June 17, 2017
At AI bot startups, cool kids rule
You would think at least one AI-powered humanoid bot would have a properly nerdy name. Maybe a Poindexter or Hildegarde to add some natural language processing to your…
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June 15, 2017
VR’s killer app: business services
Enterprise adoption is trumping entertainment uses and will spring VR and AR into the mainstream. Read More Powered by WPeMatico
Read articleJune 10, 2017
Here’s what the top accelerators in North America are funding
The top startup accelerators have a history of seeing the future in ideas that sounded silly at the time. After all, who would have foreseen billion-dollar businesses based…
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Unpacking Pinterest’s $150M Series Whatever
In a slightly surprising move, Pinterest raised $150 million from private investors this week. Why the firm may have wanted the cash isn’t too hard to understand. When the…
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Why pulling out of Paris Accord damages America’s economic future
People can disagree about the scientific premise behind climate change, but it’s an inescapable fact that the world is driving ahead to replace carbon energy with clean energy anyway. That…
Read articleMay 30, 2017
How to price your IPO
If pops are hard to vet, and IPO pricing remains an art-science hybrid, what measuring stick can we use to decide when an IPO did well, versus gains…
Read articleMay 27, 2017
Chasing dreams may be the next sleeper hit for venture capitalists
After decades spent funding technologies tailored to deprive us of sleep (see: streaming video, gaming, social networks and 24/7 online shopping), the venture capital industry has decided to…
Read articleMay 20, 2017
The bizarre naming trends that modern startups follow
Startups put great effort into finding the perfect name. Ideally, it should be short, memorable, descriptive, and easy to pronounce. Names that meet all the criteria are commonly…
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A new era for startup investing in Latin America
Startups in Latin America are using creative solutions to address not just local but also global problems. For investors outside the region, the prospect of working with these…
Read articleMay 17, 2017
There’s no shame in a $100M startup
The era of unicorn startups has created a distorted view of entrepreneurial success. All the talk about billion-dollar exits has inflated the numbers that define a win. Starting…
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