This Couple Cashed in Their 401ks to Launch a Virtual Business — Here’s How It Led to a 9-Figure Exit and Owning 2 Professional Soccer Teams
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Khosla Ventures, Pear VC triple down on Honey Homes, a smart way to hire a handyman
There’s apparently a lot of demand for an on-demand handyperson. Khosla Ventures and Pear VC have just tripled down on their investment in Honey Homes, which offers up a dedicated handyman to take care of all the random tasks on a homeowner’s to-do list. The company raised $9 million last June in a Series A […]
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TikTok tests 60-minute video uploads as it continues to take on YouTube
TikTok is testing the ability for users to upload 60-minute videos, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The feature is available to a limited group of users in select markets, and TikTok says it doesn’t have any immediate plans to make the feature available widely. The feature, which was first spotted by social media […]
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Flock Safety’s solar-powered cameras could make surveilliance more widespread
Flock Safety is a multi-billion dollar startup that’s got eyes everywhere. As of Wednesday, with the company’s new Solar Condor cameras, those eyes are solar-powered and using wireless 5G networks to make them all that much easier to install. Adding solar power to the mix means that the company’s mission to blanket the country with […]
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Should You Tell Your Employer About Your Side Hustle? This One Non-Negotiable Step Will Reveal the Answer, Expert Says.
By definition, a side hustle takes place in addition to (and likely completely outside of) a 9-5 — but that doesn’t always mean it should stay a secret.
Should Boeing’s CEO Get a 45% Pay Raise for a 45% Failure? Inside His Controversial $32.8 Million Pay Package.
Boeing CEO David Calhoun’s leadership has resulted in financial struggles and dissatisfied workers — and a proposed $32.8 million pay package as he walks out the door.
Poshmark’s ‘Promoted Closet’ tool lets sellers boost all their listings at once
Poshmark, the social commerce site that lets people buy and sell new and used items to each other, launched a paid marketing tool on Thursday, giving sellers the ability to promote their entire shop at once. Poshmark’s new feature, called “Promoted Closet,” uses machine learning to automatically promote individual product listings from a seller’s entire […]
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YC-backed Recall.ai gets $10M Series A to help companies use virtual meeting data
More money for the generative AI boom: Y Combinator-backed developer infrastructure startup Recall.ai announced Thursday it’s raised a $10 million Series A funding round, bringing its total raised to over $12M. The startup has built infrastructure and a unified API that enables companies to access raw data from virtual meeting platforms like Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, […]
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Colab’s collaborative tools for engineers line up $21M in new funding
Engineers Adam Keating and Jeremy Andrews were tired of using spreadsheets and screenshots to collab with teammates — so they launched a startup, Colab, to build a better way. The two met as undergraduates at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where they studied mechanical engineering together. While they were completing their last internships prior to graduating […]
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