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Venture firms are making more hires — here's what that means for entrepreneurs
With the increase of capital in Silicon Valley, venture firms are bringing on more partners.Some entrepreneurs say that the process of raising capital from bigger firms has grown increasingly...
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A Silicon Valley VC in the hottest area of healthcare explains what it looks...
Silicon Valley-based digital health venture firm Rock Health recently made its first forays into the addiction treatment space, an estimated $35 billion industry.Bill Evans, Rock Health's managing...
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Bill Gates says that HBO's 'Silicon Valley' is the best way to understand the...
Bill Gates has a message for those in the tech industry who think that HBO's "Silicon Valley" is too critical: lighten up."I always tell them: 'You really should watch it, because they don’t make any...
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The 25 most expensive zip codes in America
Real estate blog Property Shark has released its annual ranking of the most expensive zip codes in the United States.For the second consecutive year, Silicon Valley suburb Atherton took the No. 1 spot....
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This entrepreneur made flashcards to help her keep Silicon Valley investors...
Danielle Baskin, the founder of a startup called Your Boss, made flashcards to keep Silicon Valley investors straight in her head.Those flashcards evolved into TouchBase — a line of VC trading cards...
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See how Juul turned teens into influencers and threw buzzy parties to fuel...
Stanford researchers have unveiled a trove of images from ads that the Silicon Valley e-cigarette startup Juul used to market its flash-drive-esque devices.The company, recently valued at $15 billion,...
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China just opened the world's longest sea bridge. It cost $20 billion and is...
After nine years of construction and controversy, China officially unveiled the world's longest sea bridge at an October ceremony in Hong Kong.At more than 34 miles long, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau...
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I tried a test that let me peek inside my microbiome, the 'forgotten organ'...
I tried an at-home gut-microbiome test kit made by the Silicon Valley startup uBiome.Since being founded in 2012, uBiome has raised nearly $110 million and rocketed from a citizen science project to a...
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The US is only a leader in tech because of foreign workers. Silicon Valley...
Silicon Valley, a vital part of America's economic edge, is the global center of the digital revolution.But back in the late 1970s, the center of technology revolution wasn’t guaranteed to occur in the...
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The man who helped build Silicon Valley's premier education startup is diving...
Ben Kamens, the first hire and lead engineer of Silicon Valley education platform Khan Academy, founded a new startup called Spring Discovery, which is dedicated to defeating aging and to extending...
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Facebook created a giant winter village in San Francisco with chainsaw...
Facebook threw its annual holiday party for employees last weekend.It was themed around a winter village, with attractions including chainsaw ice-sculpting, a "thumbs up tavern," and costumed...
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UK renewables startup Octopus is teaming with a Silicon Valley firm in a...
Octopus Energy will team up with a Silicon Valley tech company to make renewable energy cheaper.Customers can turn off heating during peak price times, control their energy usage remotely, or charge...
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A Silicon Valley startup with 26 patents under its belt just raised $400...
On Thursday, the Silicon Valley-based synthetic-biology company Zymergen announced a mammoth funding round of $400 million.It's the third largest biotech deal of 2018.With financing from SoftBank...
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The company behind Marlboro just made a huge bet on Juul, and the move makes...
Tobacco giant Altria is paying $12.8 billion for a 35% stake in Silicon Valley e-cig startup Juul Labs, the companies said on Thursday.As early as this spring, Wall Street analysts warned that Juul...
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Home improvement is nothing like HGTV shows. A new company from former Casper...
Former executives from Casper and Rent the Runway teamed up to create Block, a company that tackles the nightmare of home renovation.By coordinating every aspect of a remodel from start to finish, the...
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I cofounded Harry's and Warby Parker. Here's the best advice I can give you...
Founders often need to know how to raisecapital to grow and achieve their company goals.Jeff Raider, who cofounded Harry's and Warby Parker, has learned several things during the fundraising processes...
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Tesla has named two new board members — here’s the full list of company...
Tesla has added two new board members, it said Friday: Larry Ellison and Kathleen Thompson-Wilson.The new appointments are part of Tesla's $20 million settlement with US regulators in September.Last...
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After a kick-start from Bill Gates, a Silicon Valley company aims to be the...
The Bay Area synthetic-biology company Amyris tried to transform the transportation industry with sustainably produced fuel, but the effort flopped.Now, it's charging into health with a focus on...
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17 exciting startups you didn't know were backed by Silicon Valley's biggest...
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase.If you want an idea of which new...
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A Silicon Valley startup that pioneered a new way to fight diabetes is...
Silicon Valley digital health startup Omada told Business Insider that it's expanding beyond treating obesity-related diseases like diabetes into depression and anxiety.The move, which was officially...
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