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Why Joining The Right Startup Is So Important: A Guide For Graduates
Vikram Joshi, Founder and CTO at pulsd —a company in the business of democratizing fun in New York City. The allure of the startup world is attractive for recent graduates. The idea of rapid career acceleration, equity and a dynamic…
5 Interesting Startup Deals You May Have Missed: AI That Dispatches The Plumber, Underground Warfare And Cutting Down Private-Market Paperwork
This is a monthly column that runs down five interesting startup funding deals that may have flown under the radar. Check out our previous entry here. Our inboxes overflowed with interesting deals in the past month, but we managed to sift through…
Bill Gurley's Expert Advice On Investing When Valuations Are Sky High
Think this is nice? It's a version of the weekly Under 30 newsletter and would be even better in your inbox. Bill Gurley switched his career twice before ending up in Silicon Valley. First in computer engineering, which felt too siloed; and later…
Chinese political journal calls for 'patient capital' amid AI investment frenzy
The top theoretical journal of China's ruling Communist Party has run commentaries urging the country to cultivate “patient capital” for three days straight, as Beijing seeks to harness investment to boost long-term innovation amid…
When Uncle Sam Turns Venture Capitalist, What Could Go Wrong?
The battery recycler Ascend Elements was riding high in 2023, flush with hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding. The seed money provided to the Massachusetts company, which launched in 2017, was one of several large bets the Biden…
Filing: College app Fizz accuses VC of sharing confidential startup information with rival Sidechat
A years-long lawsuit between the college-focused social app Fizz and rival Sidechat over unfair competition practices has taken an interesting turn. In a new filing, Fizz is accusing investor Jerry Lu, who is with venture capital firm Maveron, of…
The Winning Hand: Lessons For Investors From The Poker Table
Krishan Arora is the founder of Sentinel AI, a leading Narrative and Sentiment Intelligence Platform for Public Companies. Should you ever find yourself walking into a high-stakes poker game in a Vegas Casino or a private poker game in Palo…
Democrats play the Trump family game too?
The son of New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, has raised $30 million for a derivatives startup operating in a market with ties to the cryptocurrency industry, drawing comparisons to the kind of family enrichment for which critics have…
Nilekani-Backed Fundamentum Launches Third Fund Of Rs 2,200 Crore
The Fundamentum Partnership, the venture capital firm cofounded by Infosys Co-founder Nandan Nilekani and veteran investor Sanjeev Aggarwal, said it launched a Rs.2,200 crore third fund, betting that India's growth-stage startups still need…
Microsoft Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Appointed to Federal Reserve Jobs Advisory Role After Mass Layoffs
Microsoft's Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has been appointed to a Federal Reserve task force on jobs despite her main qualification seeming to be ordering mass layoffs at the software giant's gaming division. Engadget reports that Asha Sharma, who assumed…
How SMEs can access grants and funds in the UK
For many small and medium-sized enterprises, securing funding can be one of the biggest challenges to growth. Whether a business is looking to hire staff, invest in new equipment, expand into new markets or develop innovative products, a financial…
Why the controversy over de-extinction risks missing the point
Tasmanian tigers, otherwise known as thylacines, have been extinct since 1936. The species—which looks like a strange mix of a dog, zebra, and a kangaroo—was hunted to extinction, largely because European settlers blamed them for…
Letterboxd could find a new home at Netflix, but Sony is fighting for it, too
Letterboxd, the fast-growing social network for film lovers, could soon have a new owner. According to a report by Puck News, the New Zealand-based platform has been exploring a potential sale, attracting interest from several major entertainment…
America is fighting yesterday's AI war. Tomorrow's war is on the way
For more than two decades on the Army Staff, part of my job was recommending which nations received American weapons, training and doctrine, and which did not. The choice rarely came down to which weapon system performed best on a range. It came…
Federal Reserve Taps A16z Co-Founder for Monetary Policy Task Force
The US Federal Reserve named Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen to help lead a task force studying how artificial intelligence and other new technologies could affect productivity and jobs. Andreessen will serve on the Fed's…
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