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CommentaryWhen the music stops: the unravelling of AI companies’ flawed valuations
By Mikael JohnssonFebruary 6, 2026
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Future of Work‘You’re not a hero, you’re a liability’: Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary warns Gen Z founders to stop glorifying hustle culture
By Jacqueline MunisFebruary 2, 2026
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CommentaryAmerica’s AI regulatory patchwork is crushing startups and helping China
By James Richardson and Eric TanenblattJanuary 30, 2026
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CommentaryThe real promise of AI isn’t fewer jobs, it’s cheaper thinking
By Michael WystrachJanuary 29, 2026
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SuccessThis millennial founder got rejected 73 times before building a 9-figure coffee company. One more no, ‘I would have figured out how to sell a kidney’
By Preston ForeJanuary 24, 2026
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SuccessMelinda French Gates told her daughter Phoebe to ‘get up or get out the game’ when investors kept asking about her plans to have kids
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 16, 2026
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Commentary15 years after skipping college to launch 3 startups, I believe the taboo around questioning higher ed is holding an entire generation back
By Eric SimonsJanuary 2, 2026
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI Inc., during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.
AIOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he is ‘envious’ of Gen Z college dropouts who have the ‘mental space’ and time to build new startups
By Nino PaoliDecember 28, 2025
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SuccessBillionaire who sold two companies to Coca-Cola says he tries to persuade people not to become entrepreneurs: ‘Every single day, you can go bankrupt’
By Dave SmithDecember 19, 2025
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AILovable hits $6.6 billion valuation as its CEO says it wants to be ‘the last piece of software’ companies ever buy
By Beatrice NolanDecember 18, 2025
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SuccessChess.com cofounder says it took a pinch of delusion to bring the traditional game online—and it’s a ‘requirement for every successful entrepreneur’
By Emma BurleighDecember 14, 2025
Gustas Germanavicius
SuccessFrom college dropout to Ironman CEO in 7 years, this Gen Z founder found ‘no pain, no gain’ from a trip to China and the Shaolin monks
By Nick LichtenbergNovember 27, 2025
Slack cofounder Stewart Butterfield
SuccessSlack cofounder says workers and CEOs can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slide shows
By Emma BurleighNovember 25, 2025
Startups & VentureSoutheast Asia’s tech sector is in a slump—but one VC sees signs that ‘things will work out quite well here in the long run’
By Angelica AngNovember 24, 2025
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CommentaryI had a front-row seat to AI’s rise at Microsoft and SAP. Here’s the billion-dollar blind spot everyone’s missing
By JG ChirapurathNovember 14, 2025
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