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How much should startup founders pay themselves in salary? Increasingly, the answer is $0

  By Clint Rainey September 26, 2023 On the whole, startup founders seem to have been busy this year enjoying the spoils of their hard labor: Their median salary, according to a new report by the startup-focused accounting firm Pilot, has increased by 15%. But then another pattern jumps out: The biggest change in the … Continue reading How much should startup founders pay themselves in salary? Increasingly, the answer is $0

Hudson Hawks: How A Promising Agency Tech Startup Struck Out With Holding Cos., Stiffed Lots Of People

Hudson Hawks: How A Promising Agency Tech Startup Struck Out With Holding Cos., Stiffed Lots Of People by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, August 24, 2023 This story begins with a string board, because that’s how it was pieced together and it’s the best way to illustrate it for you. I’d been covering promising agency tech startup … Continue reading Hudson Hawks: How A Promising Agency Tech Startup Struck Out With Holding Cos., Stiffed Lots Of People

Self-funded for 8 years, accounting startup Dougs raises $27 million.

Self-funded for 8 years, accounting startup Dougs raises $27 million. John Boitnott / Jul 5, 2023   Managing finances in the fast-paced and always-changing world of business can be a challenging endeavor, particularly for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Dougs, a French startup company in the accounting industry, is changing the game. Dougs has been … Continue reading Self-funded for 8 years, accounting startup Dougs raises $27 million.

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s Start-Up Adopts OpenAI’s GPT-4

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s Start-Up Adopts OpenAI’s GPT-4 by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, May 15, 2023 Marissa Mayer, former Yahoo CEO and Google’s first female engineer working on search, has her own startup, Sunshine, that focuses on contact lists. It prioritizes humans, but says the company has recently adopted OpenAI’s GPT-4 for internal model development … Continue reading Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s Start-Up Adopts OpenAI’s GPT-4

This startup is turning the RTO debate on its head by creating a digital twin of the office

  By Laya Neelakandan April 24, 2023   Imagine a world in which every detail in your office, down to the assortment of items on your desk, is available from the comfort of your home. Now, that possibility is not just imaginable, but entirely possible through Katmai, a virtual communications platform launching today that creates … Continue reading This startup is turning the RTO debate on its head by creating a digital twin of the office

Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023  Jacob Wolinsky / 05 Apr 2023   The last few months have been an unprecedented time for entrepreneurs and startup founders on the market. Tightening of monetary policies has led to skyrocketing interest rates as central banks try to manage rampant running inflation, supply chain … Continue reading Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

Here’s how the Turkish startup Jotform used its web form tools to help in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake

  By Chris Stokel-Walker March 31, 2023 The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria in early February killed tens of thousands of people and left a trail of destruction in its wake.   A massive cleanup operation is still underway in both countries. Meanwhile, one Turkish-based tech business has offered its support to … Continue reading Here’s how the Turkish startup Jotform used its web form tools to help in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake

How to Recognize and Manage Burnout Symptoms as a Startup Entrepreneur

How to Recognize and Manage Burnout Symptoms as a Startup Entrepreneur Deanna Ritchie / 17 Mar 2023   Startup entrepreneurs get to live independently, set their own hours, and work to achieve their own goals. But that freedom also comes with an overwhelming amount of responsibility. Experiencing burnout as an entrepreneur has become relatively common, … Continue reading How to Recognize and Manage Burnout Symptoms as a Startup Entrepreneur

This startup just raised more than half a billion dollars to change how new drugs get discovered

  By Adam Bluestein February 19, 2023   You don’t bet against Zach Weinberg. In 2010, at age 24, he sold Insight Media, the display advertising and exchange bidding company he cofounded with Nat Turner, to Google for a reported $81 million. Their next venture, Flatiron Health, a data-science software company that pioneered the use … Continue reading This startup just raised more than half a billion dollars to change how new drugs get discovered