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China has been the favorite international economic whipping boy for decades. Artificial currency devaluation, cheap manufacturing thanks to questionable human…
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It has been called many things; universal basic income, guaranteed minimum income, guaranteed basic income, etc. It all means the…
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The 21st Century has given us an explosion of accessible technology and astounding technical talent. One of the most profoundly…
Olympic athletes, coaches and brands, have a long history of generating new, exciting technology. For instance, the first Nike running shoes…
Divorce is something through which nobody wants to go, yet it’s something many families must to tackle every day of every year.…
Many fintech startups are proving that reinventing the wheel is nigh on impossible. Is that reality what’s causing the financial services industry turbulence? Or do we just need to change our expectations about innovation and disruption in the worlds of banking, finance and insurance?
If you’ve ever wondered what the friendliest city is for startup growth or the best state is for an entrepreneur, you’ll be interested to know it isn’t Silicon Valley or California. At least not according to the Kauffman Index of Growth Entrepreneurship, which was released last week. It shows a different map of Startup Nation than one might expect, with the emphasis on new business on the East Coast.
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.
Earny is an app that launched on the Apple App Store this past week (Android version in the works) with $1.2…
These three exciting startups are making the online bill payment process a little less horrible. From one consolidated bill to a tool to track your monthly subscription costs, each one offers something unique to take a little of the sting out of the task.
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.
There are a lot of apps for saving money, but the social features and easy investment process in Clink may set it apart for millennials. A no-fee investment app, Clink simplifies the saving process for individuals and allows group contributions toward a single goal.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the publishing industry and journalism as a whole have been having…
I was living in a sprawling apartment complex in north San Jose, CA. The place was overrun with small children…
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You saw some of our epic photos from this year’s SXSW Interactive festival in Austin, Texas. Now we’ve got some awesome…
Whether we look at the market of web-based businesses and online retailers, or the expanding online presence of firms effectively…
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Two healthcare startups, Doctr, out of Canada, and MD Save in the US, are building apps to fix the problems of long wait times for doctors appointments and expensive medical treatments.
These five apps and startups are focused on helping users save and invest money more easily by automating the process and capitalizing on spare change.
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When the Rude Boys and Gerald Levert sang, “Don’t you know it’s written all over your face – you don’t…
We hear plenty about all the money sloshing around Silicon Valley, whether it’s the cash pouring into startup funding or…
With another Valentine’s Day approaching, many of us prepare for a little consumerism in the name of displaying our affection for those…
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“Financial stability in an app” – that’s the tagline of Even, a company which offers interest-free paycheck advances, with no…
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Remember that $200 Walkman you bought back in 1985? It was all the rage, and all the cool kids at…
The bitcoin phenomenon has been through a rollercoaster ride of media buzz, hyper speculation and polarized opinions. Although they have…
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If you enjoy discovering cool new startup companies, you’ll adore the innovation happening within the Bitcoin sector. Global entrepreneurs are…
For years, government finance has been limited to government accounts offices, far out of the public’s eye. It took government…
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The Incredible PayPal Story PayPal is one of the first and most successful online payment processing companies in the world.…
Unless you’re independently wealthy, you have two options when you get started: fundraising or bootstrapping. Bootstrapping your startup is not…
From companies like Eko raising $2 million for a smartphone-connected stethoscope to BugCrowd raising $6 million in Series A funding…
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From a nearly $600 million dollar valuation for a pre-launch startup to investments in sectors like solar and life sciences,…
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The following two Los Angeles startups focus on payment tools and online video marketing. Both are in Silicon Beach and…