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A startup CEO just explained in an amazingly transparent note why he had to...
Many startup CEOs try to sweep bad news under the rug.I know this firsthand having been laid off on a random Monday afternoon when the company I worked at abruptly shut down.But on Thursday, Buffer's...
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Stanford professor: Older founders don't need VCs
A blue flame burns brightest and hottest.In the startup world, “blue flame” is a term used by venture capitalists to describe their ideal founders. VCs use the term as a critique of older founders,...
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Eric Schmidt described what a perfect startup will look like in 5 years (GOOG)
Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt has outlined what he sees as being the ideal startup in five years' time.Schmidt says a key quality of a future successful tech company will be a reliance on...
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Europe's $1 billion tech companies are starting to outperform their Silicon...
European technology companies valued at over $1 billion (unicorns) are starting to outperform their US counterparts, according to research from investment bank GP Bullhound.The continent's unicorns...
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A London startup space provider wants to capitalise on Berlin's fast-growing...
London startup space provider Techspace has raised £5 million to help it expand its coworking business to Berlin and build out its UK operation.The company — founded by entrepreneurs David Galsworthy...
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This Apple vet has a funny piece of advice for founders: Pay attention to a...
Jean-Louis Gassée, a former Apple executive and a columnist for the tech and business blog Monday Note, has an unusual piece of advice that he likes to give to the startup founders and entrepreneurs...
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Universities and startup factories are fuelling a rise in UK startups like...
The UK's AI scene is once again the talk of the town following the sale of Magic Pony Technology to Twitter for a reported $150 million (£102 million).Twitter isn't the only US tech giant acquiring UK...
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Startups have moved past denial about falling valuations, 'just like at the...
The “adjustment” phase for private tech companies is beginning, and startup founders are starting to deal with the implications of falling valuations.“For the public companies, the adjustment has...
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A banker who advises some of China's hottest startups shares what he looks...
China Renaissance CEO and founder Fan Bao meets a lot of startup entrepreneurs.He has provided mergers-and-acquisitions advice and underwritten initial public offerings for some of China's hottest...
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This startup has raised $8 million to be the Netflix of luxury watches
We share cars through Uber and Lyft, and homes through Airbnb. Why not do the same with luxury watches? Two-year-old startup Eleven James has made that idea a reality. Founded by ex-NetJets exec Randy...
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These 19 cities are the best places for women to launch a succesful business
Starting a business is hard no matter where it begins. Some locations, though, can make it easier to grow that business into a successful company, thanks to a combination of culture, talent,...
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This startup wants to stop you from getting charged sneaky subscription fees...
When Yahya Mokhtarzada found out Gogo inflight Wi-Fi had been sneakily charging him $40 for months, he decided to build a startup to make sure you’ll never get ripped off by a subscription again.That...
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How to use Kiwi, the hot app that beat out Snapchat for first place in the...
Don't be surprised if a friend nudged you on Facebook this month to download the app Kiwi.The social Q&A app has been on a tear, hitting number one on the app store rankings in early June and...
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Google and Facebook employees are flocking to a startup that's raised ~$70...
A few miles east of Manhattan, in Astoria Queens, a suite of residential buildings that house millennials and retail stores was recently purchased for $60 million.But it wasn't a traditional real...
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We tried the startup built by 2 Harvard students that does your chores for...
Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck hatched the idea for Hello Alfred while they were at Harvard Business School, and found that working grueling hours wasn’t conducive to keeping their apartments...
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To the early Google employee who invested $250 million in Uber, seeing Uber's...
David Krane describes his investment in Uber as the "relentless pursuit of a guy that's hard to pin down."In the early days of Uber, back when it was still a black car service, Krane realized that he...
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A startup is like a trampoline, says this founder who was once the No. 2...
"Trampolines are scary. And it's worse the higher you bounce," says former world-class trampoliner Adrien Sommier, who was once ranked No. 2 in Europe.Trampolines are also dangerous. They cause nearly...
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This former JPMorgan trader built a free app that sends custom financial...
When Rachel Mayer left her job as a trader at JPMorgan, she realized just how good she’d had it with access to financial data.Mayer left trading to pursue a master's in computer science, but she was...
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Startups have stopped asking for 'Herculean' amounts of money
A couple years ago, investors were begging to put their money into many startups, and startups were happy to comply.But that has started to change, says GV (formerly Google Ventures) managing partner...
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The top 17 startups to launch so far in 2016
Great businesses can be launched any time, even when there's a downturn in funding.While the start of 2016 might have spelled trouble for some well-established startups, it also saw the birth of...
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