Browsing: start-ups
How Xanadu CEO Christian Weedbrook went from film school dropout to billionaire thanks to Nvidia
Christian Weedbrook, a film school dropout turned CEO of Xanadu Quantum Technologies, was minted a billionaire in a matter of…
This founder was an AI layoff 9 months ago. Then he built a company with 2 partners and 12 agents
Nine months ago, Sam Brown was out of a job. The reason, he’ll tell you without a sense of bitterness,…
I was rejected 33 times and built a $390 million company — at 48 years old. Age bias in tech is costing us all
I was 48 years old when I left my job and enrolled in the Entrepreneurial Studies program at Stanford. Most…
Forget free lunch and nap pods: AI startups are luring workers with soaring salaries—some recent computer science grads are making over $300,000
Silicon Valley’s startup culture has long sold itself on alluring perks: cold brew on tap, nap pods tucked between standing…
Ex‑Google CMO quit a seven‑figure job at 28—says getting promoted was ‘easy’ once he broke the rules
Alon Chen joined Google in 2006 at 23, with no marketing experience and no connections at the company. By 28…
This college student accidentally emailed thousands of classmates—it turned into a big side hustle
Hector Gutierrez became an overnight campus celebrity at the University of Alabama earlier this year after an embarrassing email faux…
The founder of Late July and Nixie sold $1 cookies at 12 and learned the snack trade from her dad
Long before Nicole Bernard Dawes’ brands were lining the aisles of thousands of grocery stores, she got her start in…
This AI founder who quit her 9-to-5 law job has a warning for anyone dreaming of doing the same: ‘I’m working harder now than I ever did’
Office workers who daydream of being their own boss may fantasize about calling the shots, earning sky-high salaries, and setting…
Slack cofounder says workers can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slide shows
Some employees are guilty of coffee badging or jiggling their mouses to look active while working remotely. But even when…
Here’s how to build something that lasts, from the founder of a $300 million bootstrapped company that’s been growing for 28 years straight
When I started my company, growth simply meant keeping the lights on and trying everything we could to find the…












