Why everybody gets duped by hot health and science startups
Health and science startups seem uniquely positioned to fool investors and the public.Theranos is a well-known example of a risky healthcare investment gone wrong, but a handful of other new health and...
View ArticleThis 34-year-old CEO's own experience with workplace harassment led her to...
Neta Meidav founded Vault Platform in 2017 during the height of #MeToo.Vault Platform allows employees to collect evidence, such as texts, photos, or emails, via an app that stores the information on...
View Article45 unreal photos of 'billionaire bunkers' that could shelter the superrich...
Billionaires aren't the only ones prepping for doomsday, but they could be the most prepared if the world gets hit by an asteroid or nuclear missile. In recent years, companies have built "billionaire...
View ArticleTrump slams China's tech scene, says it doesn't have the capability of 'the...
Donald Trump conducted an interview with CNBC on Monday morning about the US-China tech cold war and the battle for 5G dominance.During the interview, Trump argued the US would beat out China because...
View ArticleFamed short-seller Jim Chanos explains how Silicon Valley unicorns have...
The billionaire short-seller Jim Chanos says deflation in the US economy is being distorted by Silicon Valley unicorns.Chanos says that through low interest rates and easy access to capital, the...
View ArticleuBiome convinced Silicon Valley that testing poop was worth $600 million....
The Silicon Valley health startup uBiome is in hot water on the heels of an FBI raid in April.Founded in 2012, uBiome raised $105 million from investors on the promise of exploring the microbiome, a...
View ArticleuBiome convinced Silicon Valley that testing poop was worth $600 million....
Silicon Valley health startup uBiome is in hot water on the heels of an FBI raid in April.Founded in 2012, uBiome raised $105 million from investors on the promise of exploring the microbiome, a...
View ArticleFrom Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg to Oracle's Safra Catz, these are the 23...
Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer, and Meg Whitman are some of the most powerful and wealthy women in tech whose fortunes have been entirely self-made.Forbes recently released its list of America's...
View ArticleThe billionaire cofounder of WhatsApp has reportedly spent $80 million...
Jan Koum, a cofounder of WhatsApp, has spent almost $80 million purchasing and rebuilding a sprawling compound in Atherton, California, according to Variety.In 2014, Koum sold WhatsApp to Facebook for...
View ArticleApple CEO Tim Cook called out companies like Facebook, Theranos, and YouTube...
Apple CEO Tim Cook said in his commencement speech at Stanford University that the tech industry is becoming known for the belief that "you can claim credit without accepting responsibility." Although...
View ArticleTim Cook learned the 'visceral difference between preparation and readiness'...
Tim Cook gave advice to Stanford graduates over the weekend based on his experience stepping into Steve Jobs' shoes as the Apple CEO after his death."Your mentors may leave you prepared, but they can't...
View ArticleA controversial startup that charges $8,000 to fill your veins with young...
A controversial blood-transfusion startup called Ambrosia was offering to fill a person's veins with the blood of young people for $8,000, despite little to no hard evidence that the procedure has any...
View ArticleThe developer of NYC's newest and most expensive neighborhood is pouring $8...
Related Properties, the developer of Manhattan's Hudson Yards, is building an $8 billion mega-development in Silicon Valley, Curbed reports.The Santa Clara project will sit adjacent to Levi's Stadium...
View ArticleElizabeth Holmes is reportedly married. Here’s a timeline of the Theranos...
Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford University at 19 to start blood-testing startup Theranos, and grew the company to a valuation of $9 billion.But it all came crashing down when the shortcomings...
View ArticleWe got a look at the pitch deck that buzzy AI startup Cardinal Analytx used...
The US notoriously has the highest healthcare costs in the world, and those costs are rising. Silicon Valley start-up Cardinal Analytx uses machine learning to help health plans and other companies...
View ArticleThe 15 highest-paying tech jobs for recent college grads and Gen Z
Colleges graduates from the class of 2019 represent the first majority-Gen Z class entering the full-time workforce.For recent grads looking for tech jobs, there are several high-paying options,...
View ArticleEmbattled $600 million poop-testing startup uBiome once partnered with Nurx,...
The Silicon Valley health startup uBiome is in hot water on the heels of an FBI raid in April.Founded in 2012, uBiome raised $105 million from investors on the promise of exploring the microbiome, a...
View ArticleThe incredible story behind Slack, the app that's taken over offices everywhere
Slack is expected to go public today with a direct listing, rather than a traditional IPO.On the New York Stock Exchange, Slack could have a $15.7 billion valuation. Co-founder Daniel Stewart...
View ArticleOne of the most influential VCs in Silicon Valley told startups to 'call...
After Slacklaunched on the public market Thursday in a nontraditional direct listing, a prominent venture capitalist is recommending the approach — and a particular bank to execute the deals. "If your...
View ArticleSlack CEO Stewart Butterfield is newly engaged to a woman who runs a $1.4...
The BillionaireStewart Butterfield and the millionaire Jen Rubio are Silicon Valley's newest "it" couple.Rubio and Butterfield are both cofounders of successful startups. Rubio founded Away luggage in...
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