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Eight startup CEOs to watch for in 2021 We examined the CEOs of top startups who saw huge growth in the markets or are planning to make their public debuts next year, including Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield and Shopify CEO Tobias Lutke. Ivan De Luce 12.23.20 12:00 PM People
FreshDirect's social media, app ratings got a huge bump last week Everyone likes FreshDirect now, except Android users. Jared Russo 4.15.20 6:33 PM Tech
A brief history of why Martin Shkreli got banned from Twitter The following is an excerpt from SMIRK, a memoir of journalist Christie Smythe's unusual relationship with "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli. It should be viewed as opinion. You can read more at www.smirk-book.com. Christie Smythe 11.23.22 12:25 AM Outcasts
The Softbank Vision Fund visualized: the investors, their investments, their co-investments, and how they're connected 50,000 points of Softbank's Vision Fund, its companies, its investors, its co-investors, and its co-investors other interests visualized in a new KGBase knowledge graph for your weekend perusing. Joshua Fruhlinger 2.14.20 6:38 PM Markets
ClassPass will spend its $285M Series E on international expansion, job listings reveal With a $285M round E, ClassPass is eyeing international markets next as it expands its fitness-class membership service. Joshua Fruhlinger 1.9.20 3:00 PM Tech
500 Startups' Amit Bhatti talks alternative data and dealmaking A law degree from the University of Virginia is often an entree to a Wall Street general counsel gig, or to a white-shoe firm - but for Amit Bhatti, it was the beginning of a life in startups. Jon Marino 12.2.19 8:05 PM Innovation
"Repulsive," "reptilian," "diseased": What John D. Rockefeller had in common with Martin Shkreli The following is an excerpt from SMIRK, a memoir of journalist Christie Smythe's unusual relationship with "Pharma Bro" Martin Shkreli. It should be viewed as opinion. You can read more at www.smirk-book.com. Christie Smythe 11.20.22 5:13 PM Features