The SpaceX Mafia is here

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Read the pitch decks of 14 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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After 3 tech layoffs, I knew I had to lean into being a founder

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Kelly Withers

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The pump-up songs CEOs and business leaders rely on to get them through the day, from Beyoncé to Eminem

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CEOs and business leaders love songs by Beyoncé, Fleetwood Mac, and Sombr, among others.

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The Thanksgiving conversation startup founders dread: explaining their job

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Ring founder recommends young entrepreneurs read a Walt Disney biography — and go on 'Shark Tank'

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Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is working at Amazon again.

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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.

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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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