22 Cap Table Red Flags That Can Derail Your Fundraising (and How to Fix Them)
A poorly structured cap table is a silent killer of fundraising efforts. Here are some common red flags that can cost you valuable investments.
The lesson of Larry Ellison’s misadventures in farming
Larry Ellison’s leap into farming with his company, Sensei Farms, serves up a classic reminder: being a genius in one arena doesn’t mean success in another. As the WSJ reports, the Oracle co-founder set out to reinvent agriculture on Hawaii’s Lāna‘i Island, which he scooped up for $300 million back in 2012. Eight years and […]
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How to Set Goals That Stick — A Manager’s Guide to Building Accountability
Effectively setting goals isn’t as simple as writing down a target and praying you and your team hit it. It requires accountability, clarity and collaboration.
What Small Businesses Can Learn from Yelp’s Trend Tracker
How Yelp’s trend expert helps small businesses thrive by leveraging Yelp Trend Tracker insights, fostering community-focused engagement and embracing data-driven strategies to stay ahead of evolving consumer preferences.
Klarna and Deel eye IPOs, and Stripe embraces crypto
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week we’re looking at how fintech heavyweights such as Klarna and Stripe are incorporating crypto into their strategies, which companies are planning for IPOs, one fintech’s Super Bowl ad, Stripe’s new lead of startups and venture capital, and more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech […]
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Apple brings heart rate monitoring to Powerbeats Pro 2
Apple Tuesday announced the long-awaited debut of Powerbeats Pro 2. The new headphones arrive nearly six years after the original Powerbeats hit the market. The new model maintains the familiar ear hook for workouts, while delivering upgraded sound, better battery life, and a wireless charging case. The earbuds also mark a major next step in […]
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls Musk’s bid an attempt to ‘slow us down’
In an interview at the AI Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed Elon Musk’s unsolicited $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI’s nonprofit as “an attempt to slow [OpenAI] down.” “[Musk] obviously is a competitor,” Altman said. “He’s raised a lot of money for [his AI company] xAI, and they’re trying to […]
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Stripe mulls employee shareholder sale at $85B-plus valuation
Stripe is in talks for another shareholder sale that could value the company at “at least” $85 billion, according to multiple reports and a source familiar with the matter. The Information first reported the news that the payments infrastructure giant is working to sell employee-owned stocks. The move would help workers gain some liquidity as […]
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Built on Bluesky, Pinksky brings its Instagram-like app to Android
Bluesky users on Android now have access to a new app that works more like Instagram than X. On Tuesday, an app called Pinksky launched an Android version of its photo-centric social networking experience built on top of Bluesky. The app is now one of many attempting to court former Instagram users by offering a […]
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Richard Branson and Jason Felts — Virgin Group’s Second-Youngest CEO — Share Secrets for Success in Business and Leadership: ‘Get Into the Thick of It’
Branson’s ‘osmosis’-like mentorship helped Felts become the leader he is today.
‘I Don’t Think He’s a Happy Person’: Sam Altman Turns Down Elon Musk’s Offer to Buy OpenAI as the Billionaires Exchange Personal Jabs on X
Altman said Musk was trying to slow down OpenAI’s progress with his bid.