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Careers
fromEntrepreneur
19 hours ago

Why Entrepreneurs Start to Feel Lost After 40

Midlife disorientation in entrepreneurs signals a misalignment between identity, values, and business direction, necessitating recalibration for clarity and alignment.
#innovation
Growth hacking
fromEntrepreneur
1 day ago

Innovation Looks Like Hype Before It Really Works - Here's Why

Innovation progresses slower than public perception, leading to overhyped technology trends and narratives that can be difficult to change.
Growth hacking
fromEntrepreneur
1 day ago

Innovation Looks Like Hype Before It Really Works - Here's Why

Innovation progresses slower than public perception, leading to overhyped technology trends and narratives that can be difficult to change.
Real estate
fromEntrepreneur
6 days ago

Can You Spot Signs of Industry Disruption Before They Happen?

Most innovation occurs in three stages: visibility, interface, and incentives, impacting industry transformation.
Higher education
fromFortune
11 hours ago

The billionaire Anthropic cofounder who majored in literature and says knowing how to ask the right question beats knowing how to code | Fortune

AI is highlighting the value of liberal arts degrees, emphasizing the importance of storytelling and interdisciplinary thinking for future careers.
#ai-strategy
fromAol
23 hours ago
Startup companies

Reid Hoffman says leaders need to update their AI strategy. His advice: weekly check-ins.

Startup companies
fromAol
23 hours ago

Reid Hoffman says leaders need to update their AI strategy. His advice: weekly check-ins.

Managers should experiment with AI tools across all business areas rather than treating it like a software update.
Startup companies
fromwww.businessinsider.com
23 hours ago

Reid Hoffman says leaders need to update their AI strategy. His advice: weekly check-ins.

Executives must adapt their AI strategies to prioritize rapid experimentation across all business areas rather than traditional software rollout methods.
Silicon Valley
fromTechCrunch
17 hours ago

StrictlyVC San Francisco is in less than a month | TechCrunch

StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on April 30 focuses on AI funding insights with notable speakers.
#ai
Podcast
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

CEO Says He'll Hire Anyone Who Can Vibe Code With AI, Regardless of Actual Skill

Steven Bartlett prioritizes hiring individuals who can effectively use AI in coding, emphasizing a vibes-based approach to recruitment.
Podcast
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

CEO Says He'll Hire Anyone Who Can Vibe Code With AI, Regardless of Actual Skill

Steven Bartlett prioritizes hiring individuals who can effectively use AI in coding, emphasizing a vibes-based approach to recruitment.
US politics
fromWIRED
22 hours ago

Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own

Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, advocates for strict AI regulations, facing opposition from Silicon Valley's elite as he runs for Congress.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
1 day ago

Ad Tech Briefing: The Trade Desk's 'changing of the guard' and a 'sign of the times'

Independent ad tech companies face challenges as MiQ expands through acquisitions while The Trade Desk experiences significant executive departures.
Bootstrapping
fromEntrepreneur
1 day ago

Your Business Won't Scale Unless You Accept This Hard Truth

Leaders must delegate tasks to ensure business scalability and avoid being overqualified for daily operations.
#venture-capital
Venture
fromFast Company
2 days ago

The 3 reasons why VCs invest: Faith, opportunity, or evidence

Venture capital rounds are driven by three core reasons: faith, opportunity, and evidence.
Venture
fromFast Company
2 days ago

The 3 reasons why VCs invest: Faith, opportunity, or evidence

Venture capital rounds are driven by three core reasons: faith, opportunity, and evidence.
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
5 days ago

Tim Draper Confirmed As A Bitcoin 2026 Speaker

Tim Draper, a prominent Bitcoin advocate, will speak at Bitcoin 2026, emphasizing his long-term investment and belief in Bitcoin's future.
Exercise
fromEntrepreneur
5 days ago

Whoops, We Dyed Influencers Blue! But Now Our Business Is Bringing In $42 Million in Revenue

Clarke and Spalter built FORM, a lifestyle platform and activewear brand, achieving over 60,000 subscribers and $42 million in revenue since its 2020 launch.
#entrepreneurship
Bootstrapping
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

