Want to Make $1 Million as a Franchisee? Clean Up Some Dog Poop
Ryan McCoy was working for Scoop Soldiers’ corporate office when it began franchising — and he saw an opportunity.
Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name
When we last sat down with Jobs at TechCrunch Disrupt nearly three years ago, his firm Yosemite was brand new and biotech was still reeling from its post-pandemic crash. Now, the venture outfit has a team of 17; a cluster of blockbuster drugs are all losing patent protection in roughly the same window, creating all kinds of new opportunities; and AI has gone from a curiosity to, in Jobs’s words, a huge part of what Yosemite does. “I didn’t expect Yosemite to be moving this fast,” he said.
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He Founded the App Parents Love for Back-to-School Season — Then Found Himself Ridiculed By Teens on TikTok. Here’s How It Led to Serious Innovation.
When Chris Hulls, co-founder and CEO of family social networking app Life360, discovered he was the subject of a meme making the rounds on social media, he took action.
6 Costly Mistakes CEOs Make Managing Business Insurance and How to Avoid Them
Use this guide to sidestep the most common errors that business leaders make when managing insurance costs.
Hustle Fund doubles down on its mission to build the ‘YC of angel investing’
What do a chef in Turkey, a pilot in Australia, a physical therapist in Oregon, a submarine operator in the military and a DJ in the Bay Area all have in common? They are all members of Hustle Fund’s Angel Squad, an investment community for new angel investors. Hustle Fund is an early-stage-focused venture firm […]
Hugging Face raises $235M from investors including Salesforce and Nvidia
As first reported by The Information, then seemingly verified by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff on X (formerly known as Twitter), AI startup Hugging Face has raised $235 million in a Series D funding round. The tranche, which had participation from Google, Amazon, Nvidia, Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, IBM, Salesforce and Sound Ventures, values Hugging Face at […]
Meta releases Code Llama, a code-generating AI model
Meta, intent on making a splash in a generative AI space rife with competition, is on something of an open source tear. Following the release of AI models for generating text, translating languages and creating audio, the company today open sourced Code Llama, a machine learning system that can generate and explain code in natural […]
10 ‘Old School’ Employee Expectations That Will Die Out With Gen Z
Gen Z has made it clear they are here to shake up the workforce and won’t bow to the idea of traditionalism.
The 5 Stages of Success That All Level-10 Leaders Master
Logan Stout unlocks a plan that levels up your leadership skills, allowing you to push through adversity and achieve your goals.
This $40 Learn-to-Code Bundle Could Save Your Business Money
Reduce your IT budget by learning to code.
Max adds 24/7 live streaming news with launch of ‘CNN Max’ in the U.S.
Max, the streaming service previously known as HBO Max, announced this morning it’s adding 24/7 live streaming news with the addition of “CNN Max,” starting on September 27 in the U.S. The feature, which will launch in beta, will offer Max viewers live content from CNN US, CNN International, and other original programming. The service […]