These new wireless earbuds not only let you play music, but also customize...
Doppler Labs has announced its first mass-market product, called Here One, which combines Doppler’s sound-morphing technology with wireless bluetooth earbuds.Last summer, Doppler Labs made noise in the...
View ArticleA Brooklyn startup that's armed with $40 million is growing real leather in a...
You don't want to think about how your favorite leather jacket, shoes or watch strap were made.But the process — from the time it takes to farm an animal, ship it to a slaughter facility, prepare and...
View ArticleLeaked Lyft numbers show it had a record May, but growth could be 'flat'...
Lyft had a record May, completing 12.7 million rides in the month, according to a leaked investor update viewed by Business Insider. Despite having a record May, Lyft cautioned its investors that its...
View ArticleAirbnb is raising a new round of funding that would value the company at $30...
Airbnb is seeking to raise a new round of funding that would put the value of the company around $30 billion, according to a new report from The New York Times' Leslie Picker and Mike Isaac.A source...
View ArticleA programmer put together this great checklist for startup founders that...
There's a project gaining popularity on GitHub, the website where programmers share their projects with each other, called "Startup Incorporation Checklist."The checklist was created by Leo Hochberg,...
View Article25 book recommendations from the smartest people in tech
Our goal has always been to give you rare, unprecedented access to the people shaping the tech industry— specifically, the advice that they've gained through experience, or used to get where they are...
View ArticleWhy Cleveland Cavs owner Dan Gilbert cofounded a 'stock market for sneakers'
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert doesn’t really wear sneakers, but he loves them as an economic idea. In fact, he loves the idea so much he’s actually cofounded a “stock market for sneakers” in...
View ArticleJPMorgan is revolutionizing the way Wall Street banks work with tech startups
JPMorgan is taking a new approach to working with tech startups.The firm is expected to launch a residency program for financial technology, or fintech, companies on Thursday in an effort to tackle...
View ArticleStealth startup Zoox lands $200 million for its secretive self-driving car
Zoox, the super-stealth self-driving-car startup, has closed a $200 million round of funding, according to a source familiar with its fundraising plans.In an SEC filing on June 6, the startup said that...
View ArticleLondon startup DueDil plans to open offices across Europe to combat the...
DueDil, a fast-growing London tech startup, is going to focus on growing its business outside the UK following the decision to leave the European Union, according to Bloomberg.The UK voted for Brexit...
View ArticleSome Silicon Valley investors are finally realizing they were the 'greatest...
The mythical "unicorn" startup valued at $1 billion is no longer a rarity. In a competition of egos, too many startups went after that $1 billion mark without businesses to back it up.However, the...
View ArticleGoogle Ventures investor: 'It would break my heart if Powa corrupted fintech'
Fintech (financial technology) has arguably become the poster child for the UK technology sector over the last couple of years but the spectacular collapse of Powa Technologies did nothing for the...
View ArticleWhy raising too much money can harm your startup
Amongst the most often asked questions I get from founders is, “How much money should I raise?Reflexively founders want to raise as much money as they can because they figure it will give them more...
View ArticleInvestors rejected this guy's company 70 times — now it's worth more than $1...
There's been a lot of talk around the cooling VC funding environment in recent months, but Adaptive Insights founder Rob Hull's advice to his fellow startup founders has remained the same: tune out the...
View ArticleA UK healthcare startup that helps the NHS to find cheap doctors has raised...
Healthcare startup Network Locum has raised a £5.3 million funding round, showing that it's still possible for young UK technology companies to raise significant sums of money post-Brexit.Network...
View ArticleThe CEO of a high-flying London tech startup is considering expanding to...
Josh March, CEO of customer service software provider Conversocial, is contemplating a move from London to somewhere else in Europe following Britain's decision to leave the EU.March is concerned that...
View ArticleThe CEO of a healthcare startup was introduced to a VC with hundreds of...
Melissa Morris, the CEO of Network Locum — a healthcare startup that helps hospitals and GP practices to find cheap on-demand doctors — was introduced to venture capital firm Beringea by boyfriend...
View ArticleVenture capital spend on European startups has fallen by $1.5 billion
Venture capital funding for European technology startups is down $1.5 billion (£1.1 billion), according to research firm Pitchbook.The research shows that funding fell from $4.3 billion (£3.2 billion)...
View ArticleWhy you should be suspicious of the over-introducer
In modern society we’re all overworked and overloaded with information and tasks and to-dos and obligations. Nowhere is this more apparent than working in a startup where you are definitionally...
View ArticleThis Silicon Valley bigshot investor has a shocking idea for startups:...
In the most recent tech boom, the conventional Silicon Valley wisdom has been to ignore profits when starting a venture-backed company.All that matters is growth — if you have product-market fit,...
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