How to Keep Your Entrepreneurial Identity After Selling a Startup

Exiting a business is a launch pad, not an ending; entrepreneurs must prepare for identity reconstruction and renewed creation rather than retirement.
Startup companies
fromFortune
1 month ago

This AI founder who quit her 9-to-5 law job has a warning for anyone dreaming of doing the same: 'I'm working harder now than I ever did' | Fortune

Founders work longer hours than salaried positions, but find greater meaning and fulfillment despite sacrificing work-life balance and taking pay cuts.
Education
fromBusiness Matters
1 week ago

Interview with Sujay Thakur: Building Vision from the Ground Up

Sujay Thakur is a multifaceted entrepreneur focused on real estate, education innovation, and sustainable growth.
Startup companies
fromFast Company
1 day ago

Entrepreneurship was never easy, but it doesn't need to be relentless

Entrepreneurs face overwhelming mental loads and financial pressures, impacting their ability to innovate and grow their businesses.
Bootstrapping
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Entrepreneurship Is Creative Work, but We Don't Call It That

Entrepreneurship is a form of creativity that involves cognitive processes like divergent thinking and adaptability.
Bootstrapping
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

How to Keep Your Entrepreneurial Identity After Selling a Startup

Exiting a business is a launch pad, not an ending; entrepreneurs must prepare for identity reconstruction and renewed creation rather than retirement.
Startup companies
fromFortune
1 month ago

This AI founder who quit her 9-to-5 law job has a warning for anyone dreaming of doing the same: 'I'm working harder now than I ever did' | Fortune

Founders work longer hours than salaried positions, but find greater meaning and fulfillment despite sacrificing work-life balance and taking pay cuts.
Bootstrapping
fromFortune
2 days ago

I grew up in a family of entrepreneurs. Here's what I had to unlearn to build a $1 billion business | Fortune

Family-business instincts can hinder global growth despite their strengths in resilience and financial discipline.
fromwww.businessinsider.com
6 days ago

Google DeepMind started moving faster by acting like a startup, Demis Hassabis says

"We've basically helped put together all the talent from around the company, sort of pushing in one direction. A lot of it was assembling together all the ingredients we already had and then kind of pushing with relentless sort of focus and pace."
Silicon Valley
fromwww.businessinsider.com
6 days ago

Former Instagram VP shares 5 tips for young software engineers

Curiosity is key for young engineers. Asking a lot of questions is a great way to build relationships within a company, according to James Everingham.
Careers
Artificial intelligence
fromForbes
1 day ago

The Hottest Debate In Tech: Ads In AI

The debate in AI centers on the introduction of advertising in chatbot interactions and the financial implications of running AI systems.
#leadership
Growth hacking
fromInc
1 week ago

Most Founders Get Leadership Wrong. Here's What Actually Works

Strong leadership is essential for business growth and requires setting boundaries and persistence.
Growth hacking
fromInc
1 week ago

Most Founders Get Leadership Wrong. Here's What Actually Works

Strong leadership is essential for business growth and requires setting boundaries and persistence.
Bootstrapping
fromEntrepreneur
4 days ago

An Entrepreneur's Guide to Succession Planning

Succession planning is essential for protecting business value, ensuring continuity, and securing the owner's financial future.
Social media marketing
fromInc
1 week ago

AI Flooded the Feed. Now, the Smartest Companies Are Moving Offline

In-person brand activations are becoming essential as digital content saturation increases, making physical presence a scarce and valuable marketing channel.
fromTechCrunch
2 weeks ago

Meta launches new initiative to support entrepreneurship, drive AI adoption | TechCrunch

In the AI era, it should be easier than ever for people to build new businesses. We want to build the services that enable this. This is important for ensuring that people broadly share in the prosperity created by superintelligence.
European startups
Software development
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Cursor CEO warns vibe coding builds 'shaky foundations' and eventually 'things start to crumble' | Fortune

AI is transforming programming by enabling end-to-end tasks, but caution is needed to avoid 'vibe coding' pitfalls.
Marketing
fromInc
3 weeks ago

He Built a $250 Million Brand. Then He Left to Start Over

Todd Meleney launched While on Earth, a performance wellness brand, after building Nobull into a $250 million company, focusing on distinct branding.
#ai-adoption
fromFortune
1 month ago
Startup companies

