Sam Klebanov

Business Researcher

Sam Klebanov is a Staff Writer and Business Researcher at Business of Business. Sam has wide-ranging interests including emerging technology startups, U.S fiscal policy, and the effects of international politics on the global economy. Prior to joining Thinknum's Business of Business, Sam has worked in a variety of industries from commercial real-estate to emotion-sensing AI.

Investors are getting back to the land — U.S. farmland, that is

Climate change and population growth are making U.S. agricultural land a hot commodity. Is that a good thing?

Sam Klebanov

6.27.22 1:56 PM

Mega-unicorn Stripe is mulling an IPO. The $95 billion company's listing would be a big deal.

You might soon be able to buy stock in the third-highest valued startup in the world and help it “grow the GDP of the internet.”

Sam Klebanov

5.2.22 5:07 PM

Skolkovo: The story of Russia’s failed attempt to build its own Silicon Valley

Russia learned the hard way that corruption and authoritarianism aren’t conducive to a thriving tech ecosystem.

Sam Klebanov

4.27.22 8:59 PM

EV startups get all the hype — but these "boring" legacy carmakers are driving the revolution

Traditional automakers have economies of scale vastly in their favor, and some of their electric vehicles are pretty good, too.

Sam Klebanov

4.25.22 6:23 PM

If your love language is memes, Schmooze is the dating app for you

Schmooze’s humor-centric approach to matchmaking has amassed over 300,000 users since it was launched on a college campus in 2020.

Sam Klebanov

4.20.22 7:22 PM

Meet the Swedish-Russian cinephile building an anti-Netflix streaming platform

Sam Klebanov was frustrated with traditional streaming services so he started Cinezen, a platform that takes a decentralized approach to content curation.

Sam Klebanov

4.19.22 9:40 PM