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A VC who made $200 million when Skype was acquired explains why Israel has...

For a country with a population of just 8 million people, Israel certainly packs a punch when it comes to creating world-class technology companies — several of which have been acquired by Apple,...

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Meet the 24-year-old investor who just raised $6 million to start his own fund

Like most new college grads, Jeremy Fiance has a strong love for his alma mater.But his approach to giving back is different: Fiance raised a $6 million venture capital fund to only invest in startups...

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I worked at a tech startup for a year. I didn't get rich, but I loved it anyway

Earlier in April, journalist and comedy writer Dan Lyons released "Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble"— his long-awaited memoir of a year spent working for marketing startup HubSpot.The...

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There have been job losses at music social network Crowdmix — and it hasn't...

Music social network Crowdmix has laid off around 8% of its staff, and it's still yet to actually launch its product.London-based Crowdmix is building an Instagram-style social network that's all about...

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Why Uber won

The start of 2016 marked the end of the steroid era of startups  —  the time between 2010 and 2015 when money was cheap and more plentiful, and used as a performance enhancing drug for company...

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The CEO of $11 billion Pinterest reveals his thoughts on going public, crazy...

Ben Silbermann is the CEO of one of the most valuable private companies in Silicon Valley: Pinterest. But his photo-collection startup wasn't always a rocket ship.In March 2010, four months after...

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A 28-year-old wants to back Europe's first $100 billion tech firm with his...

Meet Andre de Haes; a 28-year-old with what must have one of the most impressive CVs on the planet.Oxford, MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Goldman, J.P. Morgan, The Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey &...

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Silicon Valley startups are terrified by a new idea: profits

Everyone in the Valley is reading a post by venture investor Bill Gurley that spells out in detail how the tech bubble is bursting.In it, he's explained why the startup world is freaking out about a...

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The top 9 cities for business in Britain

The top nine UK cities for business have been announced by IT company Sungard Availability Services.It examined a range of metrics — including start-up survival rates, average internet download speeds,...

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There have been job losses at music social network Crowdmix — and it hasn't...

Music social network Crowdmix has laid off around 8% of its staff, and it's still yet to actually launch its product.London-based Crowdmix is building an Instagram-style social network that's all about...

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A startup that just raised $25 million is like a college newspaper on...

There is a graveyard full of startups that have said they want to “democratize” the media business, Odyssey CEO Evan Burns says.The winning model seems so tantalizingly within reach: Build a big...

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Classpass users are freaking out over new price hikes that make it more...

In New York, fitness lovers embraced Classpass' offer of unlimited workout classes at popular studios and gyms for $99 a month.Now the company's changing its prices, and people are freaking out.In an...

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The entrepreneur who hired chefs through Tinder has sold her cookery startup...

Ariella Young, the founder of food startup Mychefit, has sold her company for nearly £50,000 after struggling to raise the additional investment she needed to grow the business.Mychefit, a platform...

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An angel investor who's helped start over 100 companies reveals the No. 1...

If you watch "Shark Tank," you know there are plenty of traits and behaviors that can turn off potential investors.Cockiness, sheepishness, inexperience, idealism — just to name a few.It's considerably...

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A startup that claims to be the 'Uber for sales' has been using fake profiles...

Clozer, a startup that allows businesses to outsource sales to specialist negotiators, has been found by Business Insider to use fake endorsements, inaccurate LinkedIn profiles, and aggressive emailing...

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An angel investor who's helped start over 100 companies explains why it's a...

In most social settings, it would come off as crass to proclaim your love of money, and your ambitions to make lots of it.Better to talk about your passion for your job and how it allows you contribute...

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Large companies used to gobble up San Francisco real estate, but 'they're...

It's not just the tech funding cycles that have slowed down.In an earnings call on Wednesday, Boston Properties President Doug Linde cautioned that the race for commercial real estate has also tempered...

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Here's why there are so many hot AI startups being built in the UK right now

The UK's AI scene is the talk of the town at the moment, with a number of significant startup exits happening over the last few years. Evi was acquired by Amazon for a reported £18 million in 2013,...

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A startup that claims to be the 'Uber for sales' has been using fake profiles...

Clozer, a startup that allows businesses to outsource sales to specialist negotiators, has been found by Business Insider to use fake endorsements, inaccurate LinkedIn profiles, and aggressive emailing...

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Crowdmix has finally launched an app after 3 years — but you can't sign up to...

Crowdmix, the London music social network that has been in development for three years, has finally launched its app onto the App Store.But users can't sign up for the app just yet as it's currently...

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