Asia's founders are spending more money on AI tools, with use of some coding tools rising by more than four times | Fortune

Asia-Pacific entrepreneurs are rapidly adopting AI tools and launching AI startups, with founder spending on AI rising 20% and AI startups comprising 30-67% of new businesses in Singapore and Hong Kong.
fromFortune
1 month ago
Startup companies

Asia's founders are spending more money on AI tools, with use of some coding tools rising by more than four times | Fortune

Silicon Valley
fromBig Think
2 weeks ago

The 5-step algorithm that's transforming legacy companies

The Algorithm emphasizes speed and simplicity to achieve exponential growth in companies like Tesla and General Motors.
Healthcare
fromFortune
4 weeks ago

AI is reviving tech sectors that VCs had all but forgotten | Fortune

AI-native startups are revitalizing forgotten venture sectors including healthtech, cybersecurity, biotech, and enterprise SaaS, with Q4 2025 showing record early-stage funding activity across these categories.
NYC startup
fromInc
1 month ago

Why Gary Vee Has Zero Interest in Getting His New Gummy Brand Into Stores

Gary Vaynerchuk's Very Luckee Gummies venture represents a theory about the future of commerce centered on uncompromising product quality and clean ingredients rather than traditional business metrics.
fromBusiness Insider
4 weeks ago

Emergent's CEO says the vibe-coding industry is still in its 'bitcoin $1' moment

I keep telling people internally also that we are at a bitcoin $1 moment right now. You can see the excitement, you can see the revenue growth for everybody. This is when like, things are kind of just working. The industry could soon hit a massive inflection point, when software produced through vibe coding becomes more reliable and widely usable.
Venture
Venture
fromTechCrunch
4 weeks ago

Antonio Gracias says he's longing for 'proentropic' startups - those that are built to survive chaos | TechCrunch

Proentropic startups are designed to thrive in chaos and disruption by anticipating future states and adapting probabilistically to constant change.
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

Tools for founders to navigate and move past conflict | TechCrunch

Founders must establish healthy conflict resolution frameworks early to build company culture based on respectful interactions rather than stated values alone.
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

The companies that win with AI may not look like companies at all

AI fundamentally changes the minimum viable organizational size by enabling fewer people to accomplish more, reshaping core assumptions about corporate structure and scale.
Startup companies
fromEntrepreneur
4 weeks ago

I've Built Startups for 40 Years. AI Just Flipped Everything I Know

Experienced founders must adapt their business fundamentals to AI's unique technical complexity, as traditional startup patterns prove insufficient in this emerging field.
Startup companies
fromHardik Pandya
1 month ago

Every Company is a Startup Now

AI has eliminated structural protections that kept large companies safe for decades by enabling small teams to build competitive products faster and cheaper than established competitors.
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

I left tech to become an influencer. I had $6,000 in my savings when I took the leap, but it's the best decision I've ever made.

When the crypto startup I was working for was sold in July 2025, I saw it as the perfect opportunity to go all in on myself as a content creator. I had about $6,000 in savings and less than 40,000 followers on TikTok, but I believed I was worth the investment.
Startup companies
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

An Accel VC says the vibe coding market is big enough for Cursor and Claude Code

The AI-assisted coding market is expanding rapidly with room for multiple successful companies like Cursor and Claude Code, driven by new user adoption and increased per-customer consumption.
Business
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

Why Pushback Matters More Than Validation and How the Best Founders Use It

Friction and resistance reveal hidden flaws in plans and assumptions, providing more valuable guidance than validation and team enthusiasm.
Venture
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

The billionaire founder of Palo Alto Networks started a new cybersecurity company.

