IT総合 SoftBank’s vibe shift is using silence loudly
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IT総合 Dear founders, returning to the office is a numbers game
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IT総合 Data hints at the value of startup offices
Toward the end of 2022, a number of entrepreneurs — some citing Elon Musk — told me they planned to bring back in-person...
IT総合 Kapor Capital’s new crew is raising an opportunity fund
Four months after closing its largest fund to date, Kapor Capital wants more. The firm is under new leadership after co-...
IT総合 Disclo aims to inspire inclusive workplaces – starting with disability accommodations
Disclo CEO and co-founder Hannah Olson was diagnosed with Lyme disease when she was in college. At the time, she didn’t ...
IT総合 If, and only if, McDonald’s had an appetite for acquisitions
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IT総合 The latecomer advantage in startups
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IT総合 You could be Wasted and not even know it
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IT総合 Stripe eyes an exit over next 12 months
Fintech startup Stripe has set a 12-month deadline for itself to go public, either through a direct listing, or pursue a...
IT総合 NEA now manages over $25 billion in assets – oh, and it’s looking beyond venture
New Enterprise Associates, known by the acronym NEA, has closed a new pair of early-stage and growth-stage funds, both h...
IT総合 All is fair in love and moderation
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IT総合 Another All Raise CEO steps down
Less than a year after assuming the role, All Raise CEO Mandela SH Dixon has stepped down from her position at the nonpr...
IT総合 Sunfish’s technology wants to bring affordability to assisted reproduction
Sunfish, a new startup built by a former director at one of the oldest surrogacy and egg donation agencies in the world,...
IT総合 Babylist makes an even bigger bet on baby products with Expectful acquisition
Today, baby registry and product discovery platform Babylist announced that it has acquired health and wellness tool Exp...
IT総合 Tech forgot its umbrella
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IT総合 Gas, Slay, what’s next? Fire?
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IT総合 Sophia Amoruso launches Trust Fund for founders
Sophia Amoruso, the creator of Nasty Gal and Girlboss, has started a movement, has empowered generations of women and do...
IT総合 Sequoia injects $195 million into an ever-eager seed environment
Sequoia Capital, a storied venture capital firm, announced today that it has raised $195 million for its fifth, dedicate...
IT総合 Twitter rivals, unicorn trivia and valuation homework
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IT総合 Clearco co-founder Michele Romanow steps down, cuts 30% of staff
In pursuit of profits, Clearco co-founder Michele Romanow has stepped down as chief executive of the company around a ye...
IT総合 The slow-burn standardization of venture capital
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IT総合 Is it time for a Common App for startup founders?
Venture capitalists may control capital, but one currency that they’re always in search of is an elusive, evolving one: ...
IT総合 Frank-ly, the Kardashian method won’t work for SBF
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IT総合 Career Karma’s latest layoff underscores edtech’s new challenge
Learning navigation platform Career Karma has laid off another 22 people across its global and domestic workforce, less ...
IT総合 Stripe’s internal valuation gets cut to $63 billion
Stripe, a richly-valued payments startup, has cut its internal valuation yet again, according to sources familiar with t...
IT総合 Carta lays off 10% as CTO lawsuit looms
Carta, an equity management platform that was last privately valued at $7.4 billion, has cut 10% of its staff, confirmin...
IT総合 Generative AI’s Magic Leap
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IT総合 Labor trends in 2023: Over-employment, fatigue and hope
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IT総合 CES, NYE, SBF and FTX. Lol.
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IT総合 Burned by layoffs, tech workers are rethinking risk
Tech isn’t as collegial as it used to be. Rocket ships are being unveiled as sputtering messes, mission-driven startups ...