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Millennial sold first company for 6 figures at 21. Here are his tips
When Kevin Kim dropped out of college at 21 to become an entrepreneur, it seemed like a huge gamble. “My mum cried a little,” Kim, now 33, said with a laugh. But his confidence was not u...
Hate fast fashion? You can compost this new streetwear clothing line
Fast fashion is big business, but it is also a big polluter, responsible for about 10% of global carbon emissions. Roughly 70% of the $3 trillion fashion industry is comprised of articles made from sy...
$400 billion erased from European tech market in 2022, Atomico says
The Klarna logo displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Europe’s tech industry has lost more than $400 billion in value this year, according to ve...
Peter Thiel’s VC fund backs climate-conscious fintech TreeCard
TreeCard offers users a spending and money management platform tied to a debit card made from wood. TreeCard TreeCard, a climate-conscious digital money app, raised $23 million from investors in a new...
VC firm Sequoia Capital’s Doug Leone on the fallout from FTX collapse
Doug Leone, managing partner at Sequoia Capital LLC, speaks during the Bridge Forum conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. The event brings together leaders in fi...
Big Japanese Investor Finds Itself Caught In Another Debacle
SoftBank Group has struck out on several its latest investments since several of them have proved to be nearly worthless. One of the largest Japanese investors, Softbank made a bet on cryptocurrency b...
TeraWatt announces first interstate EV charging network for trucks
TeraWatt site Courtesy: TeraWatt San Francisco startup TeraWatt Infrastructure on Thursday announced it’s developing the first network of electric vehicle-charging centers for heavy-duty and med...
Korean Production Companies See More Requests For Foreign Remakes
Popular k-drama ‘Start-Up’ has a Filipino remake. CJ ENM/GMA Entertainment Group Remakes are nothing new in the world of television. But what might be considered newsworthy is the number o...
Twelve makes jet fuel from CO2; signs deal with Microsoft, Alaska Air
Sustainable aviation fuel, commonly called SAF, has so far been expensive to produce, but new startups are now creating clean fuels out of carbon at a much cheaper cost. Now, new tax credits for clean...
Sesame Solar is selling clean-energy nanogrids for disasters
Michigan-based startup Sesame Solar is producing what it deems the world’s first fully-renewable mobile nanogrid for natural disaster relief. Its units can be used as mobile communications and c...
Scarlett Johansson Opens Up About Life As An Entrepreneur And The Future Of Her ‘The Outset’ Skincare Line
The Outset Founder and Chair Scarlett Johansson. The Outset She may be best known to many for playing a larger-than-life superhero in some of the highest-grossing blockbuster movies, but just as the M...
Lower Valuations, Shut-Downs, Investment Pause. What’s A Founder To Do? Eight Investors Weigh In
Altitude Accelerator Mohammad Hussain This article was written in collaboration with Taylor McAuliffe, Researcher and Writer from Altitude Accelerator, a non-profit innovation hub and business incubat...
Pilot Project Provides Resources To Help Start-Up Brewers Launch
The founders of Funkytown Brewery taste their latest brew with Pilot Project. From left to right, … [+] Greg Williams, Funkytown co-founder and COO; Rich Bloomfield, Funkytown co-founder and CEO...
Checkout.com jumps into crypto with stablecoin payments feature
The logo for payments start-up Checkout.com. Checkout.com AMSTERDAM — Online payments company Checkout.com says it will settle payments for its merchants round-the-clock using stablecoins, making it t...
Chipotle and Kraft Heinz use start-up HowGood to track sustainability
Consumers are now demanding environmental accountability in everything — from the buildings they live in to the products they purchase. Food is a big one. While more and more food companies are ...
Andreessen Horowitz raises $4.5 billion crypto fund in down market
Chris Dixon, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, discusses cryptocurrency during the TechCrunch Disrupt forum in San Francisco, October 2, 2019. Kate Munsch | Reuters Andreessen Horowitz plans to ...
How to get free Nike sneakers, save money at Apple & other life hacks
Reading the fine print or understanding available offers means you could be saving money or taking advantage of refunds or freebies that you might not have otherwise known about, like a brand-new pair...
How to manage a surprise increase in money if you sold your business
When Kristen Heaton launched her own business in 2013, she never dreamed she’d sell it for seven figures. So, when she sold it to Amazon aggregator Perch in July 2021, she hired a financial advi...
Sequoia leads $80 million funding round for Swiss start-up Yokoy
Sequoia Capital is betting the next European tech giant will emerge in Switzerland. The Silicon Valley venture capital firm told CNBC that it led an $80 million funding round for Yokoy, a platform tha...
5 money-saving tips from a TikTok lawyer who reads the fine print
Reading the fine print means you could be saving money that you might not have otherwise known about, according to Erika Kullberg, lawyer and founder of Plug and Law, a legal tech start-up for small b...
Indian beauty company Nykaa looks to physical retail expansion
While Nykaa started as an e-commerce platform, founder and CEO Falguni Nayar is a “big believer” in physical retail and said there is demand from consumers. “The last two years have ...
Indian beauty company Nykka looks to physical retail expansion
While Nykka started as an e-commerce platform, founder and CEO Falguni Nayar is a “big believer” in physical retail and said there is demand from consumers. “The last two years have ...
Pittsburgh robot farm business of future backed by Pritzker billions
Currently less than 1% of fresh produce is grown through hydroponics systems versus open-field agriculture, but this segment is forecast by Mordor Intelligence to grow by nearly 11,% or about $600 mil...
How Block (Square) avoided death by Amazon
Block co-founder Jim McKelvey. CNBC | NBC Universal | Getty Images BARCELONA — In 2014, Amazon launched a product that sounded strikingly similar to something already on offer from Twitter co-founder ...
Navitas’ gallium nitride tech could help EVs charge three times faster
A charging port is seen on a Mercedes Benz EQC 400 4Matic electric vehicle at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 13, 2019. Mark Blinch | Reuters Navitas Semicond...
Thiel Capital, Mesa Air invest in electric seaglider startup Regent
(Illustration) REGENT is developing a flying, electric sea glider with a top speed of 180 miles per hour. Courtesy: REGENT Thiel Capital and regional aviation providers Mesa Air Group are investing in...
at-home testing, from Covid to cancer, worth $2 billion dollars
The at-home testing market is bigger than just Covid tests, and it’s bigger than over-the-counter pregnancy tests. In fact, the emerging marketplace of consumer-initiated lab testing may be wort...