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Zach Yadegari
Success

Gen Z coder rejected by the Ivy League despite founding a $30 million app says college is ‘not worth it for most people’

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October 12, 2025
A photo of a poster for friend.com defaced with graffiti.
Big Tech

People destroyed the ‘friend.com’ AI necklace ads with graffiti. The 22-year-old founder loves it: ‘Capitalism is the greatest artistic medium.’

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October 1, 2025
Charlie Javice, the millennial founder convicted of swindling JPMorgan to the tune of $175 million, sentenced to 7 years in prison
Banking

Charlie Javice, the millennial founder convicted of swindling JPMorgan to the tune of $175 million, sentenced to 7 years in prison

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September 30, 2025
YC co-founder who backed Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit says high school isn’t the time to launch a startup
Success

YC co-founder who backed Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit says high school isn’t the time to launch a startup

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September 8, 2025
Zuckerberg, Sanchez, Bezos, Pichai, and Musk at President Trump's inauguration.
Success

America’s billionaires are worth $5.7 trillion—but they’ve only pledged or donated $185 billion of that in the last decade

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September 4, 2025
The Nitro Cart parked on the sidewalk
Success

A millennial couple grew their side hustle into a business bringing in $4.5 million a year—here’s how the cofounder would start it again, with nothing

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August 17, 2025
Palantir's Peter Thiel holds up a wad of cash
Success

These Gen Z and millennial founders dropped out of college, took $200,000 from Peter Thiel, and have now built companies worth over $100 billion

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August 16, 2025
Dario Amodei speaking on stage.
Success

AI is creating billionaire’s at a record pace: There are already 498 AI unicorns—and they’re worth $2.7 trillion

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August 13, 2025
A close-up photo of a young woman who is upset, holding her face
Newsletters

Grieving a death takes a financial and emotional toll in the workplace. This tech startup wants to lighten the load.

By Lila MacLellan and Paolo Confino
August 24, 2022
Woman sitting at desk on laptop frustrated
Leadership

Tech firm CEO reveals the email he sent to staff about working hours—and how it massively backfired

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July 6, 2022
Akiti Bose, cofounder of Ziliigo
Finance

‘I feel like my baby has been taken from me’: Fired Zilingo CEO vows to fight to clear her name

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May 27, 2022
Recycling batteries at Ecorusmetal plant in Russia's Leningrad Region
Tech

How a Birmingham-based startup is trying to solve the electric economy’s next big challenge

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May 29, 2021
Private airplane with red carpet

This Startup Founder Has a 770 Mile Daily Commute

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July 19, 2017
China 2015
Tech

Tech Start-Ups the New Gold for China’s Wealthy as Economy Slows

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March 3, 2016
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Tech

Amazon creates startup service to find the next GoPro

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July 28, 2015

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