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Rent A Gent is a startup that lets you rent a platonic male friend for $200...
Wanted: a charming plus-one for a cocktail party or wedding.Sound familiar? It's a regular refrain for single ladies. Sometimes you can rustle up a friend, or find a date. But when that fails, we can...
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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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Indian tech startups are eyeing the Chinese to save them
For anxious Indian startups seeking to raise capital as their country's tech bubble deflates, the investment plans of companies such as China's Cheetah Mobile could hardly come at a better time."The...
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Silicon Valley startups are buying fewer $10,000 bikes to give away as...
Silicon Valley startups and tech companies are famous for their luxurious employee perks. Twitter offers its employees acupuncture, for example. Facebook gives $4,000 cash bonuses to new parents. And...
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It's been a bad month for tech layoffs
Tech companies hired like crazy coming into 2016. Now they're shedding employees as ambitious business growth expectations miss targets. HR company Zenefits, which cut 250 employees on Friday, is just...
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Silicon Valley insiders can't agree on whether the tech market has crashed or...
Is the tech-startup market cratering, or is all the hand-wringing much ado about nothing?Apparently even those closest to the action can't seem to agree.Venture capitalists, startup executives, and...
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An Estonian startup that helps people get tech jobs around the world has...
Jobbatical, an Estonian startup that helps travel enthusiasts get technology jobs around the world, has raised $2 million (£1.4 million) in a funding round that involved LocalGlobe, the venture fund...
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This new startup makes it easy to find out if you are getting paid more or...
Asking someone how much they make is still a taboo question, yet it's one thing that's on everyone's mind."I could tell you I had cancer and it would be dramatically more uncomfortable if I asked what...
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A high-flying London tech entrepreneur rocked up to No. 10 in shorts and Ed...
A high-flying London tech entrepreneur turned up to Prime Minister David Cameron's house on Thursday evening wearing shorts and trainers after being invited to help choose the next "Founders of the...
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These women quit their jobs to disrupt the multi-billion dollar tampon...
"Mom, Dad, I'm quitting my job to start a tampon company."That's exactly what Alex Friedman and Jordana Kier told their parents when they decided to team up two years ago to cofound LOLA.At first, the...
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There's a Playboy competitor for a new generation that's killing it on...
In the hills above Hollywood, Arsenic's team of 12 — 10 women and two men — is building a media powerhouse based on being real, raw, and edgy.In the last two years, Arsenic has transformed from being...
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Venture capitalist Saul Klein says investors should aim to spot the 'right...
Renowned venture capitalist Saul Klein believes technology investors should focus on spotting the "right surfers" instead of just trying to ride the wave.Speaking to Business Insider ahead of his...
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Legendary rapper Nas just invested in a company that makes protein bars out...
Nas, one of the greatest rappers of all time, has invested in a company that makes protein bars out of crickets. Exo is a Brooklyn-based startup that is trying to change the way we think about eating...
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This hot $250 million start-up is being called J. Crew for millennials
Everlane might be the next big thing in retail.This fall, Racked posited that the online retailer might become "the next J. Crew."And now, Re/Code is reporting that Everlane is supposedly performing...
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Entrepreneur First wants to raise a £40 million fund to invest in companies...
Entrepreneur First is looking to raise a £40 million fund to invest in companies that are created on its startup-building course.Founded by Matt Clifford and Alice Bentinck in 2011, Entrepreneur First...
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WeWork is now a $16 billion company
Office-sharing startup WeWork is raising $430 million in new funding that places it at around a $16 billion valuation.Earlier on Wednesday, Fortune had pegged the deal at a $780 million investment at a...
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WeWork is now worth as much as Snapchat
News broke Wednesday that office-space provider WeWork is raising a new round that will value the company at $16 billion. This flies in the face of recent talk about a popping tech bubble and dying...
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This startup CEO delivered a cold splash of water about the market in a...
Layoffs are rippling through Silicon Valley tech startups as the venture market cools, and today Optimizely joined the list, cutting about 40 workers from its staff of 400.Optimizely makes software for...
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These tweets absolutely nail the absurdity of many tech offices
Chief among the amazing perks that tech companies offer their employees are crazy offices.From slides to ballpits, meditation rooms to absurdly themed meeting rooms, many startups have offices that...
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The founder of travel startup Bucket explains what went wrong and what she...
Today is the beginning of the end, and also the end of the beginning. We announced that we’re shutting down Bucket, the innovative trip planning startup that I’ve been working on for almost three...
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