Tag: Startups
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I’m super excited about today’s company! Of all the startups I’ve looked at recently, Crafter might have the most compelling product. This San Diego-based company makes arts and crafts kits of the very highest quality and provides great instructional videos that will have you making beautiful crafts in no time.…
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Major news over the holiday weekend as the Chinese government required all app stores in China to remove the Didi Chuxing app. Didi is the Chinese equivalent to Uber, and dominates shared rides in the country, along with a major presence abroad: China has ordered app-store operators to remove the…
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In the shadow of New York City, I walked down a quiet street beneath an overpass. I came across a squat brick building with no windows. On the door, a small sign was the only indication of what’s inside: Hudson Space Systems. Founded by graduates of the Stevens Institute of…
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+ Angel Investing, Angel Investor, Hoboken, New Jersey, NJ, R&D, Rockets, Space, Startups, Tech, VC, Venture Capital+
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Austin, already a significant tech center, is the biggest beneficiary of tech workers being able to live anywhere and work remotely: Austin is the top beneficiary of tech-related migration in the past 12 months, according to data from Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn profiles. Nashville and Charlotte also saw noteworthy migration rates.…
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In the birthplace of baseball and Frank Sinatra, on a quiet street near the waterfront, lie the offices of one of the hottest tech companies in the world: Attentive. We’re used to thinking of the tech startup scene as confined to the Bay Area. Maybe a few in New York…
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+ Angel Investing, Garden State, Hudson County, New Jersey, NJ, NYC, Startup, Startups, Tech, VC, Venture Capital+
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It’s not just about the Bay Area anymore. Indian startups have raised venture funding at a record pace this year, on track to double from 2020: Startups raised total investments of $7.8 billion in the first four months of this calendar year, which is almost 70% of the overall corpus…
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+ Angel, Angel Investing, Angel Investor, Asia, India, Investing, Software, Startup, Startups, Technology, VC, Venture Capital+
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Investors look at a lot of startups before laying a bet. But how do we know if the company’s product is catching on, or has failed to find traction? And as a founder, how do you know if you’re headed in the right direction or…nowhere? In a recent episode of…
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“You can break down Robinhood into a series of small steps, the first one being start Robinhood, and every subsequent one being some variant of don’t stop and keep going, right, and you end up where we are today. “ In his mid-20’s, Vladimir Tenev lived in New York City.…
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“Everybody thought I was crazy.” That’s Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase. When he started the company in 2012, it was a small and quirky startup. Bitcoin had only been in use for three years and remained relatively obscure. But now, it’s safe to say not many people think Armstrong is…
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+ Angel Investing, Bitcoin, Coinbase, Crypto, Cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin, Ethereum, Investing, Litecoin, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Y Combinator+
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NBA Top Shot’s popularity is exploding. Users pay to own an iconic basketball image or video clip, such as Lebron James dunking on someone (plenty of those choose from!). Their ownership is recorded on the blockchain in what’s called a Non-Fungible Token (NFT). NBA Top Shot is a creation of…
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Tremendous 