Startups

Startups launch, operate and sometimes succeed. Track the lifecycles of the newest companies with this topic.

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Harvard
This Startup Could Sell You Crypto Tokens—With SEC Backing
WIRED - Gregory Barber
Initial coin offerings have gotten a bad rap—in many cases, deservedly so. Sure, there were blockchain projects with sound dreams and solid business …
Inc Magazineadded this to Startup
Business
How to Start a Business While Keeping Your Full-Time Job
Inc Magazine - By Jeff Haden
Starting a business is easy. You can start a business in a few hours. Starting a profitable business is a lot harder -- even if you put all of your time (and a lot of your money) into it. The all-in approach
james wm frankadded this to Boomer To Zoomer
Entrepreneurship
American Entrepreneurship Is Declining. Here's Why 'Shark Tank' Is to Blame |
Inc Magazine - By Brian Hamilton
Shows like Shark Tank are introducing more people to entrepreneurship, or at least a part of it, than ever before. Yet, despite entrepreneurship's popularity, the number of people starting new businesses
Doug Sandlinadded this to Technology Unbound
Silicon Valley
Top Silicon Valley VCs Bid Up Email Startup Superhuman
The Wall Street Journal. - Yuliya Chernova
Andreessen Horowitz has beaten rival Silicon Valley firms bidding to lead funding of Gmail challenger Email startup Superhuman Labs Inc. believes that despite Gmail’s dominance, a new player could shake
TechCrunchadded this to News about startups from TechCrunch
Technology
Phantom Auto raises $13.5M to expand remote driving business to delivery bots and forklifts
TechCrunch - Kirsten Korosec
Remote driving startup Phantom Auto has raised $13.5 million of financing in a Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners — capital used to expand a logistics business targeting sidewalks, warehouses
Neatorama
Business
Startups Bird and Lime Sue Scooter Removal Company
neatorama.com - Exuperist
There has been a recent dispute between the startups Bird and Lime against a San Diego company which they allege have been taking abandoned scooters …
ReadWrite
Chief Technical Officer
4 Ways Early Stage CTOs Can Learn to Roll With the Punches
ReadWrite - Will Koffel
There’s always a tinge of “TBD” that accompanies the role of an early stage startup CTO. There’s a reason the position comes with that “up in the air” feeling. Early stage companies can’t immediately someone
TechCrunchadded this to News about startups from TechCrunch
Best Buy
Consumers get another digital home health offering as Tyto Care and Best Buy launch TytoHome
TechCrunch - Jonathan Shieber
Best Buy is partnering with the Israeli technology Tyto Care to become the official retailer for the company’s all-in-one digital diagnostics kit through its physical stores in California, the Dakotas,
Product Huntadded this to Product Hunt
Business
Mercury - Bank accounts built for startups
producthunt.com - Maximilian Tagher
Mercury is building banking for startups. Sign up in under 15 mins for a checking account, debit card, savings account earning 1-2%, full suite of …
Lee Stogneradded this to Innovation / Venture Capital / Startups
AI Startups
Startups are exploiting AI’s hazy definition to cash in on the hype
Wired UK - Will Bedingfield
Studio Takeuma What exactly is artificial intelligence? In much the same way that you’d be a bit stumped if someone demanded that you provide a hard …
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Technology
HipChat founders launch Swoot, a social podcast app
TechCrunch - Anthony Ha
Pete Curley and Garret Heaton, who previously co-founded team chat app HipChat and sold it to Atlassian, are officially launching their new product Swoot today. The app makes it easy for users to recommend
TechCrunchadded this to Top Stories
Salesforce
Salesforce is buying MapAnything, a startup that raised over $84 million
TechCrunch - Ron Miller
Salesforce announced today it’s buying another company built on its platform. This time it’s MapAnything, which as the name implies, helps companies build location-based workflows, something that could
GeekWireadded this to Science
Business
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff invests in $25M round for Naveen Jain’s microbiome startup Viome
geekwire.com - James Thorne
Viome, a wellness startup from entrepreneur Naveen Jain, has raised $25 million in funding from a crop of investors that includes Salesforce CEO Marc …
TechCrunchadded this to News about startups from TechCrunch
Technology
Acting as the data integrator between hospitals and digital health apps brings Redox $33 million
TechCrunch - Jonathan Shieber
Investors have forked over $33 million in a new round of funding for Redox, hoping that the company can execute on its bid to serve as the link between healthcare providers and the technology companies
Doug Sandlinadded this to Technology Unbound
Washington D.C.
