The days of “if you build it, they will come” are over. Back in January, we wrote about Quibi after the mobile-first video streaming service startup raised $400 million for its mobile-first video streaming service built for millennials. At the […]
Many of you have probably never heard of Subscription watch club Eleven James. The New York City-based startup started back in 2013 as a lifestyle brand to pioneer the luxury experience for the digital age. Eleven James supposedly had thousands of members […]
A California couple whose solar company counted Berkshire Hathaway Inc. as one of its investors, pleaded guilty Friday to charges that they orchestrated a Ponzi scheme that cost investors $1 billion. According to a report from local newspaper Sacramento Bee, Jeff Carpoff, […]
We’ve written many stories about WeWork more than any other startups on this site. Some of you are probably tired of hearing about the fledgling startup. But there is more to learn from failures of others than their successes. As […]
Back in February 2018, we wrote about SolSource solar cooker after solar tech startup One Earth Designs raised $500,000 from Mark Cuban on the popular ABC Shark Tank show. Everything seemed to be going well until late last year when […]
At TechStartups, we take pride in covering the best and up-and-coming technology startups. But while covering successful startups is so much fun, sometimes we take a look at not-so-successful startups. We understand that death is inevitable and it’s part of […]
We all love to read startup success stories. But as we all know, the reality is a different story. The startup failure rate is at a staggering 90 percent. Only one out of 10 startups survives. Profitability is a different […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top technology startup news stories for today, Tuesday, February 5. Jawbone’s failure is a classic case of ‘death by overfunding’ in Silicon Valley. Jawbone was once high profile audio technology startup that developed and […]
We all love startup success stories. But don’t let the headlines fool you. Launching a startup company is fraught with risks and perils and building a successful startup requires more than just dedication. In fact, 90% of startups failed. Successful startups […]
Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Friday, September 21. Digital freight startup Convoy raises $185 million to join the startup unicorn club. Digital freight-booking startup Convoy has raised $185 million in a funding […]
WayRay, a Swiss tech startup that makes holographic AR displays for cars, has secured $80 million funding to establish an affiliate with a pilot production line in Germany. The Series C financing was led by Porsche, Hyundai Motor, Alibaba Group, China […]
At last, Theranos, a privately held health technology founded in 2003 by then-19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes, is finally shutting down. Yesterday, Theranos announced in an email to investors that it would cease operations and release its assets and remaining cash to creditors. Most […]
We all like to read about startups success stories. The fact of life is, startups do fail. However, there is a value in talking about failed startups because we all learn from our own failures or failures of other. In […]
