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The sale of Intel's VC unit could trigger another avalanche in startup...
Intel is shopping around its in-house venture-capital business, according to a Bloomberg report.The move to sell part of Intel Capital, which comes two months after the retirement of the group's...
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An Oxford grad and a JP Morgan intern are building a startup that helps...
This week, 25 startups pitched their businesses to some of Europe's biggest investors after completing Entrepreneur First's latest six-month company building programme.Venture capitalists from Google...
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Some of Britain's smartest people are leaving Google and Goldman to join...
Some of the most talented people in Britain are leaving top jobs at big firms for the chance to build their own tech startup on a company building programme that is now firmly on the radar of Europe's...
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How the founder of ClassPass — a startup that motivates thousands of people...
Payal Kadakia was ready to move on from her beginner's ballet courses and take things to the next level. As she did her research, she ended up with a browser full of potential classes that she didn't...
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Under Armour CEO doesn't get why Silicon Valley startups are so happy to lose...
Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank has one piece of advice for young entrepreneurs: Go make the sale.For many young companies, especially in Silicon Valley, being unprofitable is considered a right of...
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All those startups that promised to spoil you rotten are starting to fail
The on-demand economy is starting to show its cracks, and companies are falling apart in an environment where funding is suddenly hard to find and low-to-no margin businesses are facing tighter...
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Funding Circle is dedicating an entire floor in its new office to younger...
Funding Circle, a UK fintech company worth over £1 billion, is dedicating an entire floor of its new headquarters in London to younger startups. The peer-to-peer lending company moved into 71 Queen...
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Right cofounder — wrong CEO
On the investing side of life, the toughest meeting of all for me at least is probably the "right cofounder, wrong CEO" start-up. Great product, driven team, good early product-market fit, great...
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7 online courses that’ll help you land an internship at a hot startup
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase.Getting involved in the world of...
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A woman who's been a professional athlete, banker, filmmaker, restaurateur,...
For THINX cofounder and CEO Miki Agrawal, success is hard-won. And it's a journey.The former investment banker, athlete, filmmaker, restaurateur, and current entrepreneur has spent the last 15 years...
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Talent spotters are using AI to find Britain's next technology leaders
Building technology companies worth tens of billions of pounds often requires one or two exceptionally talented individuals with strong computer science backgrounds and entrepreneurial spirits.Finding...
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'Is this your hobby?’ CEO of $300 million media startup Refinery29 reveals...
By now, most people in the media and fashion worlds have heard of Refinery29, a media startup valued at nearly $300 million. But for a long time, the startup's struggle was very real.The site was...
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Raising money is different for founders of color in Silicon Valley, says CEO:...
There's an elephant in the room when it comes to race in Silicon Valley.Locent CEO and founder Matt Joseph recently took to Twitter to describe what it was like for him, as a black entrepreneur, to try...
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Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin is making a bid for a startup that just...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jumio, an online identification verification company whose clients include United Airlines and Airbnb, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for its U.S. business and...
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Evernote founder says he's found the most exciting thing in tech since the...
Evernote founder Phil Libin has been a venture capitalist for about six months now since leaving Evernote, and he told Business Insider he's found the most exciting thing he's seen since the iPhone...
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Making money is cool again for young Silicon Valley startups
Investors packed Y Combinator's prestigious Demo Day on Tuesday to listen to startups pitch their business. But those pitches had a different tone than they did six months ago.Suddenly startups are...
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London fintech startup GoCardless has raised $13 million in new funding
London fintech startup GoCardless has raised $13 million (£9.1 million) in new funding in a round led by Notion Capital. Previous investors including Balderton Capital, Accel Partners, and Passion...
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The chat bots are coming, and they will take your jobs
A lot of people in Silicon Valley think that chat bots are going to be the next big change in how we use our phones. These simple programs will live inside chat apps like Facebook Messenger and send...
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What listening to 119 startup pitches over 2 days taught me about Silicon...
The tech industry is sometimes lambasted for making frivolous apps — do we really need a dating app for bacon lovers? But that's not all the next crop of entrepreneurs is working on.In fact, during a...
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I moved to San Francisco right when the startup craze began — here's what...
This week, I'm celebrating my five-year anniversary of living in San Francisco. It's been a weird half-decade around these parts: When I arrived in 2011, Facebook's IPO wasn't even a rumor, Uber was a...
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