Tag Archives: Start-ups

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 20, 2020
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When Start-Ups Go Into the Garage (or Sometimes the Living Room)

Labs closed in the pandemic, but innovation doesn’t stop. So while some workers have the home office, engineers have the garage.

#batteries, #cerebras-systems, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #driverless-and-semiautonomous-vehicles, #engineering-and-engineers, #innovation, #laboratories-and-scientific-equipment, #natron-energy, #relocation-of-business, #shutdowns-institutional, #silicon-valley-calif, #start-ups, #voyage

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The New York Times 7:36 pm on October 18, 2020
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Remote but Inclusive for Years, and Now Showing Other Companies How

Ultranauts has been developing creative ways to hire, manage and motivate a far-flung and diverse work force for seven years.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #autism, #computers-and-the-internet, #hiring-and-promotion, #labor-and-jobs, #start-ups

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The New York Times 5:28 pm on September 21, 2020
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Ex-Georgia Tech Researcher Can Proceed With Lawsuit Against University Officials

Ten years after state agents raided his home, an engineer fights to prove he was wrongfully attacked over a computer chip start-up.

#colleges-and-universities, #computers-and-the-internet, #georgia-institute-of-technology, #laskar-joy, #research, #start-ups

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The New York Times 5:30 pm on September 16, 2020
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Snowflake More Than Doubles in Debut as Wall Street Embraces Tech IPOs

The data storage company is among several prominent start-ups going public this year as the tech industry thrives in the pandemic.

#company-reports, #data-storage, #initial-public-offerings, #snowflake, #software, #start-ups, #stocks-and-bonds, #venture-capital

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The New York Times 3:33 pm on September 11, 2020
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A Black Venture Capitalist Sees Challenges as an Investing Edge

“Black Founders Matter” started out as a T-shirt design. Now, a once-jilted start-up founder is trying to turn it into a moneymaking strategy.

#black-founders-matter-venture-capital-fund, #black-lives-matter-movement, #black-people, #discrimination, #entrepreneurship, #kauffman-foundation, #michel-marceau, #race-and-ethnicity, #start-ups, #venture-capital

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The New York Times 9:00 am on August 30, 2020
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Preaching Equality, Start-Up Didn’t Practice It With Employees

Current and former workers at Carta, a hot Silicon Valley fintech company, said they were belittled, excluded and punished if they spoke up.

#carta, #discrimination, #start-ups, #ward-henry, #women-and-girls, #workplace-hazards-and-violations

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The New York Times 9:00 am on August 28, 2020
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Will This Old Financial Tool Transform Tech Investing?

Many start-ups and big-idea companies have rediscovered an alternative to a traditional I.P.O.

#banking-and-financial-institutions, #entrepreneurship, #initial-public-offerings, #mergers-acquisitions-and-divestitures, #palihapitiya-chamath, #social-media, #start-ups, #venture-capital

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The New York Times 9:00 am on August 26, 2020
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What’s a Palantir? The Tech Industry’s Next Big I.P.O.

A tech start-up named for objects in “The Lord of the Rings” has become a major government contractor. But what it does is not easy to understand.

#artificial-intelligence, #computers-and-the-internet, #defense-contracts, #government-contracts-and-procurement, #immigration-and-customs-enforcement-us, #initial-public-offerings, #karp-alex, #palantir-technologies, #software, #start-ups, #thiel-peter-a, #trump-donald-j

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The New York Times 9:00 am on August 23, 2020
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Electric Vehicle Makers Find a Back Door to Wall Street

Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, are helping them and other fledgling companies raise money and gain coveted stock listings.

#ackman-william-a, #automobiles, #banking-and-financial-institutions, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #initial-public-offerings, #lordstown-ohio, #lordstown-motors, #mergers-acquisitions-and-divestitures, #start-ups, #stocks-and-bonds, #tesla-motors-inc, #trucks-and-trucking

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The New York Times 9:46 pm on August 20, 2020
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Mark Zuckerberg Questioned Under Oath in F.T.C. Antitrust Inquiry

It was the first known time that regulators directly interviewed a chief executive of one of the tech companies being scrutinized for potential antitrust violations.

#antitrust-laws-and-competition-issues, #computers-and-the-internet, #facebook-inc, #federal-trade-commission, #social-media, #start-ups, #united-states-politics-and-government, #zuckerberg-mark-e

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The New York Times 10:04 pm on August 19, 2020
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Airbnb, a ‘Sharing Economy’ Pioneer, Files to Go Public

The home rental company, which was privately valued at $31 billion, is trying to go public after its business was crushed by the pandemic.

#airbnb, #chesky-brian, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #initial-public-offerings, #layoffs-and-job-reductions, #start-ups, #travel-and-vacations, #venture-capital

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The New York Times 7:31 pm on August 16, 2020
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You May Not Know This Pandemic Winner, but Your Tween Probably Does

Millions of children have flocked to the online gaming site Roblox since March. That’s helping game developers, some as young as 16, make a lot of money.

