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Three’s a crowd: how farmers are cutting out the supermarkets
Giving up police work to grow passion fruit might be considered an unconventional career move, but that is what Sergio Quijada Domínguez did when a hereditary heart condition forced him to retire at the age of 32 after 14 years in Spain’s Guardia Civil. Quijada, who has about 1,500 plants on his farm near Vélez-Málaga in southern Spain, found he was good at growing passion fruit – what he lacked was the knowhow to sell them.
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This 'Shark Tank' Startup Is Making Vegan Bacon Out of Seaweed
Red seaweed protein accounts for most of the bacon's taste, color, and texture, but it also contains chickpea protein and vegetable oils.
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An Australian startup is "growing" water for drought-parched California
Water is California's most precious commodity these days, as the state endures a drought that scientists are calling the worst in 1,200 years. State officials say more than 1,200 wells have run dry this year, a nearly 50% increase over the same period last year. California's water crisis is most severe in the San Joaquin Valley, the country's most productive agricultural region. This year's snowmelt and rain have not been enough to replenish already-depleted groundwater supplies.
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The Underserved Market of Menopause
The history, market opportunity and investment outlook for the traditionally taboo space of menopause.
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Startup Valuations Entrepreneurs Should Be Aware Of
Startup valuations can be a tricky business. Just take a look at Flow, a real estate company that's still in its early stages. Despite not even being built yet, it was valued by investors at over $1B - and the founder, Adam Neumann, is far from an upstanding citizen.
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Remote workers are starting new businesses behind their bosses’ backs
You’ve heard of side hustles. Now, we’ve got side startups.
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Drug price controls are a dance with the devil: short-term savings will be overwhelmed by loss of innovation
Democrats have sent the legislative text of a sweeping proposal for drug price controls to the U.S. Senate parliamentarian, who may report on Monday whether the provisions qualify for the budget reconciliation process that allows lawmakers to evade a filibuster and pass a bill with a simple majority.
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Never compare your progress with friends working in the corporate world
It takes years and decades of blood, sweat, and tears to build something out of nothing.
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I stopped advertising everywhere and nothing happened.
between 2017 and 2021 (when the company was mostly just me) I was paying for in-search adverts across multiple search engines, I was commissioning custom made adverts to place in online used car market places. I was spending time optimising the 'bid' in automated advertising system, trying to get the best bang for buck.
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Fast's collapse won't be unique
Around 450 people lost their jobs, and investors like Stripe, Addition and Index Ventures lost around $120 million.
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Stop being boring
This week, I felt pretty depressed and lost my motivation and focus. After launching Space4, I got some signups from HackerNews, but no one was really using the app. Including myself. "Will people even use this? Am I doing the wrong thing again?", I wondered. It sucks.
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WeCrashed Review: Anne Hathaway Steals The Show In A Sleek, Seductive Tale Of A Startup Gone Wrong
The writing is already on the wall for WeWork, the wildly profitable (but exorbitantly expensive) brainchild of co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann (Jared Leto, once again affecting an outsized accent), when "WeCrashed" throws viewers headfirst into the plot with its very first scene. Based on the Wondery podcast "WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork," the Apple TV+ series from creators Lee Eisenberg ("The Office," "Good Boys," "Little America") and Drew Crevello documents the whirlwind years leading up to the make-or-break moment when the co-working space company is set to go public ... or not.
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Wordle kind of rips off an old game show: A copyright lawyer explains why that’s OK
Media outlets and social media users have pointed out similarities between Wordle and a game show called "Lingo" from 2011. A copyright lawyer weighs in.
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70% Of Startups Offer Remote Work Options As Hiring Heats Up, Y Combinator Data Shows
Startup hiring during the pandemic boomed, as did the expansion of remote roles. That’s according to Y Combinator, the influential startup accelerator, which quietly launched its Work at a Startup platform back in 2018 to help companies hire the right people.
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Crypto CEO becomes one of the world's richest billionaires
A cryptocurrency CEO has become one of the richest people on Earth.
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The Epic Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes
In Silicon Valley’s world of make-believe, the philosophy of “fake it until you make it” finally gets its comeuppance.
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Alex Lieberman: Building A $75 Million Digital Media Empire - Hakune
Alex Lieberman unpacks how he built morning brew to a 75 million dollar digital media empire
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Holmes used fake pharma reports to sell Theranos tech to Walgreens, prosecution says
Walgreens thought “the technology worked as we were told.”
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Empathy Is The Most Important Leadership Skill According To Research
You always knew demonstrating empathy is positive for people, but new research demonstrates its importance for everything from innovation to retention.
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Intuit to buy Mailchimp for $12 billion
It's a huge windfall for founders of the company, which didn't give stock to employees.
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