned From Failure
There's certainly value to studying the insight of some of the world's greatest CEOs like Elon Musk and the late Steve Jobs, but sometimes their massive success seems far out of reach for the...
View ArticleMeet The Investor Funding Game-Changing Startups Run From College Dorms
Peter Boyce II, an associate with General Catalyst Partners, and co-founder of Rough Draft Ventures, was recently interviewed by OneWire CEO Skiddy von Stade. In the interview, he explained how he got...
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6 Potential Legal Snares All Entrepreneurs Need To Know About
The last thing you want to do as an entrepreneur is pour through long dull documents written by lawyers for lawyers. But there's a reason it's called work and not fun. Miss taking care of this aspect...
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A Startup Founder Hacked Into A VC's Voicemail To Try And Pitch Him
In a misguided marketing and fundraising stunt, the founder of a car rental app hacked into the voice mail of angel investor Jason Calacanis and changed the message to promote his company.Avi Zolty,...
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A Male Startup Founder Gave A Female Tech Reporter A Basket With A Sex Toy,...
Men are occasionally idiots.And despite there being many smart men in the technology industry, men in the technology industry are also occasionally idiots.For instance, they have sent texts to women...
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Male Startup Founder Who Sent A Basket Of Sex Toys To A Female Reporter Feels...
Sigh.Two male founders decided it was a good idea to send tech reporters a basket full of sex toys to promote their startup, Need.Need is an anonymous Q&A app that answers all sorts of questions —...
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