Investors say that the most-followed woman on Instagram failed to follow through on her commitments.
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RSS →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.
Steve Ells invented the Chipotle bowl by accident in 2003. Now he thinks the future is in slow-roasted sandwiches.
Live wire
JSON →A big risk facing many real estate teams isn't the market; it's founder dependency. Here's how to build something that functions without you.
At Haven clubs, parents can drop off their kids and access workspaces. The company has 60 employees.
A strong product rarely succeeds on its own. Authors Unite founder Tyler Wagner on why personal platforms, from books to podcasts, shape how audiences find and trust a business.
The key to winning more customers is knowing what each generation values and market to them accordingly.
He went undrafted, walked away from football entirely, and still found his way back to the team he grew up dreaming about — watch Tony Jefferson tell Kyle Van Noy how he did it, over a plate of some of Manhattan Beach's best Mexican food.
This trait differentiates Lila Ibrahim from the rest, dating back to when she was a teenager working in the cornfields of Indiana.
Removing structure, pushing decisions down and celebrating autonomy feels like agility — but it usually creates confusion, rework and slower execution, because real speed comes from a kind of discipline most leaders find too boring to invest in.
More than 20,000 companies switched to HRAs this year alone, giving employees cash instead of a company-selected plan.
You don't have a hiring problem. You have a labor allocation problem.
A 81,000-person study found personal growth ranks second on the list of what people want from AI. Only 6% say AI has actually delivered on it.
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