Startups

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

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Falcon
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Adam Gase
'Systems Thinking' Fires Up Your Brain's Ability to Problem-Solve. Here's How to Do It.
Entrepreneur - Aytekin Tank
Systems thinking can help you manage and solve problems big and small. Being an entrepreneur is about problem-solving. On a granular level, there are dozens of issues to tackle each day. On a higher level,
20 hours ago
TechCrunch
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Technology
ZeroDown, valued at $150M, plans to take on Zillow
TechCrunch - Kate Clark
Days out of Y Combinator, venture capitalists valued ZeroDown, a financial and real estate technology startup, at $150 million, the company has confirmed. The startup had the perfect match of experienced
18 hours ago
nyem
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Oil
This Startup Makes Money from Oil Tank Shadows – Digital Innovation and Transformation
hbs.edu
The Palo Alto, California-based geoanalytics startup, has figured out a way to estimate the real-time supply of the world’s oil, the golden data in …
13 hours ago
TechCrunch
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Technology
Headless CMS company Strapi raises $4 million
TechCrunch - Romain Dillet
French startup Strapi has raised a $4 million seed round led by Accel and Stride.vc. The company has been working on an open-source Node.js headless content management system. That’s a lot of technical
22 hours ago
Forbes
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Markets
3 Connected Ways To Differentiate Your Startup App Idea From The Competition
Forbes - Abdo Riani
Identifying, clearly defining, conveying and executing on a competitive advantage is key to turning a startup idea into a profitable venture that lasts. If you want your startup to excel in many ways,
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PC Gamer
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PC Gaming
How to disable Windows startup programs | PC Gamer
pcgamer.com - Tyler Wilde
After booting to Windows, do you stare at the System Tray, waiting for that one icon to appear so that you can right click and close it? How many …
16 hours ago
TechCrunch
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Technology
Spearhead will give $1M to 15 founders to invest freely
TechCrunch - Kate Clark
Spearhead, an investment fund launched by AngelList’s Naval Ravikant and Accomplice’s Jeff Fagnan, plans to raise roughly $100 million for its third fund to provide founders $1 million each to invest technology
21 hours ago
Quartz
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Women's News
McKinsey and Lean In say they’ve found the biggest barrier to gender parity at companies
Quartz - Cassie Werber
The good news: There are more women in top level positions at America’s firms than ever before. The bad news? There are still big problems getting there, and the biggest, according to a new report from
20 hours ago
TechCrunch
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Technology
Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global is buying a startup that uses neuroscience to boost app usage
TechCrunch - Jonathan Shieber
When Arianna Huffington stepped down from her role at the Huffington Post to start Thrive Global, she said the goal of her new business was to help a generation “avoid the burnout that all too often comes
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Entrepreneur
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Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Season 5 Episode 1: New Season, New Rules
Entrepreneur - Entrepreneur Staff
Season 5 introduces the Wild Card and a group of new entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch invites ambitious entrepreneurs to step into the Entrepreneur Elevator, then gives them just 60 seconds pique
2 hours ago
John Dee
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Technology (India)
Meet Tyler Crowley, the man behind the world’s ‘unicorn factory’, who lives off the grid now
yourstory.com -
Tyler Crowley lives mostly off the grid on a remote island in Thailand. He believes the same technology that has been instrumental in all the …
13 hours ago
Venture Capital
500 Startups’ Corporate Venture Capital Survey Unlocks Successful Corporate Investing
yahoo.com - GlobeNewswire
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global venture capital (VC) firm 500 Startups, today released the largest Corporate Venture Capital …
1 hour ago
Forbes
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Small Business
How To Craft An Irresistible Pitch For Skeptical Investors
Forbes - Jia Wertz
Pitching venture capitalists and private investors has become a part of the startup story. Some big companies today, such as Mailchimp, started with little or no money and the founders bootstrapped their
1 day ago
DW News
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Germany
For a price anyone can be a hero in a personalized novel
DW News - Alexa Meyer
The personalized novel, customized for a specific person, is a trend at the Frankfurt Book Fair. A number of startups in Germany offer the service …
5 hours ago
Reuters India
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Mexico
Undercover entrepreneurs: fearful Mexican tech startups shun spotlight
Reuters India - By Julia Love and Daina Beth Solomon
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In Mexico's burgeoning startup scene, publicity is the last thing many entrepreneurs want. Unlike plenty of their P.R.-hungry counterparts in Silicon Valley, Mexican startup founders
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Business Insider
Venture Capital
Healx healthtech startup $56 million Series B pitch deck VC investors - Business Insider
Business Insider - Callum Burroughs
Cambridge, UK-based healthtech startup Healx has just raised a $56 million Series B led by one of Europe's biggest investors to use artificial intelligence to treat the world's rarest diseases. The company
6 hours ago
The Wall Street Journal.