Nir Zuk founded Cylake, an on-premises AI-powered security system for regulated organizations unable to move data to the cloud, backed by $45 million from Greylock.
Startup companies
fromForbes
1 month ago

How Global Uncertainty Is Shaping The Way Startups Function

Startups navigating current global uncertainty most effectively build distributed teams across multiple countries paired with AI tools to operate faster, leaner, and more resilient.
Artificial intelligence
fromForbes
1 month ago

Why Top Founders Are Becoming 'Claudepilled' And What It Means

Top founders are using Claude AI to automate entire business operations rather than one-off tasks, fundamentally transforming how they work and gaining competitive advantage.
World news
fromIndependent
2 months ago

This Working Life with Joe Kinvi: 'I wanted to get into tech because it's the greatest enabler for the world'

The African diaspora can drive Africa’s future by pooling capital across borders using Borderless’ investment infrastructure, while founders face significant challenges.
fromFortune
2 months ago

Exclusive: Marc Lore and Melissa Bridgeford's Wizard emerges from stealth | Fortune

Wizard, an AI-native shopping agent cofounded by Marc Lore and CEO Melissa Bridgeford, is coming out of a nearly 5-year private beta with an ambitious promise: to end the era of endless scrolling in ecommerce and replace it with a personalized and streamlined shopping experience. Launched publicly on Feb. 11, the New York-based startup is betting that the next wave of online retail will be driven not by bigger marketplaces,
E-Commerce
Information security
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago

CIOs discuss friction between legacy IT and innovation | Computer Weekly

CIOs must balance adopting AI-driven innovation with securing deeply embedded legacy systems and regulatory compliance while maintaining business continuity.
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Disruptive innovation is key to building world-changing companies, but it needs a moral compass in the age of AI

At the Consumer Electronics Show in early January, Razer made waves by unveiling a small jar containing a holographic anime bot designed to accompany gamers not just during gameplay, but in daily life. The lava-lamp-turned-girlfriend is undeniably bizarre-but Razer's vision of constant, sometimes sexualized companionship is hardly an outlier in the AI market.
Gadgets
Venture
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

How to Keep Innovation Moving When Your VC Team Keeps Leaving

Venture Capital-as-a-Service (VCaaS) solves corporate venture capital team turnover by providing experienced investors and maintaining deal execution consistency while corporations focus on core strategy.
fromSan Jose Inside
2 months ago

Silicon Valley Execs and Venture Capitalists Jump on Matt Mahan's Early Bandwagon

Initial fundraising reports from the first week of Matt Mahan's gubernatorial campaign filed Tuesday reveal the depth of support for the moderate Democrat from Silicon Valley executives and venture capitalists. Reports filed with the California Secretary of State show just 21 individuals contributed more than $1.6 million to Matt Mahan for Governor 2026 in the first two days of his campaign.
US politics
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

Read This Before You Publish Another Useless Startup Blog Post

My journey as a bootstrapped founder has been pretty unique, and I love to share my insights and lessons learned with others who may be traveling along a similar path. But there's another dimension, too. I want to be embedded in the communities that I think Jotform should reach. If you know me, and my product feels familiar, you're more likely to think of us the next time you need an online form builder.
Marketing
US politics
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Reid Hoffman says business leaders must speak up

Immigration restrictions and geopolitical tensions threaten U.S. tech leadership and economic benefits, while leaders should use their voices to steer society toward better futures.
Marketing
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Watch: Gary Vaynerchuk on the price of ideas and how brand is being built on social

Gary Vaynerchuk rose from community management to lead VaynerMedia, critiques inflated marketer pricing, and urges more large independent agencies while emphasizing top-of-funnel channel dynamics.
Startup companies
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

Why Transferable Skills Are a Game-Changer in Startups Today

Founders succeed across sectors by applying core execution skills rather than mastering new fields first, accelerated by modern tools and AI that compress learning timelines from decades to years.
Venture
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

I worked at Joe & The Juice before founding Synthesia, a $4 billion AI unicorn. Here's how I structure my day.

