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The 9 Most Ridiculous Food Flavors & Snack Concoctions Ever Sold

Benjamin Mann   • 6 min read

From blueberry chips & bug balls to haggis-whiskey crisps & raw horse ice cream, these are the worst food flavors and snack ideas ever sold.

7 Startups & Technologies Every Coffee Lover Should Check Out

Krystle Vermes   • 3 min read

If you love coffee and everything that comes with being caffeinated, tech has caught up to speed with your addiction. […]

TechCrunch Disrupt New York 2016: The Highlights

Prateek Jose   • 9 min read

From the Hackathon and its winning tool – a CMS with voice recognition – to the Battlefield and its winning startup – Beam and its SDK to integrate with Twitch – to the most interesting keynotes, here are all the highlights from 2016’s TechCrunch Disrupt in New York.

13 Startups I Need You To Not Start Up

Benjamin Mann   • 9 min read

At any given time, there are good startup ideas and there are bad startup ideas. Here are 13 bad ones. Email, messaging, networking, collaboration and friend finding apps – they’ve been done. And smart toys, foodie apps, and selfie sticks are killing our collective souls. So, when you’re looking for the next great business idea, please pass on these. Please.

Can iGrow Transform the Economics of the Farming Industry?

Prateek Jose   • 3 min read

Startup iGrow lets regular folks contribute to the growth and upkeep of crops and farming without ever having to handle a plow or pitchfork. The benefits may include a more human-touch in agriculture, improved crop output, and a improved standard of living for farmers across the world.

Canadian Startup Ubifood Fights Food Waste With Local Deals On Overstock

Charles Costa   • 3 min read

Canadian startup Ubifood is looking to cut food waste with a smartphone app that connects hungry consumers with local, last minute deals from their excess inventory. It’s a green tech solution that should help retailers, hungry families, and the environment.

4 of My Favorite “Uber for ________” Services

Daniel A. Guttenberg   • 4 min read

There’s on-demand healthcare, healthy food delivered to your door, hovering video cameras for hire, and cheap deals on last-minute hotel rooms. With this plethora of apps and startups focused on the on-demand, sharing economy, It’s good to be alive in the age of Ubers.

Mentors & Mischief: Interview w Fernando Leon, Founder of fruitkit

SnapMunk   • < 1 min read

In our interview at SXSW 2016 with Fernando Leon, founder of fruitkit, a startup that delivers high quality fruit and vegetables as a Scandinavian subscription service, he tells us how he started with only $100. Literally.

Exo Raises Another $4 Million for Cricket Flour Protein Bars

Prateek Jose   • 3 min read

Cricket flour – and other forms of food from insects – is going global. Exo, the makers of protein bars with cricket flour, just raised another $4 million, bringing total funding to $5.6M, and a few other startups have gotten funding through Kickstarter and Shark Tank.

Introducing: UnCorked Episode 1 – Uncensored, In-Depth Startup Founders Interviews

SnapMunk   • 2 min read

UnCorked digs into the background, mind and work of the world’s most interesting startup founders, while the host and his guest dig into a bottle of wine. In our introductory episode, we introduce you to Von Raees, President & Founder of Beacon Media and Kraver, an artificial intelligence solution to finding your next meal.

Will Robot Farms Fix the Growing Problem With Growing Food?

Gail Barnes   • 5 min read

A Japanese startup hopes to disrupt conventional agriculture practices by building vertical farms that are mostly run by robots. The goal is to save water, address the agricultural labor shortage, and grow sustainable crops without pesticides.

Monthly Lifestyle Subscriptions Are a Thing With Companies Like Wonderush

Stephen Altrogge   • 3 min read

It’s no secret that the “alternate” subscription market is exploding. It started with sending stuff. Birchbox offers high-end beauty products; Conscious Box […]

Need to Fix Your Broken Life? We Should Use More Apps for That

Benjamin Mann   • 6 min read

It’s not that I haven’t acknowledged our global affinity for the petty, superficial and distracting. I know what people watch […]

Startup Funding Roundup – 2/27/15

SnapMunk   • 3 min read

From Skully Helmets raising an $11 millions Series A round for smart technology motorcycle helmets to InMoji raising $1 million […]

Startup Funding Roundup – 2/13/15

SnapMunk   • 3 min read

From a nearly $600 million dollar valuation for a pre-launch startup to investments in sectors like solar and life sciences, […]