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

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Hobbies
How to Turn Your Hobby Into Your Job (Without Losing Your Passion)
Entrepreneur - Jennifer Spencer
It’s the dream, isn’t it? We all want to wake up excited on Monday, enjoy the work we do and come home invigorated to do it all again tomorrow. The obvious answer is to turn your hobby -- the passion already
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Entrepreneurship
What Is The Most Important Element Of A Successful Startup? Hint, It’s Not The Idea, Team, Business Model Or Funding Dollars.
Forbes - Bernhard Schroeder
Entrepreneurship is on the rise. Millennials are helping to fuel startups and it looks like Gen Z will only continue the trend. According to a recent Nielsen study, 54% of Gen Z’s claim their aspiration
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Learning
Four education startups that keep you learning into adulthood
Wired UK - Katia Moskvitch
Today, education doesn’t stop after students graduate; many continue learning throughout their life. And in addition to adult learning courses at …
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Technology
Adam Neumann
Exclusive: We Company CEO Neumann starts talks on his role at WeWork parent - sources
Reuters Canada - By Joshua Franklin and Greg Roumeliotis
NEW YORK (Reuters) - WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann has started talks with board directors and investors to discuss his future role, including the possibility of giving up his title as chief executive,
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Wire
Innovation
An Unusual Pitch Strategy That Will Set You Apart and Impress Your Audience
Inc Magazine - Carmine Gallo
I often agree to meet with entrepreneurs, investors and CEOs for no other reason than to learn something new. This week, I had lunch with an entrepreneur and inventor who raised $17 million in a fundraising
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Daring Greatly
Business
The Four Types Of People Your Startup Can't Live Without
Forbes - Sumit Dhawan
Hiring for startups is challenging. Your company is small, your team is new, and things are changing quickly. Hiring the right team is mission-critical at an early-stage company, but according to research
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Bloomberg Television
WeWork
Some WeWork Directors Want to Oust CEO Adam Neumann
Bloomberg
WeWork’s board is convening Monday and could discuss ousting Adam Neumann as chief executive officer, people familiar with the situation said, as the …
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Business
Four Years in Startups
The New Yorker - Anna Wiener
Life in Silicon Valley during the dawn of the unicorns. Depending on whom you ask, 2012 represented the apex, the inflection point, or the beginning of the end for Silicon Valley’s startup scene—what called
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Technology
Kabbage founders drum up $11M for Drum, an SMB marketplace for sourcing salespeople, goods and services
TechCrunch - Ingrid Lunden
It’s often said that smaller businesses get the short end of the stick when it comes to technology solutions: they are more high-maintenance than consumers, but not as lucrative as larger enterprises,
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Outlook India
Business
Handle tax issues of startups with utmost care: CBDT to I-T dept
outlookindia.com
New Delhi, Sep 23 (PTI) Income Tax related issues of startups should be handled with "utmost care" and a final action taken report on their …
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Adam Neumann
We Wants a New Boss
Bloomberg - Matt Levine
Here’s a risk factor in the most recent draft prospectus for the We Co.’s initial public offering: Our future success depends in large part on the …
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Technology
How Peloton made sweat addictive enough to IPO
TechCrunch - Josh Constine
It makes lazy people like me work out. That’s the genius of the Peloton bicycle. All you have to do is velcro on the shoes and you’re trapped. You’ve eliminated choice and you will exercise. Through a
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Employment
How to land a job at a start-up
yahoo.com - Yahoo Finance
Job interviews are stressful enough as it is: there are questions you should ask, questions you shouldn’t, telltale signs you nailed it, and mistakes …
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Tech-Business
Cities
New startup aims to bring controversial scooter tracking system to more cities
The Verge - Andrew J. Hawkins
Los Angeles’ successful (and controversial) scooter tracking system has spread to dozens of other cities since it was first rolled out in 2018. And now a new startup called Lacuna has emerged from stealth
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SoftBank Group
As Adam Neumann reportedly faces pressure to step down, it’s looking like a fight for life between WeWork and SoftBank
TechCrunch - Connie Loizos
According to a new WSJ report, some percent of WeWork’s seven-person board, which includes cofounder and CEO Adam Neumann, is planning to pressure Neumann to step down and instead become We’s non-executive
The Wall Street Journal.