Victor Riparbelli founded Synthesia in 2017 and built it into a $4 billion generative-AI video platform used for corporate training, executive avatars, and multilingual dubbing.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Mark Cuban says AI has ushered in an era where any 'kid in a basement' can build something world-changing

AI has democratized access to world knowledge, enabling young people to teach themselves and potentially create world-changing innovations from anywhere.
fromEntrepreneur
2 months ago

Why the Entrepreneurs Who Suffer Early Win Bigger Later

In an era obsessed with shortcuts, overnight success, and polished social media profiles, adversity is often treated as something to avoid. Something unfortunate. Something that signals failure. That assumption is completely wrong. Adversity is not a flaw in the entrepreneurial journey; it is, in fact, the training ground, the pressure that sharpens one's judgment, accelerates their adaptability and forges the kind of resilience no accelerator, MBA or funding round can manufacture.
Venture
Venture
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

4 founders share how AI's 'Second Wave' promises apps that create entirely new experiences

The next AI phase will create entirely new consumer products and experiences, not just cost-saving automation, unlocking new revenue.
#ai-infrastructure
fromFortune
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei explains his spending caution, warning if AI growth forecasts are off by just a year, 'then you go bankrupt' | Fortune

fromFortune
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei explains his spending caution, warning if AI growth forecasts are off by just a year, 'then you go bankrupt' | Fortune

fromTNW | Insider
2 months ago

Where tech leaders now choose to meet

That model no longer fits how tech leaders work today. Over the past years, I have spent time in conversations with founders, executives, and operators who carry real responsibility inside their organizations. As a community builder, I often speak with them before they commit to attending events. Their questions are direct. They want to know who will be in the room, how discussions are structured, and whether the environment allows honest exchange.
Artificial intelligence
Startup companies
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

Elon Musk says if you want to build something that matters, stop doing these 6 things most founders refuse to give up - Silicon Canals

Founders limit company potential by micromanaging talented people instead of hiring experts smarter than themselves in specific domains.
fromForbes
2 months ago

How Donnovan Andrews Is Building Aivanta Around AI And Belonging

Donnovan Andrews has spent his career in industries where the rules keep shifting - from the early days of digital to today's algorithm-shaped media landscape. His latest move sits right in the middle of that change. He's building Aivanta, an AI-powered holding company designed to acquire businesses with strong foundations and help them scale by embedding AI into how they operate.
Venture
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
2 months ago

This AI startup wants to be your virtual 'computer for business'

Adapt is an AI hub that launches cloud VMs to connect business software, pull and merge live data, analyze it, and generate code and visualizations.
fromAol
1 month ago

Kevin O'Leary Says AI Is Quietly Creating The Biggest Content Opportunity In Years

AI has quietly unlocked some of the biggest opportunities I've seen in content and marketing. Inside enterprise, the shift is already happening. Massive budgets are moving into AI-driven writing, editing, and distribution - because results are measurable and speed matters more.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

3 founders who dropped out of college share the moment they knew it was time

Silicon Valley is having an anti-college moment due to sky-high education fees, AI lowering the barrier to entry for skills like coding, and the shifting political and social landscape. But three young founders who dropped out of college told Business Insider that they weren't motivated by expenses or politics, but by timing. Each spotted an opportunity in the market that they couldn't resist, leading them to quit college and go all in on entrepreneurship.
Startup companies
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

AI ready: The advantages of being a young entrepreneur

Even before he'd graduated from the University of Bath in 2024, Arnau Ayerbe landed a highly coveted role as an AI engineer with JP Morgan - yet he felt limited and uninspired. "I realised very quickly that the person to my right and to my left were going to be me in 20 years, and I didn't want to become that," recalls London-based Ayerbe.
Artificial intelligence
Startup companies
fromFortune
2 months ago

Why choosing not to hire was the solution for my startup - we raised over $100 million and tripled revenue with the same people | Fortune

Choosing not to hire forced ownership, clarified roles, and tripled revenue with the same headcount through focused outcomes and durable ARR growth.
Startup companies
from500
2 months ago

Thinknum Co-Founder Gregory Ugwi on Growing Only as Fast as You Learn | 500 Global

Founders must focus on distribution—market entry, brand building, recruitment, and sales—alongside strong products to scale web-data businesses successfully.
fromInfoQ
2 months ago

The Technical Founder's Path: Code, Leadership, and Balance

So it was 2020, prime time of COVID, and I was feeling a little bit unsure what I wanted to do with my life. I was still, at the time, sophomore in college, sent home halfway through university. And one of my friends had been sharing that she was working on a mobile app around biking. I basically contacted her. We decided to work together, and from there really grew from working and contributing as an intern, to founding engineer.
Startup companies
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