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Here's what a 16-year-old Harvard 'dropout' learned from working at a startup
It's an extraordinary academic achievement to be admitted to Harvard University. It's arguably an even bigger accomplishment when you're only 15 years old.When he entered Harvard, Patrick Pan was a...
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For tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Beach, surfing is the new golf
There are lots of perks to starting a company in Southern California, whether it's the warm weather, proximity to Hollywood, or reasonable distance from Silicon Valley.A group of about 300 people...
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The 24 coolest tech startups in Scandinavia
Scandinavia has given rise to some giant startups. Despite a relative lack of VC funding compared to places like Silicon Valley, entrepreneurs in countries like Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and...
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Brit Morin, the Martha Stewart of Silicon Valley, explains what it means to...
In the introduction to her new book, "Homemakers," Brit Morin says she never expected to be undertaking such a big writing project."After all, I come from the digital generation. You know, the...
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A startup just raised $20 million to fix the worst thing about city driving
On-demand valet parking app Luxe has raised a $20 million Series A round of funding, the company announced Tuesday.The new round of funding, which supplements the $5.5 million seed round Luxe raised in...
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This startup just poached people from Uber and Google to revolutionize the...
Two-year-old education startup AltSchool is re-imagining the traditional school system.To pursue its mission of preparing children for the real world, the startup has poached talent from Google, Uber,...
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Some people really like Nextdoor, the neighborhood-based social network that...
Yesterday I wrote about my experience with Nextdoor, the neighborhood-based social network that just raised $110 million in new funding at a reported $1.1 billion valuation. Here's a gist of how it...
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A fancy sock startup just raised $50 million
Stance, a startup that sells fancy socks and soon, fancy underwear, just raised $50 million from Kleiner Perkins, August Capital, WSJ’s Lisette Chapman reports.Celebrities such as Will Smith and NBA...
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Do you have what it takes to become a startup CEO?
You’ve never been a CEO but might like to be one some day. But how? Nobody sees you as a CEO since you’ve never been one? I wrote this conundrum and the need to take charge of how the market define...
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These are the 25 hottest startups in San Francisco
If you're looking for a city with tons of innovative companies, look no further than San Francisco.We have compiled a list of 25 of the hottest startups in San Francisco. To do so, we spoke to...
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Companies like Uber could learn a thing or two from this office cleaning...
The most popular, fastest-growing on-demand startups rely on people to deliver their services — but companies like Uber, Lyft, and Instacart are facing heat for hiring people as independent contractors...
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Here's the Isle of Man's plan to become a Bitcoin paradise
The Isle of Man, a tiny, Celtic island between the west coast of England and Northern Ireland, is soon to pass legislation that its government hopes will help it become a true paradise for digital...
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Female founders explain what it takes to start your own company
In February, Y Combinator hosted its second annual Female Founders Conference. Women who have helped found companies that Y Combinator has backed were invited to come and speak about their experiences...
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Here's the Isle of Man's plan to become a Bitcoin paradise
The Isle of Man, a tiny, Celtic island between the west coast of England and Northern Ireland, is soon to pass legislation that its government hopes will help it become a true paradise for digital...
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Amazon's CTO got hilariously shut-down when he tried to describe the company...
At a panel held by ff Venture Capital Sunday afternoon at mega-conference SXSW, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels made a whole crowd of startup people burst into laughter. He was moderating a panel about...
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One of tech's most important investors says 'you'll see some dead unicorns...
In a SXSW keynote on Sunday, investor Bill Gurley warned that Silicon Valley's golden age could soon be over — and that some of today's biggest startups could go down with it.Gurley is a prominent...
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Bankers are taking 7-figure pay cuts to leave Wall Street for a particular...
As Wall Street cuts jobs and regulation tightens, bankers are leaving the industry for another emerging, but less lucrative option – financial tech startups.According to a Bloomberg article Sunday, the...
View ArticleTHE $10 BILLION CLUB: Meet the 9 most valuable startups in the world
There used to be a time when a $1 billion valuation was considered a massive success for tech startups. Then that threshold rose to $5 billion.Join the conversation about this story »NOW WATCH: This...
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The best things tech companies did to get attention at the world's wildest...
It's hard to get noticed at South by Southwest, a technology, music and film conference that attracts tens of thousands of people every March in Austin, Texas.But a few companies did such crazy things,...
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Why the CEO of a $400 million e-commerce company wants UPS and FedEx 'out of...
Jennifer Hyman, the CEO of ecommerce company Rent the Runway, thinks that FedEx and UPS need to be completely disrupted.Her company lets users rent and return designer dresses instead of buying them....
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