Technology
How a Student’s AI Robot Lightens the Load for Caregivers At Home
Kyle McGinley graduated from high school in 2018 and, like many teenagers, he was unsure what career he wanted to pursue. Recuperating from a sports injury led him to consider becoming a physical therapist for athletes. But he was...
Innovation
Gen Z Is Increasingly Turning to This Field, Which Offers $75K Starting Pay and High Job Placement Rates
Key Takeaways
Accounting majors are landing near-perfect job placement rates.Most graduates secure jobs or further education within six months of finishing their degrees.Entry-level accounting salaries are hovering around the high five figures, or around $75,000.At a time when workers everywhere...
Technology
A teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me. | TechCrunch
I cannot say with 100% certainty that nineteen-year-old Justin Jin is not pulling an elaborate prank on me. In my defense, Jin’s company Giggles – which he describes as “putting a trading app and TikTok together” – started as...
Technology
He Started a Social Network Alone. Then 5 Million People Signed Up
If you haven’t heard of UpScrolled before, a brief primer: It’s a social media platform not too different from, say, Instagram or TikTok. You can share photos or short videos, follow accounts, comment on posts, and amass a following...
Technology
AI startup Rocket offers vibe McKinsey-style reports at a fraction of the cost | TechCrunch
Indian startup Rocket is betting that the next big opportunity is the part before vibe coding: having AI help people decide what to build. It has launched a platform that produces consulting-style product strategies.The startup, based in Surat, India,...
Technology
OpenAI alums have been quietly investing from a new, potentially $100M fund | TechCrunch
A new venture capital fund with deep ties to OpenAI has made its first close on its $100 million goal, the founders tell TechCrunch. The partners have already written a couple of checks. The fund is called Zero Shot (a...
Innovation
Why ‘Just Start’ Is Dangerous Advice for Entrepreneurs
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
Key Takeaways
Many founders skip planning and end up making reactive decisions, chasing opportunities that don’t move the business forward and confusing busyness with real progress.
A business plan doesn’t have to be long...
Innovation
The Customer Survey Question That Led This Company to Scrap a Product Worth Hundreds of Millions
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For years, Prezi’s CEO Jim Szafranski focused the company’s strategy on helping customers nail their presentations. But the surprising results of a survey made Szafranski realize that Prezi users’ biggest pain point wasn’t exactly what he thought it was....
Innovation
This 28-Year-Old College Dropout Has Raised $24 Million to Fix a Military Problem ‘Nobody Was Thinking About’
Key Takeaways
Peter Goldsborough dropped out of college to start his career in Silicon Valley on Facebook’s AI research team.He then worked for Anduril as a chief engineer before starting his own company, Rune Technologies.Rune tackles the problem of military...
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Wireless Festival cancelled after Kanye West blocked from coming to UK
One fan, Courtney, said: "I bought my ticket in the PayPal pre-sale three or four days ago. I had...