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The key lessons I’ve learned about entrepreneurship include building a strong team, believing in my vision, and balancing focus with rest to avoid burnout.

Success doesn’t come from trying to be everything to everyone — it comes from narrowing your focus, finding your niche, and going all in.

Canadian biotech startup Afynia Laboratories, a spin-out from McMaster University in Ontario, has picked up $5 million in seed funding to commercialize a blood test for endometriosis — a medical condition that can afflict people with a uterus, causing problems like chronic pelvic pain and fertility issues. Endometriosis affects nearly 200 million people worldwide. Getting […]

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Clicks is bringing its BlackBerry-style physical keyboard case to Android. The company on Tuesday announced the launch of three new products aimed at Android users, including Clicks keyboards for the Google Pixel, Motorola Razr+, and Samsung Galaxy. The cases are available for pre-order starting today and will initially be offered at lower price points than […]

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YouTube announced it’s making changes to mid-roll ads to improve the viewing experience for users while also helping creators potentially earn more revenue. Starting May 12, the Google-owned platform is going to show fewer ads during moments that feel interruptive or may cause viewers to abandon the video — like in the middle of a […]

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The Federal Aviation Administration has started testing the use of SpaceX Starlink satellite internet terminals in the national airspace system, nearly two years after Verizon was awarded a $2 billion contract to perform similar work. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk claimed on his social media platform X that the Verizon system “is not working […]

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As disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried serves the early days of his 25-year prison sentence, the crypto wunderkind-turned-criminal made his first public post on X in over two years. Bankman-Fried’s thread on X responds to Elon Musk’s recent ultimatum to federal employees: respond to his email with five bullet points of recent accomplishments, or resign. […]

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The U.K.’s antitrust authority has given the go-ahead to IBM’s planned multibillion acquisition of infrastructure software company HashiCorp. In a brief case update published today, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had “cleared the anticipated acquisition by IBM of HashiCorp,” and it would publish the full rationale for its decision in due course. […]

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Although I am an investor and spend quite a bit of time analyzing possible investments, people frequently ask me: What’s the first thing you do when you learn about a new startup? My answer is simple — I look into the founder.

This effective method, developed by a former U.S. president, can help you concentrate on high-value work that only you can do.