Posts Tagged ‘Tech News’
Founder Friday: 2022 Triangle Tweener List
Research Triangle Park, RTP, Research Triangle, or simply The Triangle, the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill market has long been one of the South’s leading tech mechas. One of The Triangle’s serial startup founders is Scot Wingo. Since 1995, Wingo has successfully started four startups, had three exits, and his recent venture, the on-demand car washing (and now brake service) startup Spiffy, announced a…
Read MoreFast Company: 2022 Best Workplaces for Innovators
Fast Company teamed up with Accenture to compile 100 companies with cultures built to inspire creativity and innovation. And, they’re not all tech companies. There is representation from virtually every type of industry… Agtech (1) Biotech (2) Consulting (2) Consumer Packaged Goods (1) Education (3) Energy (6) Engineering (1) Entertainment (3) Financial Services (12) Fintech (4) Health &…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Stratasan – Update
We started our Founder Friday posts on LinkedIn before finally starting our blog. Back in May 2021, we featured Nashville startup Stratasan. Here is what we posted… This Founder Friday, we’re sharing a post highlighting lessons learned from the co-founder of Stratasan, Brian Dailey. Stratasan recently celebrated their 10th year being in business, a huge accomplishment for any tech startup. Brian…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Are biotech startups a bull or a bear?
We do a lot tied to supporting digital health startups, so keeping up with what’s happening related to healthcare startup transactions is second nature. If you missed it this week, Crunchbase posted, “Which Startup Sectors Are The Bulls And Bears In 2022’s Sluggish VC Market?.” The article identified three sectors as bulls and three as bears related…
Read MoreThe machines; they’re alive! – Blake Lemoine & Google LaMDA
You’ve probably seen a recent article about Google engineer Blake Lemoine working on Google LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), claiming that it had become sentient (AI capable of experiencing feelings and sensations). We even went through the full transcript and read it for ourselves (we dare you to read it and not at least have a pause). Lemoine leaked the conversation after…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Founders & VCs
We couldn’t have Pride Month pass without featuring some of the top LGBTQ+ founders and VCs on Founder Friday. We did the heavy lifting for you and curated some of the best articles we found celebrating the LGBTQ+ startup world… First, we recommend checking out PitchBook‘s “33 LGBTQ+ founders, entrepreneurs and VCs you should know.” You’ll see organizations and platforms you know…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Sequoia Capital “Adapting to Endure” – It’s time to embrace the muck
You can’t be in the tech arena and not know who Sequoia Capital is. From its first investment in Atari to some of its notable investments in names like Apple, Google, Cisco, Uber, Nvidia, Airbnb, Zoom, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, Palo Alto Networks, ServiceNow, Unity Technologies, YouTube, 23andMe, Instacart, Klarna, Snowflake, Stripe, WhatsApp, Tumblr, UiPath, BitClout, Bolt, FTX, and Wiz.…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Mental Health Unicorns
Earlier this week, we shared a list of 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color. If you spend much time online, it’s hard to miss the increased awareness of mental health. We thought we’d use this Founder Friday installment to look at the mental health startup ecosystem. Seven. By the end of 2021, there had been seven mental…
Read MoreFounders Friday: Women in VC
It’s another Women’s History Month-themed Founders Friday. Today’s feature is Women in VC. But what is Women in VC? Formally known as the Global Women in VC Directory, Women in VC is the largest community for female VCs. According to their application to join, the “directory is intended to increase collaboration, share deal flow, create connections, and provide more…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Women in Startups
We thought we’d kick off Women’s History Month by sharing some great articles looking at the state of women in startups. The first place we’ll point you to is PitchBook‘s “81 female founders and investors to know.” They break down founders by focus area, which we like. Also, of the listed women, a good portion is investors, so…
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