Happy Friday. As we all know, the startup journey is not easy, and building a successful startup is not for the faint of heart. It is fraught with risks, challenges, obstacles, and hardship. As Sumner Redstone once said, “Success is not built on success. […]
And so it begins. Is Binance becoming the new Mt. Gox? Even though Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator, today, it’s still impossible to buy or sell bitcoin directly without going through some kind […]
About two and a half years ago, we wrote about Amazon after the e-commerce giant unveiled a fully autonomous delivery device called Amazon Scout. Just the size of a small cooler, Scout can roll along sidewalks, delivering packages safely to a […]
This is a guest post from Jørgen Christian Juul, the founder of Danish fintech startup Cardlay and has extensive experience from holding executive positions in listed companies and other corporate organizations, and at the same time being an entrepreneur. Starting a […]
While you would think that increased competition in the FinTech space would drive down transaction costs for digital payments, PayPal thinks it’s big enough to jack up its fees without regard to how the decision might affect its customers. Last week, […]
Last year, we featured the top 500 unicorn startup companies of 2020. The list includes the top 500 unicorn startups with a valuation of $1 Billion or more. The term unicorn, which was first popularized by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, is used […]
After enduring 17 months of working from home due to a coronavirus pandemic, many employees no longer get involved in office settings and miss out on face-to-face mentoring and social interactions which are vital to their mental and personal growth. […]
Last month, we wrote about DarkPulse, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based tech startup that is transforming the Brillouin Sensors with distributed fiber sensor solutions. For some of our audience who may not be familiar with DarkPulse’s technology, for many years optical fibers have commonly […]
We wrote about DiDi Chuxing yesterday before the Chinese ride-sharing startup made its official debut at the New York Stock Exchange. As we reported, instead of the planned 288 million shares, DiDi sold 316.8 million American Depository Shares (ADS) at $14 apiece, […]
ION Energy, a Mumbai, India-based energy-tech startup said today it has raised $3.6 million in Pre-Series A funding to grow its team and invest in product development and expand the software business in North America and Europe. Backers in this round […]
After 17 months of the Covid-19 pandemic, many who have been homebound for over a year want to go about their normal lives. However, just when you thought it was safe to finally toss your masks in the trash and […]
Remember Robinhood, an online broker and free-trading app that restricted thousands of retail investors from trading Dogecoin back in April? The company’s past always is now catching up with the founders. Today, U.S. financial regulator, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), has […]
Having a solid credit history is key to building future financial health. However, for many people, the hardest part about building a credit history is getting access to it in the first place. Enter Kikoff, a San Fracisco-based fintech startup […]
Over the past three decades, the price of lithium-ion batteries has declined by 97 percent. For example, a battery with a capacity of one kilowatt-hour that used to cost $7, 500 in 1991, fell as low as $181 in 2018. […]
As competition in the app space heats up, tech giants like Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft are providing new incentives to attract more app developers to their app stores. Today, Shopify, a subscription-based software platform that allows anyone to set up an […]
Onboarding new hires has always been a critical step in converting new hires into long-term employees, which in turn increases employee engagement and retention rates. Unlike bigger companies, however, several studies have shown that most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) […]
Chinese ride-hailing startup and Uber competitor, DiDi Chuxing, has been aiming to go public since April of 2018. The day finally came today when the unicorn startup raised $4.4 billion in its U.S. IPO, pricing it at the top of its […]
Dr. Robert Malone is the inventor of mRNA vaccines (and DNA vaccines) used in coronavirus vaccines manufactured by pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna. Dr. Malone invented mRNA vaccines while he was at the Salk Institute in 1987 and 1988. During […]
In 2019, French President Macron announced a €5 billion investment to boost homegrown tech startups in France. The €5 billion pledge was made part of the commitment to support Macron’s push to nurture France’s fledgling startups into a cohort of highly valued heavyweights. […]
Smartless, the podcast hosted by three friends Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and Sean Hayes, has been acquired by Amazon and Wondery (a podcast network owned by Amazon Music), according to a report from Deadline. Even though the exact amount of […]