WeWork
WeWork Bonds Fall to New Low
The Wall Street Journal. - Sam Goldfarb
The debt has been volatile following news reports about a looming cash crunch and strategies for raising money WeWork bonds plumbed new lows Tuesday, highlighting questions about the shared-office startup’s
18 hours ago
GeekWire
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Business
Startup returns analysis shows Seattle as the ‘most overlooked innovation market’ in North America
geekwire.com - Taylor Soper
Early stage startup investors looking for strategic advantages should pay attention to Seattle. That’s one takeaway from an analysis of historical …
14 hours ago
Google
One of Google's major startup program chiefs unveils her top tips for success
yahoo.com - Lianna Brinded
Google (GOOG) may be edging closer towards becoming a $1 trillion company but it is one of the most active companies in the world for developing new …
6 hours ago
Sean Walker
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Genetics
This Startup Says It Can Analyze Your DNA to Detect if You’re Gay
futurism.com - Dan Robitzski
The makers of a bizarre new app claim it can analyze data from a commercial DNA test — including those offered by leading genetics startups 23andMe …
20 hours ago
Harrisburg, PA
The 15 places with the most minority-owned startups
cumberlink.com - Kevin Fowler, Volusion.com
As minority populations continue to grow, America is becoming an increasingly diverse nation. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 39.4 percent of …
15 hours ago
CNET
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Autos
Former Uber executive's new startup wants to bring your electric scooter to you
Roadshow - by Sean Szymkowski
Think of Tortoise as the Android operating system to mobility companies' operations. You can't just dump electric bicycles and scooters into a city and let people run wild with them. They need to be in
21 hours ago
TechCrunch
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Cannabis
Flowhub raises $23 million for its retail management software for cannabis dispensaries
TechCrunch - Jonathan Shieber
As cannabis dispensaries flourish across the country alongside the push to legalize medicinal and recreational marijuana use, demand for tools to manage the specificities of the weed retail business continues
16 hours ago
Observer
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SmileDirectClub
SmileDirectClub Has Nothing to Grin About as Post-IPO Woes Continue
observer.com - Gabriela Barkho
SmileDirectClub doesn’t have much to smile about at the moment. The teeth-straightening startup has been hit with news out of California that could …
1 hour ago
Conversion Rate
Startup School Week 7 Recap - Kevin Hale on Conversion Rates and Pricing
ycombinator.com - Y Combinator
We’ve cut down the seventh week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. Kevin Hale gave both lectures this week. Kevin’s a …
17 hours ago
Livemint
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Ratan Tata
'A startup founder must find an area that is not yet explored': Ratan Tata to young entrepreneurs
livemint.com - M. Sriram
When Ratan Tata looks for entrepreneurs to invest in, he looks for certain specific qualities- which would help a company attain scale and chase …
8 hours ago
The Hindu Group
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Water
WEGoT raises $2 million seed funding
thehindubusinessline.com - NARAYANAN V
The IoT-based startup offers integrated water management solutions in real-time to prevent and address the water crisis. Chennai-based water …
5 hours ago
Forbes
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Neat
Zoom Gets Into Hardware (Sort Of) By Backing Neat, An Oslo Startup Targeting Its Customers
Forbes - Alex Konrad
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan built a video conferencing juggernaut used for more than 5 billion meeting-minutes a month—and carrying a market capitalization of about $19 billion—by focusing on doing one thing better
1 day ago
Barron's
Venture Capital
Future Returns: Impact Investing in Latin America
Barron's - Rob Csernyik
Latin America, a region of over 630 million people, has emerged as a space for impact investors to seek market-rate returns. Home to eight of the 20 …
17 hours ago
Firstpost
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Ratan Tata
Ratan Tata to continue to invest in startups; reveals strategy to invest more on 'intuition' than numbers
Firstpost - FP Staff
Tata Group patriarch Ratan Tata outlined the qualities of a startup entrepreneur in a fireside chat. “I would say what drives entrepreneurs is a fire …
9 hours ago