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A look inside the insanely successful life of billionaire Uber CEO Travis...
Five years ago, Travis Kalanick launched a startup called UberCab in San Francisco.Fast-forward a few years and Kalanick's company, now just called Uber, is one of the most lucrative in Silicon...
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A government minister wants the public to email him suggestions on how to...
A UK government minister today called on the public to help him cement the UK's position as a global digital leader and "show the rest of the world how its done".Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey said...
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Venture capitalist Brent Hoberman is leaving the fund he set up
Brent Hoberman, the British tech entrepreneur and financier (Lastminute.com, MyDeco.com, Made.com, Founders Forum etc.) has recently made a number of decisions that we couldn’t help but highlight on...
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How trying to make it as an actor helped prepare Jessica Alba to build a $1.7...
In a few short years, Jessica Alba has turned The Honest Co., her startup that sells eco-friendly household products like premium diapers and toothpaste, into a $1.7 billion company.And while Alba’s...
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Nextdoor, the $1.1 billion social network for neighbors, is finally expanding...
After promising international expansion for the last couple of years, Nextdoor, the social network for neighbors, is laying the groundwork for its move abroad.The company has been testing the social...
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If London’s tech lobbyists get their way, coding and robotics will be...
Digital economy minister Ed Vaizey announced earlier this week that he plans to release a new strategy document early next year that is designed to help the UK develop one of the world's most reputable...
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This mysterious startup brought me a delicious, free pizza in 20 minutes
Last night, in search of a quick and easy dinner, I opened up Easy As Pi, an app that's been sitting on my phone for some time. I pushed a button — and twenty minutes later, I was eating a hot, fresh,...
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Why Los Angeles is an ideal place to build your startup, according to one...
Two years ago, Leura Fine founded Laurel & Wolf, a startup that matches up interior designers with people who want their homes beautified.Laurel & Wolf has software that connects designers and...
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Investors are grumbling that a bunch of billion-dollar startups missed big on...
It’s not always easy for startups to generate revenue, even when they’re well-funded and supposedly worth billions of dollars to venture capitalists. But some investors seem to be running out of...
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6 things that great startup founders know that other people don't
I've had the opportunity to be mentored by and invested in by great startup founders from Jason Lemkin to Dave McClure. Here's what many of the greats know — and practice — that seems to elude many...
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Renting bunk beds to a millennial workforce may be taking the 'sharing'...
I’ve never been a fan of the “sharing economy”. Not that there’s anything intrinsically wrong with Uber, Airbnb and their peers, it’s just that there doesn’t really seem to be much “sharing” going on....
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Paul Graham: 'Ending economic inequality means ending startups'
As the pendulum of wealth swings heavily toward Silicon Valley, Y Combinator founder Paul Graham is happy to push it even higher. Rather, the talk of ending economic inequality — or the growing...
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Why Edinburgh is well-placed to create more tech unicorns beyond Skyscanner...
London dominates the UK technology industry but the Scottish capital of Edinburgh is well positioned to capitalise on a global tech market, The Times reports, possibly creating more unicorns in the...
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An online removals startup in Germany has raised $25 million from Index...
Movinga, an online removals startup in Germany, has raised $25 million (£16.9 million) from Index Ventures and a number of other investors in a Series B funding round.The Berlin-based company, still...
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Billion-dollar startup Automattic hires employees without ever meeting them...
When it comes to getting a job at a hot tech startup, most applicants expect to be put through the ringer. But they also expect at some point during the process to speak with their would-be boss before...
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A UK wine startup worth £70 million explains how it nearly ran out of wine —...
Naked Wines — a UK wine retailer that launched in Norwich in 2011 and was acquired by Majestic Wine for £70 million last April— told Business Insider that it grew so fast that it almost ran out of...
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Publicis CEO explains why startups in the US and Israel crush Europe
Maurice Lévy will retire in 2017 from Publicis Groupe, one of the largest advertising and communications organizations in the world, after being with the company for 46 years. And for the past 30 years...
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Google is investing more money in this Berlin startup space that's home to...
Google announced today that it is extending its partnership with Factory in Berlin — a startup space home to some of the city's hottest new tech companies and the European outposts of Silicon Valley...
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The UK tech sector raised £2.5 billion from venture capitalists in 2015
UK technology companies raised a record $3.6 billion (£2.5 billion) from venture capitalists in 2015, according to data from research firm CB Insights and London & Partners, which promotes the...
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The cofounders of a London cleaning startup have left 6 months after being...
The cofounders of London cleaning startup hassle.com have left the company half a year after it was acquired by German rival Helpling for £24 million.Writing on Medium today, cofounder Alex Depledge...
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