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20 startups out to create a new world order on Wall Street (GS, CS, JPM)
There is a new world order coming to Wall Street.Startups are taking on the financial sector. Some of the companies look to usurp traditional players, and others step into the gaps they've left...
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What Entourage's Adrian Grenier learned from billionaire Michael Dell
Adrian Grenier, the actor and filmmaker best known for his roles in HBO's Entourage and The Devil Wears Prada, thinks that entrepreneurship can change the world.It's something he knows a little bit...
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One of the richest men in the world is backing a startup that ranks Wall...
The ability to generate conclusions about hedge fund managers’ behavior could be the tipping point for whether big investors double down in hard times or call for redemption. Picking billion-dollar...
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The 13 coolest tech power couples in London
London's startup scene, while smaller than Silicon Valley, is growing fast. And many of the CEOs, cofounders and VCs who work within the London startup scene are part of tech "power couples," marriages...
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The messaging tool out to crush Bloomberg is raising money at $1 billion...
The messaging product that's out to claim market share from Bloomberg is raising new money, The Wall Street Journal reports. Symphony Communication Services is raising an unspecified amount of cash at...
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London startup Deliveroo has raised $70 million in a huge new funding round
Deliveroo, the London meal delivery startup that works with restaurants across Europe, has announced that it has raised $70 million in new funding.The Series C funding round was led by Greenoaks...
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Facebook’s first intern just landed $50 million from Peter Thiel and other...
Darian Shirazi started his career at 15 years old, when he made his name reselling computer components on eBay. His sales were so impressive that eBay ended up offering him an internship for the next...
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The Dutch startup that's building a high-end eBay for collectors just raised...
Dutch startup Catawiki has raised a huge Series C round of funding: $82 million in investment from Lead Edge Capital, as well as existing investors Accel and Project A Ventures.Catawiki isn't a normal...
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San Francisco landlords don't want to rent to startups
There is a funny dynamic going on in the San Francisco office market. Landlords are thrilled. The strength of the startup economy and the migration of startups from the Peninsula to San Francisco have...
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Silicon Valley startups are paying headhunters more than $30,000 a head for...
For startups trying to hire engineers in Silicon Valley, it's not just about affording high salaries.Recruiter fees are also a big deal, according to a discussion on Twitter among founders on...
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Bike sales are going crazy, and these startups are cashing in
The leisure bike market is leaving high-speed bikes in the dust.Total U.S. sales of leisure bikes shot up nearly 20 percent during the 12 months ending March 31, 2014, while racing bike sales fell 3...
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This startup wants to be the Genius Bar for everyone else
No more waiting in line at the Apple Genius Bar only to find out you needed an appointment for that kind of repair.A new on-demand startup wants to take the headache out of getting your phone, or...
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There's one major reason startups are switching their workers from...
When on-demand cleaning service Homejoy shuttered its doors last month, it pointed the finger at the lawsuits the company faced over its decision to classify workers as independent contractors instead...
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How an oddball internet quiz turned a startup into an overnight success
About 18 months ago, an Israeli startup called PlayBuzz launched its first product, a tool that lets bloggers and news sites create quizzes and photo lists.And it's been a runaway hit.The startup was...
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Sex, lies, and eggless mayonnaise: Something is rotten at food startup...
Something's rotten at Hampton Creek.More than a half-dozen former employees who spoke to Business Insider say that the company used shoddy science, or ignored science completely, stretched the truth...
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The clever way this startup plans to take on $8 billion camera giant GoPro
One of the beautiful elements of action cameras like Go-Pro is their ability to fade into the background. You strap on the camera and then you just do what you normally would. You don't have to worry...
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A startup dissolved overnight and laid off its 400 employees via email with...
In the middle of the night, a startup that had raised $5.5 million dissolved and disappeared. It deleted its Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, and Google+ profile. It changed its website to say it was...
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The CEO of the startup that dissolved overnight explains what happened: burn
Earlier this week, a virtual-assistant startup that had raised about $5 million dissolved, suddenly laying off about 400 employees via email and changing its website to say it was "pausing...
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How to tell if your burn rate is going to send your startup up in flames
The startup community has been in a tizzy recently about burn rates. Venture capitalist Bill Gurley kicked off the frenzy with a WSJ piece on the issue, and other high-profile investors, including Fred...
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Silicon Valley lingo is getting pretty ridiculous: Unicorns, centaurs, and...
Ponies grow up to be centaurs who then transform into unicorns — or at least that's one Silicon Valley investor's view of evolution.At 500 Startups Demo Day, Dave McClure took the stage in a rainbow...
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