Aquil Basheer, Anti-Violence Crusader and Founder of The Build Program, Dies
Aquil Basheer, who worked to reduce gang violence in Los Angeles and elsewhere and founded The Build Program,…
Europe Venture Fund Lakestar Calls Halt On New Startup Bets
Facebook, Spotify and Revolut investor Klaus Hommels says that his fund Lakestar has closed its door to external…
Founder of $100 million company says she quit her day job to rebuild her father’s Cape Cod chip empire—and there ‘wasn’t time’ to worry about nepotism
Serial entrepreneur Nicole Bernard Dawes seemed destined to build million-dollar food brands. As a kid, she grew up…
Meta’s co-founder says being a CEO for 13 years was exhausting
Dustin Muskovitz, co-founder and chairman at Asana. Stefanie Keenan | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Meta’s co-founder…
Slow Ventures Broke Its Own Rule in Promoting Yoni Rechtman to Partner
In 2022, when Yoni Rechtman’s boss asked where he wanted to be in five years, the newly hired…
Digital Health’s ‘Come to Jesus Moment’: Merge or Die
Beyond the AI boom, some healthcare startups are at a crossroads: combine with a competitor, or close their…
Oct. 23, 1902 — The birth of big, beautiful Balboa Park
La Laguna de Las Flores, The Arcade — at the Panama-California Exposition, Balboa Park, San Diego, 1916. (Photo courtesy…
Risk-averse parents are fueling Britain’s ambition crisis, VCs say
Mother and daughter using the laptop at home Fg Trade | E+ | Getty Images Concerns of an…
American founders more demanding than Europe, OpenAI startup boss says
OpenAI’s EMEA startups head Laura Modiano spoke at the Sifted Summit on Wednesday, 8 October. Nurphoto | Nurphoto…
Founders and VCs weigh in on the U.K.’s ambition deficit
Almost 60% of young people in the U.K. are interested in starting their own businesses, per the Generation…