October 12, 2024 Why it’s dangerous to have a company without hierarchy, according to pioneers of Google’s Startup Accelerator In their book, Martin Gonzalez and Joshua Yellin explore why so many startups fail—and what those that succeed do right. BY Martin Gonzalez and Joshua Yellin Many entrepreneurs are inspired by romantic conceptions of how great startup … Continue reading Why it’s dangerous to have a company without hierarchy, according to pioneers of Google’s Startup Accelerator
Gates-Backed Startup Personalizes Individual Recommendations, Apps To TV by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 29, 2024 Advertisers talk about customization, but few deliver on the promise. Likewise, a startup backed by Bill Gates, figured out how to truly customize newsletters and app content to the individual that feeds into connected devices such as TVs. … Continue reading Bill Gates-Backed Startup Personalizes Individual Recommendations, Apps To TV
See how the MarTechBot responds to a prompt and how the prompt can be improved. Today: the most important platforms for growing a B2B startup. MarTechBot on August 26, 2024 Best of the MarTechBot showcases the MarTechBot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. See more about how marketers are using MarTechBot here. The language model is based on … Continue reading Essential stack for a B2B startup: Best of the MarTechBot
Canva’s recent acquisitions aim to boost its profile as an all-in-one creative hub for businesses and individuals. Chris Wood on July 30, 2024 Canva acquired generative AI content and research startup Leonardo.AI for an undisclosed sum. The Australia-based Leonardo.AI launched less than two years ago and boasts 19 million registered users. Its image- … Continue reading Canva acquires genAI startup Leonardo.AI
Websites accuse AI startup Anthropic of bypassing their anti-scraping rules and protocol iFixit and Freelancer said Anthropic’s bot aggressively crawled their websites. mariella moon Sat, Jul 27, 2024 Anthropic Freelancer has accused Anthropic, the AI startup behind the Claude large language models, of ignoring its “do not crawl” robots.txt protocol to scrape its … Continue reading Websites accuse AI startup Anthropic of bypassing their anti-scraping rules and protocol
How to Recover From a Failed Startup Deanna Ritchie Editor Most entrepreneurs who start new businesses understand that failure is a significant possibility, but optimistically hope that their startup will defy the odds and become massively successful. No matter how hopeful you are – or how skilled you are as an entrepreneur – a … Continue reading How to Recover From a Failed Startup
July 15, 2024 Why tailoring strategic communication is key to startup success This VC learned some key lessons in messaging after giving presentations to four different groups—including a sixth grade class and a team at Amazon Web Services. BY Adi Gozes I recently gave presentations about venture capital to four different audiences—my child’s 6th-grade class, university … Continue reading Why tailoring strategic communication is key to startup success
June 27, 2024 This tech startup is putting drones in soldiers’ backpacks For years, China has been beating America in combat drone innovation. Performance Drone Works is trying to bring back the competitive advantage. BY Henry Chandonnet Matt Higgins was at ground zero within hours of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Higgins, who was at the … Continue reading This tech startup is putting drones in soldiers’ backpacks
May 20, 2024 3 lessons that running a marathon taught me as a startup founder It’s a difficult time to be a founder. These insights can help. BY Boaz Shedletsky 2024 is forming into one of the hardest years to survive as a startup founder. Last year, entrepreneurs were already reporting high rates of anxiety and depression. Compounded with … Continue reading 3 lessons that running a marathon taught me as a startup founder
April 30, 2024 This Bay Area startup connects you with a ‘repair artist’ who can fix your broken stuff Nimble wants to make it easier for people to repair their items—which in turn will pressure companies to make products more fixable to begin with. BY Adele Peters When her air purifier broke, Stephanie Hoang did what … Continue reading This Bay Area startup connects you with a ‘repair artist’ who can fix your broken stuff
