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Coping with tech layoff is hard, because few experiences in working life are as disorienting as a sudden layoff. One…
When a hot startup heads toward the public markets, headlines often say that its early investors stand to make a…
Walk in, grab what you want, walk out. That was the pitch for cashierless stores, and the first time you…
When schools closed in 2020, online learning went from side project to necessity almost overnight. Investors poured money into education…
Every few months a story appears about a founder barely old enough to vote who has already raised a seed…
A domain name looks like a trivial thing: a few letters, a dot and an ending. Yet every so often…
Picture an employee who joined a startup in its second year, took a lower salary in exchange for stock options,…
Venture capital firms are meant to be long-lasting partnerships, yet every so often one announces that it is dividing into…
Every startup competition produces a winner, and the winning teams share something that has little to do with funding or…
Pitch competitions have a reputation for being part theater, part lottery. Dozens of young companies get a few minutes each,…
A conference ticket is only the beginning of what a tech event costs a small team, which can exceed a…
The ticket is the smallest part of the bill. Add flights, a hotel, three or four days away from your…
