What Business School Won’t Tell You About Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is often glamorized, but the real journey is far more complex than what business school teaches.
How creativity became the reigning value of our time
Americans don’t agree on much these days. Yet even at a time when consensus reality seems to be on the verge of collapse, there remains at least one quintessentially modern value we can all still get behind: creativity. We teach it, measure it, envy it, cultivate it, and endlessly worry about its death. And why…
‘It’s Going to Be Good’: President Donald Trump Levies 25% Tariffs on Imported Cars and Parts
Almost half of the cars sold in the U.S. last year were imported.
‘Cracking Down on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse’: President Donald Trump Is Canceling Paper Checks. Here’s What We Know.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Treasury to go digital first. Here’s why, and how it will affect future tax refunds.
TikTok to launch TikTok Shop in France, Germany, and Italy
TikTok is set to expand its TikTok Shop e-commerce platform to users in France, Germany, and Italy on Monday, Reuters reports. TikTok Shop has been available in the United Kingdom since 2021, and now the company is ready to expand further into Europe. While TikTok Shop is also available in the United States and saw […]
Signal downloads spike in the U.S. and Yemen amid government scandal
The encrypted messaging app Signal is getting some unexpected attention this week. High-ranking officials in the Trump administration, including Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth, communicated the plans for an attack on the Yemeni Houthis via a potentially unauthorized group chat on Signal. However, Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly added […]
New Utah law makes app stores responsible for age verification
Meta, X, and Snap are celebrating a new Utah law that will require Apple and Google to take responsibility for verifying users’ ages on their app stores and obtain parental consent for minors. The tech giants have been battling to determine which party should be responsible for age verification on the app stores. Companies like […]
She Saved a Sweet Company and Grew It to $20 Million a Year. But She Never Liked Its Name — Decades Later, It’s Getting a Makeover.
A conversation between Jean Thompson and her Gen Z daughter led to a total rebrand.
Entrepreneurs Are Ditching Alcohol — Here’s Why It’s Helping Them Become More Successful
Entrepreneurs are redefining success by ditching alcohol, prioritizing their health and discovering that sobriety enhances clarity, decision-making, and overall business performance.
Ebay backs WunderGraph to build an open-source GraphQL federation
A fledgling open-source startup that’s setting out to tackle API sprawl in the GraphQL ecosystem has secured the backing of e-commerce giant eBay. WunderGraph, as the company is called, today said it has raised $7.5 million in a Series A round of funding to “scale its open source GraphQL federation.” Investors include eBay’s VC arm […]
YC alum Mendel, a ‘Ramp for LatAm enterprises,’ raises $35M Series B
Mexico City-based Mendel has raised $35 million in a Series B round of funding, it tells TechCrunch exclusively. Corporate spend management platform Mendel last raised in December 2021 — a $15 million Series A round and $20 million in debt — after participating in Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 cohort. With this latest capital infusion, the […]