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Form Energy's iron-air batteries can keep running for 100 hours straight, far longer than standard lithium-ion batteries.
Building a sustainable business isn't the same as a conventional startup. Here's what I learned while building mine.
Most companies don't break all at once — they crack in predictable places, and the founders who survive are the ones who pressure-test cash, dependencies, control and speed before the market forces them to.
Failure in startups is inevitable, but how you respond determines what comes next. This piece outlines a clear, practical framework for analyzing setbacks, protecting relationships, and returning with sharper judgment and renewed conviction.
Y Combinator has been around since 2005, helping launch more than 5,000 startups like Reddit, DoorDash and Airbnb.
Here's how data-driven decision making helps startups scale with confidence.
Whatnot lets users bid on trading cards, sneakers and secondhand fashion in fast-paced live auctions. Some can't stop.
Toymaker Goliath turned the adult trend of mechanical keyboard customization into a kid-friendly, sensory collectible.
With four aisles and no windows, the airliner would be the first real challenger to Boeing's U.S. monopoly in decades.
Max Marchione's Superpower is building an AI alternative to concierge medicine. Its next big bet is peptides.
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JSON →Building stronger companies starts with investing in people, trust and meaningful relationships.
At age 14, he didn't know what taxes were. Now he's championing financial literacy.
A judge found Rebel copied Van Leeuwen's packaging in "bad faith." Rebel only had about $14 million in assets to cover the judgment.
The Lodge family has kept their cast-iron dynasty in the family for six generations, but it hasn't always been smooth cooking.
The dual-brand restaurant shares one entrance with separate seating zones for each restaurant.
AI-driven search is making unlinked brand mentions increasingly valuable, so marketers should track both backlinks and credible brand mentions while continuing to build links.
Digital formation services can simplify the legal beginning of a company. They cannot create demand or build the systems that keep a business operating.
There is going to be another significant stock market contraction. History guarantees that much. What history doesn't tell us is when.
The CEO runs a $443 billion business but still has time for fun.
OpenAI covertly turned ChatGPT into an advertising tool this year. Here's how it works.
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