#black-people, #computer-and-video-games, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #education-k-12, #quarantines, #roblox-video-game, #start-ups, #venture-capital, #youth

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The New York Times 7:56 pm on August 14, 2020
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Hitting the Glass Ceiling, Suddenly, at Pinterest

Ben Silbermann, the C.E.O., had few answers to allegations that the social media company has a culture of discrimination.

#brougher-fancoise, #discrimination, #hiring-and-promotion, #pinterest, #silbermann-ben, #silicon-valley-calif, #social-media, #start-ups, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #women-and-girls

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The New York Times 9:00 am on August 10, 2020
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Start-Ups Braced for the Worst. The Worst Never Came.

The doomsday warnings about tech start-ups failing in the pandemic have not yielded the shakeout that many expected a few months ago.

#airbnb, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #getaround-inc, #layoffs-and-job-reductions, #start-ups, #venture-capital

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The New York Times 1:22 am on August 8, 2020
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At Talkspace, Start-Up Culture Collides With Mental Health Concerns

The therapy-by-text company made burner phones available for fake reviews and doesn’t adequately respect client privacy, former employees say.

#anxiety-and-stress, #mental-health-and-disorders, #start-ups, #talkspace-groop-internet-platform-inc, #text-messaging, #therapy-and-rehabilitation

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The New York Times 6:09 pm on August 6, 2020
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‘Motorcycle of Tomorrow’ Is Heavy on Flair and Light on the Environment

Pineapple “leather,” flax seed instead of plastic: Tarform, based in Brooklyn, aims to set a standard with its retro-futuristic cafe racer.

#automobiles, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #kravtchouk-taras, #luxury-goods-and-services, #motorcycles-motor-bikes-and-motorscooters, #recycling-of-waste-materials, #start-ups, #tarform-inc

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The New York Times 4:05 pm on July 30, 2020
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Grilled by Lawmakers, Big Tech Turns Up the Gaslight

It is less clear that tech executives’ strategy of evasive answers will continue to work now that lawmakers have begun doing their homework.

#amazon-com-inc, #antitrust-laws-and-competition-issues, #apple-inc, #bezos-jeffrey-p, #computers-and-the-internet, #cook-timothy-d, #facebook-inc, #google-inc, #pichai-sundar, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #start-ups, #united-states-politics-and-government, #zuckerberg-mark-e

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The New York Times 1:58 pm on July 26, 2020
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Everlane’s Promise of ‘Radical Transparency’ Unravels

Employees past and present are challenging management, saying the company’s ethical image was an illusion.

#advertising-and-marketing, #corporate-social-responsibility, #customer-relations, #design, #discrimination, #everlane-inc, #fashion-and-apparel, #labor-and-jobs, #layoffs-and-job-reductions, #race-and-ethnicity, #san-francisco-calif, #shopping-and-retail, #social-media, #start-ups, #workplace-environment, #your-feed-fashion, #your-feed-selfcare

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The New York Times 5:19 pm on July 17, 2020
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The Pandemic Is Straining Airbnb

For a start-up, not growing is basically the same as dying.

#airbnb, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #start-ups, #travel-and-vacations

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The New York Times 4:32 pm on July 16, 2020
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Boom Time for Death Planning

The coronavirus pandemic has drawn new business to start-ups that provide end-of-life services, from estate planning to a final tweet.

#computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #death-and-dying, #funerals-and-memorials, #grief-emotion, #living-wills-and-health-care-proxies, #midwives-and-doulas, #social-media, #start-ups, #wills-and-estates

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The New York Times 9:39 pm on July 9, 2020
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Drug Giants Create Fund to Bolster Struggling Antibiotic Start-Ups

New medicines are desperately needed to treat a growing number of drug-resistant infections, but many companies developing the drugs are short on cash and investments.

#amr-action-fund, #antibiotics, #drug-resistance-microbial, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #eli-lilly-and-company, #johnsonjohnson, #merckcompany-inc, #roche-holding-ag, #start-ups, #your-feed-healthcare, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 3:16 am on July 6, 2020
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Uber to Buy Postmates for $2.65 Billion

The ride-hailing company’s core business has struggled in the pandemic, and it is betting on growth of its Uber Eats division.

#car-services-and-livery-cabs, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #delivery-services, #postmates-inc, #start-ups, #uber-eats, #uber-technologies-inc, #venture-capital

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The New York Times 8:13 pm on July 3, 2020
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The #Vanlife Business Is Booming

Coronavirus is just a distant memory while zipping around in a several-hundred-thousand-dollar custom van on the open road.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #recreational-vehicles, #start-ups, #vanlife, #vans

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The New York Times 7:00 pm on June 25, 2020
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A Suicide, an App and a Time for a Reckoning

Companies like the stock-trading app Robinhood can seem not just careless but also predatory.

#customer-relations, #gambling, #robinhood-financial-llc, #sequoia-capital, #start-ups, #stocks-and-bonds, #suicides-and-suicide-attempts

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The New York Times 4:16 pm on June 17, 2020
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The Tech I.P.O. Comes Roaring Back in the Pandemic

Now that the stock market has largely shrugged off the coronavirus, start-ups are scrambling to go public.