Home Ownership
Startups That Offer New Paths to Homeownership
The Wall Street Journal. - Tomio Geron
Startups are creating new ways for consumers shut out of the traditional mortgage market to be able to join the ranks of homeowners People with steady incomes but less-than-perfect credit are often shut
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Technology
Business
Why Startup Accelerators Can Be A Catalyst For Business Success
Forbes - Alison Coleman
As the name suggests, a startup accelerator can help fledgling businesses reach the next stage of their growth quickly. It is a crowded marketplace where program quality and offerings vary enormously.
The Wall Street Journal.
Facebook
Snap Detailed Facebook’s Aggressive Tactics
The Wall Street Journal. - The Wall Street Journal
Snap’s legal team kept a dossier of the ways Facebook was trying to thwart competition, people familiar said. Snap executives believed Facebook was preventing Snap’s most popular content from trending
Fortune
Gaming
Why Discord Is One of Tech’s Hottest Startups
Fortune - JP Mangalindan
Blasting zombies and punching warriors isn't enough for many video game fans. They also want to chat with friends and opponents about their on-screen …
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Money
Money (UK)
World Cup-winning rugby coach Sir Clive takes hot seat at ticket start-up
thisismoney.co.uk - By Jamie Nimmo For The Mail On Sunday
World Cup-winning rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward has teamed up with a start-up company which allows people to get their hands on hospitality tickets …
The Globe and Mail
Venture Capital
Yukon’s government and several First Nations invest in new Panache Ventures fund
The Globe and Mail - Sean Silcoff
The Yukon government and seven of the territory’s First Nations are the latest Canadian institutions to fund Canada’s thriving technology scene, backing a seed-stage venture capital fund founded by former
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Cooking
Investing
What's the State of the U.S. Grocery Market?
The Motley Fool - Motley Fool Staff
It's a changing time for the grocery business in the United States. Delivery and digital are rising in importance, and new technology exists that's …
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Home Automation
Startups (India)
How these entrepreneurs turned their weekend project into a million-dollar startup IoTfy
yourstory.com -
There is a rapid upsurge in the demand for emerging technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud across all sectors. In consumer …
Business Insider
Business
How to avoid the worst mistakes startups make, according to 3 founders who've been there
Business Insider - Minutes
Today, practically every new business considers itself a startup. The startup ethos — rapid, runaway growth — has been drilled into the collective consciousness of just about every founder. And while mentality
Transportation
San Diego Startup is Re-Defining Sustainable Transportation
yahoo.com - PR Newswire
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ebike Cargo Products is demonstrating what is possible by bicycle with their new "Velocker" cargo system. …
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Entrepreneur
France
France’s $5.5 billion startup fund is a bid for digital sovereignty
VentureBeat - Chris O'Brien
The global startup race is often measured by quantitative markers, like venture capital or unicorns. But the more intangible measure of sovereignty is increasingly on the minds of policy makers outside
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UX Design
Design
Designing an experience for an access control system and POS
abduzeedo.com - François Hoang
Ilya Sablin and Sergey Nikonenko have shared what I think a pretty unique project on their Behance. Particularly on the technical side of things …
Business Technology
The Nordics’ passion for gamification goes global
computerweekly.com - Matthew Staff
Digital startups across Scandinavia are fuelling a gamification revolution to educate, stimulate and even safeguard children. These startups are …
Forbes
Salesforce
Kabbage Founders Drum Up $11 Million In Capital For New Salesforce Startup
Forbes - Moira Vetter
Drum, the latest startup from the founders of Kabbage, raised $11 Million to launch its optimized browser experience for businesses (to promote products and services) and its iOS and Android apps for (participants
CNBC
Innovation
Apple, Google and other titans are snatching up start-ups to fuel innovation. The secret behind their successful corporate
CNBC - Joel Dreyfuss
Whatever drives legacy companies to form these alliances, whether out of desperate necessity or to solve a particular problem, there's a surprising …