Chinese tech companies are falling out of love with America
Chinese tech firms have fallen out of love with America, and it shows — a growing number of them are looking to drop their listings in New York and head back home.Many Chinese tech executives are...
View ArticleSilicon Valley is having an identity crisis while the world watches
The first thing I noticed when I walked through the doors was the man in the velvety maroon suit and a loud green boutonnière getting interviewed by a man holding a TV camera, reality-show style. Other...
View ArticleThe CEO of a $1 billion 'unicorn' startup admits we're in a bubble
I had drinks with one of the $1 billion "unicorn" CEOs last night, in a trendy Noho bar in London.He told me he thinks we're in a tech bubble, and it's going to end badly for many companies.Unicorn...
View ArticleThese guys quit Airbnb and Twitter to help other companies grow much faster
There have never been companies like Airbnb and Twitter before. The bad news is that no company has ever had the problems of Airbnb and Twitter, either.When you install a new app on your iPhone, for...
View ArticleWe need a 'third class of worker' for people like Lyft and Uber drivers, says...
There's a war brewing over what to call the Uber and Lyft drivers in this world, and "employee" might not be the answer. "I think it's not 1099 versus W-2. I think the right answer is a third class of...
View ArticleBillion-dollar startup Sprinklr just hired an Andreessen Horowitz consultant...
Sprinklr, a social media management company with a $1 billion valuation, has hired former Andreessen Horowitz consultant Tom Butta as its CMO.Sprinklr, an enterprise social media management company...
View ArticleA startup that promises to teach you 9 languages just raised $45 million from...
Duolingo is a language-learning startup that teaches you how to speak a bunch of languages — Spanish, French, English, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Danish and Swedish — through game-like...
View ArticleThe best place to discover hot new startups will now help you find fun games too
Product Hunt has become a must-read for startup founders and investors looking to see what the next big thing will be.The popular website and app curates a daily list of new tech products that the...
View ArticleUber investor Chris Sacca won't invest in your company if you don't do your...
Chris Sacca has invested in companies like Twitter and Uber through his venture capital firm Lowercase Capital. But there's one thing, Sacca says, that would keep him from investing in a company.In an...
View ArticleHow to dress like you work at a startup
Startups aren’t just different in the ways they run their businesses. Take employee dress codes: They're hardly what you’ll find at investment banks, law firms, or really, any other office job....
View ArticleBrittany Moran launched her fabulous career by answering a Craigslist ad from...
In only three and a half years, Brit Morin went from a Google employee to a bona fide Silicon Valley “it” girl.Last week, she announced that her startup, Brit & Co, raised $20 million in...
View ArticleHow a 10-month-old startup's founders convinced investors to give them...
Not many companies can convince investors to give them $100 million before their first birthday.But Jeff Raider and Andy Katz-Mayfield, the cofounders of shaving startup Harry's did just that — and...
View Article19 pieces of great advice from top tech execs to help you win in work and life
The leaders of the most successful tech companies need a lot of skills. One of them is leadership. They must inspire teams of employees to carry out their daring visions against incredible odds.That...
View ArticleA tech CEO whose company is valued at $1 billion just admitted it's a bubble
I had drinks with one of the $1 billion "unicorn" CEOs last night, in a trendy Noho bar in London.He told me he thinks we're in a tech bubble, and it's going to end badly for many companies.Unicorn...
View ArticleA new study claims the UK tech scene is far more diverse than the US
The UK tech scene is considerably more diverse than its US counterpart, with those working at startups in Britain five times more likely to be female than in America, according to a new study.The...
View ArticleYo is attempting to make a comeback with photo messaging in Yo 2.0
Yo, the simple app that rocketed to the top of the App Store charts in June 2014, is attempting to make a comeback with the launch of Yo 2.0.The concept behind Yo is simple: You send the word "Yo" to...
View ArticleInvest in black entrepreneurs because it's good business, not out of 'social...
Don't invest in African-American led companies because of diversity, but because they're a good business, argued African-American founders and venture capitalists at the PreMoney conference. "The more...
View ArticleTech investors have started saying there is no bubble because 'it's different...
Benedict Evans, the respected tech analyst at the big Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, just published a fascinating dissection of the current state of tech investing which...
View ArticleY Combinator, Silicon Valley's hottest startup factory, has filed to raise a...
Y Combinator is raising money to create a new VC fund according to forms filed with the SEC. It's called the Y Combinator Continuity Fund I. The company declined to disclose the amount raised, and the...
View Article5 lessons you can learn from my failed startup
After five months of toiling 14-hour days, making a hardware IoT product from scratch, and spending thousands of dollars of other people’s money, my two co-founders and I woke up with a jolt.It...
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