This recruitment startup offers the 'ultimate inner circle.' And it just raised millions of dollars.
bizjournals.com - Andy Medici
By Andy Medici – Staff Reporter, Washington Business Journal Apr 17, 2019, 2:25pm EDT Updated Apr 17, 2019, 2:28pm EDT TitanHouse aims to be the …
Doug Sandlinadded this to Blockchain Unbound
Cryptocurrency
Ripple’s Xpring and Firm Behind Zcash Among Investors in Privacy-Focused Crypto Startup
cointelegraph.com - Thomas Simms
Xpring, the Electric Coin Company and Dekrypt Capital are investing in a startup that aims to make crypto payments quicker, less expensive and more …
VentureBeat
Andreessen Horowitz
Mercury opens bank for startups with funding from Andreessen Horowitz
VentureBeat - Dean Takahashi
How’s this for a change? A venture capital firm partner is investing money in a bank focused on tech startups. That’s what is happening with Mercury, a bank for startups backed by Andreessen Horowitz.
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Technology
Kids on 45th just raised millions in seed funding to sell lightly used kids clothes -- sight unseen
TechCrunch - Connie Loizos
A seemingly endless number of startups has attracted funding in recent years to make life easier for people with money to spend. They’re sold sell nice clothes, chic shoes, cool office space, on-demand
TNW
Business
TNW2019 - Startups
TNW - The Next Web
TNW CONFERENCE Make the right connections Networking is a core aspect of our event – thousands of delegates and investors come every year just to meet with startups like you. We want to make sure that
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Business
Why the Secret to Growth May Be a 'Velvet Rope' Strategy
Entrepreneur - Drew Kossoff
Sometimes, your best move is to give certain clients the boot and refuse to accept others. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you’re an entrepreneur, your time is extremely
Doug Sandlinadded this to Blockchain Unbound
Blockchain
Crypto, Blockchain Startup Investments Will Reach New Heights in 2019, New Data Suggests
yahoo.com - Cointelegraph By William Suberg
Venture capital investment in cryptocurrency and blockchain startups will likely set a new all-time high in 2019, Reuters reported on April 17, …
Doug Sandlinadded this to Technology Unbound
Cheddar
StartEngine CEO on How Platform is Democratizing Access to Capital
Cheddar
When you're running a small business or a start-up, raising capital can be a real challenge. But one equity crowdfunding platform says it is making …
Bloombergadded this to Bloomberg
Automotive Industry
With Driverless Cars Running Late, a Startup Tries Remote-Control Trucks
Bloomberg - Ira Boudway
For four days in February, Ben Shukman showed up to his office at Phantom Auto in Mountain View, California, sat down in front of a bank of computer …
Doug Sandlinadded this to Technology Unbound
Money
The tech CEO who sold a startup for $1 billion and has just raised $80 million for another reveals his 4 secrets for raising
Business Insider - Charlie Wood
Wayne Jackson has sat through a lot of funding meetings. The CEO of software security firm Sonatype sold his original wireless infrastructure startup, Riverbed Technologies, for $1 billion in 2000; oversaw
Mic Newsadded this to Personal Finance
St. Louis, MO
This city has more women-led startups than any other in the U.S.
Mic News - Melissa Kravitz
St. Louis has more female entrepreneurs than any other major city in America, according to a new analysis by Seek Capital. The numbers, pulled from …
Business
Training data for autonomous driving
phys.org - Science X staff
Autonomous cars must perceive their environment true to reality. The corresponding algorithms are trained using a large number of image and video …
The Wall Street Journal.
Airbnb
Airbnb Backs Premium Hospitality Startup
The Wall Street Journal. - Heather Mack
Venture-backed service Lyric targets business travelers with high-end tastes Airbnb Inc. has led a $160 million investment in Lyric Hospitality Inc., a San Francisco startup that offers a service for short-term
Doug Sandlinadded this to Technology Unbound
Business
Grab Ventures seeks startups that help farmers, small biz
techinasia.com - Terence Lee
Grab recently announced that it is accepting the second batch of startups for its accelerator program, Grab Ventures Velocity (GVV). The latest …
Forbesadded this to Technology
Quora
Two Major Challenges Every Startup Will Face
Forbes - Quora
What are the biggest challenges of the early years of a startup? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world.
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Business
Is Your Organization Too Flat?
Inc Magazine - By Jim Schleckser
As entrepreneurs who run growing companies, it’s tempting to operate your organization as lean and mean as you can. That’s why when it comes to hiring people, you tend to think in mainly terms of two executives