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Gay dating app Grindr is reportedly looking for a buyer
Grindr, the location-based dating app for gay men, has hired banking firm Raine Group LLC to help find a buyer, Bloomberg reported Friday.Sources tell Bloomberg that "the sale process is early and no...
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There's a dark, painful side to selling your startup, according to this...
If you launch a startup and sell it fast, by Silicon Valley standards, you've made it.But selling your company can actually be a miserable experience, warns Nate Kohari, who founded a company called...
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We tried Kitchensurfing, a startup that brings a professional chef to your...
Want a home-cooked dinner, but don't want to make it yourself?Kitchensurfing has a solution to your problems.For $25 a person, Kitchensurfing brings a professional chef to your home, who will make you...
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This beautiful pitch deck still couldn't save this startup from shutting down
Securing funding from venture capitalists in Silicon Valley isn't easy.Just ask the founder of Wattage, a hardware startup that recently had to shut its doors.Wattage aimed to create highly...
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Silicon Valley startups are obsessed with developing tech to replace their moms
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have millions in funding to spend on startups and maybe tackle world problems. Based on what they're building though, it kinda looks like they just want their mom around.As...
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One thing you need to give investors if you want to have a billion-dollar...
Billion-dollar companies used to be so rare, they developed a name for themselves: unicorns.Now these companies are increasingly common. According to The Wall Street Journal's "Billion-Dollar Club"...
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The founders of one of the most famous VC firms in the world 'fight like cats...
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz run what is arguably the most famous venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. Andreessen Horowitz has put its money behind some of the biggest names in tech, including...
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Marc Andreessen pitched his wife about dating like a startup would pitch a VC
Marc Andreessen, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz, is one of the most famous and powerful venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.In 2006, he married Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, daughter of real estate...
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How to build a billion-dollar company from scratch – and walk away with nothing
This is a grim fairy tale about a mythical company and its mythical founder. While I concocted this story, I did so by drawing upon my sixteen years of experience as a venture capitalist, plus the...
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Slack CEO: Picking the right investor is as important as picking the right...
In the same way that saying you went to Stanford holds a certain caché in Silicon Valley, having the right venture capital firm invest in your startup is important, too. Entrepreneurs will sometimes...
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One of the most legendary venture capitalists in the world doesn't think...
Marc Andreessen, the cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz, is one of the most powerful Silicon Valley venture capitalists.He's invested in some of the most well-known Internet companies in the world,...
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Here's one trick to get into Y Combinator
It helps to have more than just a great idea to get into Silicon Valley-based startup incubator Y Combinator these days. It's also about who you know.A new blog post from Y Combinator's president Sam...
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25 hot Los Angeles startups you need to watch
Los Angeles may be a few hundred miles south of Silicon Valley, but it's a hub brimming with up-and-coming tech startups.We've compiled a list of 25 of the hottest startups in the Los Angeles area. To...
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REPORT: An organisation that supports British startups had its funding cut...
Tech City UK, an organisation which helps tech startups in London, had its government funding cut after its Chair Baroness Joanna Shields fell out with part of the government, Techworld...
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A former Groupon exec and a Top Chef contestant just raised $2 million to...
In 2012, Ben McKean sold his restaurant technology company, Savored, to Groupon.Savored let customers get discounts on meals at high-end restaurants by going on off nights, or get a last-minute table...
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New York City delivery startup WunWun hasn't sold yet, and Alfred isn't the...
New York City-based delivery startup WunWun is looking for a buyer, but a source with knowledge of the discussions tells Business Insider that it hasn't yet signed a deal with the on-demand home...
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Why Coca-Cola wants to fund the next billion-dollar startup
Coca-Cola has been around for 130 years. Coca-Cola has a market cap of $179 billion. Coca-Cola has 129,000 employees. And Coca-Cola is very, very good at what it does. But making the soda is only part...
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How a 17-year-old entrepreneur in Poland accidentally made the Apple Watch...
Like a lot of Polish 17-year-olds, Mateusz Mach is into hip-hop."It is something I identify with," Mach says.Unlike a lot of Polish 17-year-olds, he decided to turn his appreciation into an app...
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This adult pajama onesie looks just like a full business suit — one guy wore...
I spent the last week gliding around San Francisco in the now infamous“Suitsy,” an adult-sized pajama onesie disguised as a full business suit. At bars and in meetings, no one seemed to notice anything...
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These startups from around the globe are innovating their way to a better world
Over the past week, 1776, a startup incubator focused on public good brought startups from 16 cities in 11 countries to Washington D.C. to compete in its annual Challenge Festival.The week-long startup...
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