#airbnb, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #hennessy-paul-executive, #initial-public-offerings, #nasdaq-composite-index, #nasdaq-stock-market, #palantir-technologies, #start-ups, #vroom-inc, #zoom-information-inc

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 13, 2020
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The Economy Is Reeling. The Tech Giants Spy Opportunity.

Many companies are retreating. But Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are placing bets to get even bigger.

#amazon-com-inc, #antitrust-laws-and-competition-issues, #apple-inc, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #e-commerce, #facebook-inc, #google-inc, #mergers-acquisitions-and-divestitures, #microsoft-corp, #mobile-applications, #quarantines, #recession-and-depression, #social-media, #software, #start-ups, #united-states-economy, #zuckerberg-mark-e

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 8, 2020
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The Idea: Build It, and They Can Find Coronavirus Tests

Three start-up veterans who created an online directory of testing sites are among a wave of volunteers contributing to the virus fight.

#allclear-app-inc, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #essenfeld-joe, #geffken-matt, #kozak-boris, #start-ups, #tests-medical, #united-states, #volunteers-and-community-service

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The New York Times 4:30 pm on May 20, 2020
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Is a Pandemic the Right Time to Start a Business? It Just Might Be

Previous financial crises gave rise to high-profile American companies. The spread of the coronavirus challenges entrepreneurs to meet new needs.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #entrepreneurship, #fields-shanel, #huynh-ngoc, #menon-rashmi, #philadelphia-pa, #salt-city-market-syracuse-ny, #small-business, #small-business-administration, #start-ups, #syracuse-ny, #united-states

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The New York Times 11:10 pm on May 19, 2020
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The Hot New Thing in Clubby Silicon Valley? An App Called Clubhouse

For all the high-minded talk among techies, their new favorite app is an invite-only (so far) social network for mingling with one another.

#andreessen-horowitz, #andreessen-marc-l, #clubhouse-mobile-app, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #davison-paul-entrepreneur, #entrepreneurship, #mobile-applications, #quarantines, #silicon-valley-calif, #social-media, #start-ups, #venture-capital

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The New York Times 3:41 pm on May 7, 2020
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Zoom, Xoom, Züm: Why Does Every Start-Up Sound Fast Now?

An investigation into Zoomd, Zoomi, Zoomy and Zoomies. Also, Zoomin. And Zoomvy and Zoomly. And …

#advertising-and-marketing, #fast-company, #names-organizational, #start-ups, #trademarks-and-trade-names, #venture-capital, #zoom-video-communications

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The New York Times 9:00 am on April 27, 2020
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Start-Ups Pursue ‘Free Money’ With Relief Funds, Prompting Backlash

Some young companies have turned to the government loans not for day-to-day survival but simply to buy useful time.

#computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-aid-relief-and-economic-security-act-2020, #layoffs-and-job-reductions, #lobbying-and-lobbyists, #national-venture-capital-assn, #silicon-valley-bank, #small-business, #small-business-administration, #start-ups, #venture-capital

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The New York Times 7:17 pm on April 23, 2020
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How to Make America 2.0 a More Equitable Society

The tech industry can play a pivotal role in shaping our post-pandemic world.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #e-learning, #labor-and-jobs, #start-ups, #wages-and-salaries

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The New York Times 6:53 pm on April 15, 2020
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Venture Capitalists Leave Coasts to Fund Inland Start-Ups

A wave of venture capitalists is heading to quieter, less-expensive locales, where they are helping fund start-ups.

#ai-april-2020, #cloud-computing, #entrepreneurship, #relocation-of-business, #small-business, #start-ups, #united-states, #venture-capital

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The New York Times 10:14 pm on April 13, 2020
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SoftBank’s Troubles Deepen With Warning of $16.7 Billion Writedown

The Japanese conglomerate, which bet big on tech start-ups with its $100 billion Vision Fund, also expects its first annual loss in 15 years.

#computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #softbank-corporation, #son-masayoshi, #start-ups, #venture-capital, #vision-fund

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The New York Times 5:35 pm on April 2, 2020
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When Silly Start-Ups Falter, We All Lose

The pandemic is devastating start-ups. This matters in ways we can’t always see.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #layoffs-and-job-reductions, #start-ups

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The New York Times 7:09 pm on March 25, 2020
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Lawmakers Question Start-Ups on At-Home Kits for Coronavirus Testing

The makers of unauthorized kits designed for consumers to collect their own saliva or throat swabs faced scrutiny from Congress.

#carbon-health-medical-group-inc, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #everlywell-inc, #food-and-drug-administration, #krishnamoorthi-raja, #nurx-inc, #porter-katie-1974, #quarantines, #start-ups, #tests-medical

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The New York Times 2:27 am on March 24, 2020
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Start-Ups Jump the Gun on Home Kits for Coronavirus Testing

After a federal warning, companies have stopped marketing kits that let consumers collect their own saliva or throat swabs and send them to labs.

#carbon-health, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #everlywell, #forward, #gates-bill-and-melinda-foundation, #medicine-and-health, #nurx, #start-ups, #tests-medical

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