Read the pitch decks of 17 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Money in the shape of a heart

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Analog Ambition

Tech Insider : Business
Trinity Shiroma and Victoria Hugo.
Creatives are capitalizing on Gen Z's love for analog.

Trinity Shiroma, Victoria Hugo

Those dusty old paintbrushes and crochet needles in the attic? It's time to put them to use again.

Read 47 pitch decks that creator-economy startups used to raise millions of dollars

Tech Insider : Business, Crypto, Economy
Flick pitchdeck
Flick, an AI filmmaking startup, included a YouTube sizzle reel in its seed round pitch deck.

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An entrepreneur who made Oprah's 'Favorite Things' explains how to create a product that people are obsessed with

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Tal Moore, Founder of Popsmith, lies in bed eating popcorn.
Tal Moore is the cofounder of Popsmith.

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Jensen Huang says he wouldn't start Nvidia again if he knew the pain ahead

Tech Insider : Business
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang waves during his China trip.
Building Nvidia required enduring humiliation, sacrifice, and near-failure, CEO Jensen Huang said.

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Paul Graham just threw cold water on the Stockholm-is-the-next-Silicon Valley idea

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator, on Bloomberg Television in San Francisco, California, in 2014
Paul Graham says Silicon Valley still gives founders an edge that Europe can't fully match.

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Mark Cuban says getting fired taught him how to be a better entrepreneur

Tech Insider : Business
Mark Cuban at the Punchbowl News Conference at Union Station on March 10, 2026 in Washington, DC
Billionaire Mark Cuban said he turned career setbacks into lessons that shaped his success as an entrepreneur.

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America's productivity boom may have an unlikely hero: working from home

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Technology
A man sitting at a desk working on a computer.
A Stanford economist says remote work may be powering America's productivity surge.

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An Amazon worker balanced her day job and side hustle without burning out. She got laid off and had a backup plan.

Tech Insider : Business, Sports
Tejal Rives is standing in front of a bookcase, leaning on a ladder.
Rives bought a business with her husband in 2024.

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AI is opening doors for philosophy majors

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
An interactive display featuring artificial intelligence at the iRootech Technology Co. offices in Guangzhou, China, in April 2026.
Philosophy majors are landing lucrative roles shaping AI, but their real influence is still up for debate.

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