PhDs are the new MBAs for founders in the AI era, as college dropouts remain an outlier

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Building a pet website with Cursor.
Developers use Cursor to build a pet website at a hackathon in Singapore. Cursor has become one of the fastest-growing AI tools.

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I switched from a corporate career to launching an AI-native company with no tech background. I knew the time was now.

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Tim DeSoto was a senior director at Walmart. Now he's launching an AI-native startup.

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'Girlboss' Sophia Amoruso says she was too quick to fire people at Nasty Gal. She shared what she learned from the startup's epic rise and fall.

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Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso
Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso.

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I'm 18 and cofounded a multimillion-dollar company. Here's how I did it and my advice for other young founders.

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Zach Yadegari cofounded Cal AI in high school.

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Read the pitch decks of 12 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

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Money in the shape of a heart

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Databricks CEO says AI talent war has put 'too much pressure' on young people

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Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi said that the AI talent war has made for "crazy times" for young people.

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Serena Williams wishes she had a mentor when she started her VC career. Here are her 3 tips for founders.

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Serena Williams is the "entrepreneur-in-residence" at Reckitt Catalyst, mentoring founders focused on social impact.

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Silicon Valley's case for Trump's new $100,000 H-1B visa fee

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings have spoken out in favor of President Donald Trump's new H-1B visa fees.

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Intercom cofounder says TikTok and 'The Social Network' led some founders to start companies for the wrong reasons

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Des Traynor pointed to TikTok and remote work as contributing to the rise of the clout-chasing startup founder.

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Silicon Valley's 'youthquake': In the age of AI, founders aren't waiting to grow up

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Young founders in Silicon Valley's 'Youthquake' aren't waiting to grow up.

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It's the golden age of AI, and there's a new gospel in Silicon Valley: Building a startup isn't just for the chosen few. It's the new rite of passage into adulthood.

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