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How a 51-year-old former radio host made more than $2 million selling...
Glyn Williams was working as a morning show host and sales director at a radio station in Derbyshire, England, when he found out he had vocal cord cancer.The 51-year-old had spent 25 years selling...
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A London startup CEO explains the way she steals top employees from companies...
The CEO of a healthcare startup says she has come up with a formula to help her steal the most talented individuals from large corporates like Bloomberg and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).Melissa Morris...
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I tried the new temporary tattoos that look super realistic — and they fooled...
A new startup called Momentary Ink wants you to be able to “try on” a tattoo before you commit to a lifetime of having it on your body.Founder Jordan Denny has been working for the past 9 months to...
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HelloFresh has become the latest European tech company to ditch its IPO plans
European tech IPOs have always been few and far between, and recent tidings on the front have been largely negative to boot.Showroomprivé went public last week but its share price dropped 10% as soon...
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How an animal lover turned her passion into The Dodo, a booming ~$40 million...
Izzie Lerer isn't sure how she came up with the name for her startup.It's something her brother, parents, and cousins all take credit for. The one thing she knows is she bought the domain name,...
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Dental appointment startup Toothpick has been bought by WhatClinic
UK-based dental appointment-booking startupToothpick has been acquired by Dublin, Ireland-based healthcare marketplace and comparison site WhatClinic. The price was not disclosed.Launched in 2013 and...
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Here's what 'quality of life' really means for a startup founder
Recently, I spent several hours with a new but great friend who has been on a vaguely similar journey to me. This friend is one of the hardest working people in the industry. 20×7, near as I can tell....
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A health startup cofounder has a message for Theranos: 'Show the data'
SAN FRANCISCO — Linda Avey, cofounder of personal genomics company 23andMe, recently took the stage at Fusion's Real Future Fair to talk about the future of the biotech industry.After the panel, Tech...
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New York's top banking regulator wants fintech apps to tighten security
New York's top banking regulator wants third-party fintech apps to tighten up their security. The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) is soliciting input from other top regulators including...
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This billionaire investor is going after AT&T and Verizon with new carrier...
Billionaire venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya is already working on bringing internet access to Sri Lanka and the Philippines, but now he has US telcos in his crosshairs.At the Mobile First...
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10 billionaires and Leonardo DiCaprio just invested in a startup that claims...
Diamond Foundry has spent the last three years quietly working on an ambitious project.The Santa Clara startup, created by Nanosolar founder Martin Roscheisen, wanted to grow "real" diamonds in a lab....
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Taxi app Blacklane wants to work with rival companies like Uber to take on...
The CEO of fast-growing German taxi app Blacklane was in London this week to talk to Uber about how the pair can work together to take on the regulators.Blacklane cofounder and CEO Jens Wohltorf told...
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Amazon is going to promote the most innovative products built by UK tech...
Amazon is launching a new platform to help UK technology startups sell and market their products, according to a report in The Financial Times.Launchpad, which has been available in the US since July,...
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London startup JustPark has laid off a bunch of its employees
JustPark, a mobile app that allows people to rent out car parking spaces on their drive, has cut nearly half of its workforce, according to a Business Insider source.The company, founded by Anthony...
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Tech investors are betting $4 million that a funky ice cream shop in Brooklyn...
In the summer of 2011, when Brian Smith opened the first Ample Hills Creamery ice cream shop in Brooklyn, he actually ended up losing 25 pounds. That's what happens when you work 14 hours a day turning...
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Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank reveals the 2 biggest misconceptions...
Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank has brought the one-man business he started out of his grandmother's basement in 1996 to its first year of $1 billion in revenue in 2015.At the CNBC and Inc....
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A startup that chooses where to invest people's money admits it accidentally...
Nutmeg, a startup that provides investment management services via the internet, admitted that it suffered a technical glitch that allowed its customers to access the personal data of its other...
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These are the 5 investors giving the most startups seed money
In the last five years, the amount of startups that have received seed money from venture capitalists has skyrocketed.The average number of "seed round" deals has jumped from 484 in 2010 to 1,943 last...
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Startups and GCHQ are joining forces in the fight against terrorist...
The government is setting up a new hub for Britain's cybersecurity startups next to spy agency GCHQ in Cheltenham as part of its National Cyber Security Plan, which aims to counter terrorist groups...
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Here are the 20 billion-dollar startups that pay the highest salaries
The tech industry is downright infested with super rich startups whose investors have valued the companies at over $1 billion.They call these startups "unicorns" because, even a few short years ago, a...
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