July 26, 2026 The Toronto Tempo president explains how she’s building a WNBA franchise like a startup BY Robert Safian The Toronto Tempo arrived in the WNBA this season with record-breaking attendance, a 53-point single-game performance from a star player, and the weight of being the league’s newest franchise. As the season pauses for All-Star Weekend, … Continue reading The Toronto Tempo president explains how she’s building a WNBA franchise like a startup
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The invisible tax that might be holding back your startup
July 26, 2026 The invisible tax that might be holding back your startup BY Elizabeth O’Neill In most companies, tension between co-founders is treated as a personal issue. It’s uncomfortable, it may affect morale, and in extreme cases, it can become a governance concern, but it is rarely treated as a core business risk. I believe … Continue reading The invisible tax that might be holding back your startup
This Texas startup wants to reinvent desalination with a spinning membrane
July 21, 2026 This Texas startup wants to reinvent desalination with a spinning membrane BY Louise Imber Growing up in Las Vegas, Hunter Manz took annual trips to nearby Lake Mead with his father. Each year, he watched the reservoir, Southern Nevada’s primary water source, recede further, sparking an early interest in water conservation. As … Continue reading This Texas startup wants to reinvent desalination with a spinning membrane
This health startup will create a weekly podcast just for you—starring your blood work
June 09, 2026 This health startup will create a weekly podcast just for you—starring your blood work BY Sam Becker We’re inundated with data, but for many people, finding a way to make sense of it is elusive. When it comes to health data, however, one company thinks it’s found a way to help—with weekly … Continue reading This health startup will create a weekly podcast just for you—starring your blood work
This startup is trying to make peace between AI companies and creatives
June 04, 2026 This startup is trying to make peace between AI companies and creatives BY Stephanie Kaloi “It was a dark and stormy night. In her attic bedroom Margaret Murry, wrapped in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot of her bed and watched the trees tossing in the frenzied lashing of the wind…” … Continue reading This startup is trying to make peace between AI companies and creatives
What Meta’s Acquisition Of Chinese-Founded AI Startup Means To Advertisers
What Meta’s Acquisition Of Chinese-Founded AI Startup Means For Advertisers by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, December 30, 2025 Meta Platforms’ AI power play led it to purchase a Singapore-based startup specializing in autonomous AI agents. The deal to acquire Manus, valued at more than $2 billion, will accelerate not only the company’s conversational platforms … Continue reading What Meta’s Acquisition Of Chinese-Founded AI Startup Means To Advertisers
This startup hired a sci-fi novelist to give its AI companions a soul
November 30, 2025 This startup hired a sci-fi novelist to give its AI companions a soul
Salesforce buys AI startup to boost its enterprise search abilities
Doti AI technology boosts how tools find and use internal knowledge—and that could change how marketers work across teams. Constantine von Hoffman on November 13, 2025 Salesforce has acquired Israeli startup Doti AI in a deal reportedly worth around $ 100 million, betting big on enterprise search tech that’s barely out of stealth mode. … Continue reading Salesforce buys AI startup to boost its enterprise search abilities
Why your startup needs a fractional leader
September 09, 2025 Why your startup needs a fractional leader BY Yakov Filippenko Every founder wants top-tier talent. But when your company is young, two obstacles loom. The first one is that no one knows you. The second one is that, likely, you can’t afford a full-time senior hire. The irony is that this is when … Continue reading Why your startup needs a fractional leader
This AI startup lets you ask data questions in plain English—and gets you answers in seconds
July 28, 2025 This AI startup lets you ask data questions in plain English—and gets you answers in seconds Businesses have spent the past decade or more amassing vast amounts of data on customers, sales, and nearly everything else measurable. Yet everyday employees—and even C-suite leaders—often struggle to work directly with these datasets, which typically … Continue reading This AI startup lets you ask data questions in plain English—and gets you answers in seconds