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How to not let your co-founder destroy your startup
Previously, I wrote a post about “the politics of startups” in which I asserted that all companies have politics, which in its purest sense is just about understanding human psychology.I think as a...
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THE $20 BILLION CLUB: Meet the 5 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, and then $10 billion.Looking at recent media reports and...
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WeWork, a startup that rents out office space to other startups, may soon be...
WeWork, a four-year-old startup that divides up big, rented office spaces, subletting them to startups and other businesses, is raising a new round of funding that could value the company at $10...
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Some start-ups are brutal to employees with families
Long hours, hackathons on the weekends and staying up all night "crushing it" have become baked into the parts of startup culture.Even some of the perks, like free dinner in the office or beer after...
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Google Ventures is investing in a children's book company (GOOG)
Google Ventures has announced that it is investing in London-based startup Lost My Name, TechCrunch reports.Lost My Name creates personalised books based around a child's name. The books are created...
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This chart proves the US is leading the world in fintech investing (BAC, WFC,...
The US is leading the world in fintech investing.Again.Have a look at the chart, provided to Business Insider by Accenture and the Partnership Fund for New York City.The rate of the value of startup...
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Postmates, a startup that promises to deliver you anything in less than an...
Delivery and logistics startup Postmates has raised $80 million at a valuation north of $400 million, the company announced Thursday.The new round of funding, led by Tiger Global Management, will be...
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Startup investor says one-third of the pitches he sees contain a total lie
There's a lot of money sloshing around Silicon Valley for new startups, but founders are apparently lying to compete for a larger chunk of it.Dr. Bob Kocher, a partner at Venrock Capital who...
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This Facebook engineer said goodbye in a funny way when he left to join a...
Aside from his infectious enthusiasm, the first thing you notice about Lars Rasmussen is his hair.His self-described "merman" look was all part of his grand send-off from Facebook.Rasmussen worked...
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British cyber security company Sophos is going public at a £1 billion valuation
Oxfordshire-based cyber security company Sophos has announced that it will go public at a valuation of £1 billion ($1.6 billion,) making it the UK's newest tech "unicorn,"The Financial Times...
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Silicon Valley interns get paid up to $7,500 per month — here's what they...
On Thursday night in San Francisco, Cory Levy, co-founder of the One app, held a crazy event for 3,000 20-somethings called "Internapalooza."The fourth floor of the Parc55 hotel was filled with...
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How not to regret your career, from the head of Silicon Valley's greatest...
Y Combinator President Sam Altman looked onto the room of 3,000 interns at Internapalooza in San Francisco on Thursday night, and delivered good news — to only one person."Someone in this room I am...
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The 11 hottest startups in Italy
Italy isn't traditionally thought of as part of Europe's tech cluster, but it has a growing collection of startups creating products and services that are used around the world.Here's a list of some of...
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The tech boom could end in 1 of 3 ways
Whether you want to call it a bubble or not, the tech industry is booming. At last count there were 114 privately held companies with valuations of $1 billion or more — often called unicorns. Some,...
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Why this engineer quit his job at Facebook to found an 'interactive music'...
Lars Rasmussen decided to leave his comfortable, fulfilling job at Facebook to dive head-first into a new startup for the same reason that a lot of founders do: Because he had an idea that he just...
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This is why the boss of onefinestay isn't afraid of Airbnb
onefinestay — the London startup that lets people stay in expensive, serviced houses in cities around the world — just raised $40 million (£25.4 million) to expand to more cities across Europe.The...
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13 interesting startups created by ex-Apple employees (AAPL)
If you need any more proof that Apple is full of insanely talented people, just consider some of the companies that its employees went on to start after leaving the company.Ex-Apple employees have...
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A bunch of billion-dollar 'unicorn' startups are just 'horses with sticks...
On Monday, First Round Capital published a letter it sent to its limited partners about the state of startup investing. It was uncovered by Fortune's Dan Primack.According to New York's top startup...
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Why WeWork really might be a $10 billion company
WeWork, a company that leases office space to startups, is now worth $10 billion, twice as much as it was worth 9 months ago. Is this a sign that the tech boom is turning into a tech bubble?Analyst Ben...
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Uber just bought part of Microsoft Bing's mapping technology, including 100...
Uber is acquiring part of Microsoft Bing's mapping technology, including 100 of its engineers, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm reports.It looks like the main focus of the deal is Microsoft technology for...
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