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"Crack should be available at 7-Eleven, and I'm tired of pretending it shouldn't." This provocative statement, found within a bold email sent by a then-college senior, was more than just a shock factor: it was the intellectual hook that caught the eye of Jeremy Gardner, managing...

By Gracy Chen, Managing Director at Bitget Gracy Chen will be a speaker at the Benzinga Future Of Digital Assets event in NY, November 14. Don't miss out and get early bird discounted tickets! Why should I care about this product? This is the question you, as the founder of a...

While well-known players in the vacation rental space, such as Vrbo and Airbnb Inc. own a majority of the market, there’s plenty of room for up-and-coming startups to disrupt the industry. That’s exactly what Whimstay is doing in the last-minute vacation rental niche.  Don’t...

Social Capital Founder Chamath Palihapitiya has made waves with his sharp criticism of both venture capitalists and the Federal Reserve's recent interest rate hikes. In his annual letter to investors, Palihapitiya commented on how the market has been impacted by the rising interest rates, calling...

The human brain is considered the best computer ever created. It regulates your body, can store vast amounts of information and it does everything nearly instantaneously. Being such a vital part of your body also means if it’s damaged, it can be life-altering.  People want to understand...

Shaquille O’Neal may be best known as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, but since his retirement from the NBA, he’s become increasingly respected for his business acumen. You might know of O’Neal’s impressive portfolio of franchises from his regular...

When Rihanna hit the stage at her Super Bowl performance, viewers debated whether she was pregnant (an official confirmation was released hours later). But no one is debating her success as an iconic singer and businesswoman. Today, all she sees are dollar signs. Rise to fame: Rihanna grew up...

The human brain is considered the best computer ever created. It regulates your body, can store vast amounts of information and it does everything nearly instantaneously. Being such a vital part of your body also means if it’s damaged, it can be life-altering.  People want to understand...

170 seconds. Weeks or even months of working on your pitch deck could come down to the 170 seconds (on average) that investors spend looking at your deck.  "Investors see a lot of pitches. In a single year, the classic general partner in a venture firm is exposed to around 5,000 pitches...

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller and Dynamo Managing Partner Jon Bradford team up on this show about their vision and view of where the world exists in the intersection of freight and venture capital. This week they talk Brexit, a world that's no longer flat, this week in the venture capital market,...

The following post is from the Lufthansa Innovation Hub Thousands of startups around the globe are working on innovative solutions that make travel more efficient, frictionless and interconnected. In order to shed light on the accelerating innovation dynamics in the Travel & Mobility Tech...

Kanye West courting fat-cat Silicon Valley investors might seem like a bit of sellout to those who follow the well-known rapper, but that’s exactly what he’s doing and it’s not going very well. Kanye West, famous rapper, soon-to-be husband and already baby-daddy to Kim Kardashian and well-known...