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Social trading apps are seeing an influx of young investors during the pandemic

by Kai Ryssdal and Minju Park
May 19, 2021
Commonstock CEO David McDonough says many young people saw last year's stock-market meltdown as a wealth-creation opportunity.
The Commonstock app enables investors to share information about their holdings and market news.
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Startups always face bankruptcy risk. COVID-19 has made things worse.

by David Brancaccio , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Apr 6, 2020
"Small companies and a lot of us are getting a lesson in, 'Risk is real,'" one business professor says.
Startups don't have the cash flow or credit lines to deal with crises like big companies do.
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In search of child care solutions, startups turn to home providers

by Rae Ellen Bichell
Dec 2, 2019
Demand for child care is high and in some places, there are shortages. A number of startups believe the answer lies in in-home child care.
Tricia Shields organizes toys at the in-home child care center she just started in Parker, Colorado.
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The evolution of WeWork to We Co. ... and a $47 billion valuation

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Jun 17, 2019
The man, money and method behind WeWork, the highest valued start-up in the U.S.
A man walks into a WeWork office in Washington, D.C.
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A basic question missing from the tech startup cycle: 'Should this exist?'

by Molly Wood
Feb 26, 2019
A new podcast tries to ask and answer that question.
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Meet the company training up more diverse startup founders

by Molly Wood
Nov 15, 2018
Founder Gym offers tools for anyone who wants to start a venture-backed company.
A man looks at his computer at a Starbucks coffee shop in Washington, DC on October 18, 2018.
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The LinkedIn co-founder on "Blitzscaling" a company while mitigating risk

by David Brancaccio and Jonaki Mehta
Oct 10, 2018
Reid Hoffman discusses the unconventional advice he gives entrepreneurs that want to get big fast in his new book.
“The first that's scaling through the learning curve is frequently the first to scale and the one that essentially sets the ecosystem,” LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman says.
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Private money rules Silicon Valley, so where does that leave Wall Street?

by Molly Wood
Sep 20, 2018
Private funding, like venture capital, can now grow companies as big as an IPO can. Small investors might get a slice, too.
Pedestrians walk by a sign outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.
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A new toolkit to help tech companies be more ethical

by Molly Wood
Sep 4, 2018
Tech giants keep struggling to understand how their platforms affect society. A game designer has a new solution.
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A new ride hailing startup bets on Teslas to differentiate itself

by Dan Boyce
Jul 6, 2018
Teslyne, a new startup in Denver, is banking on customers paying more than they would for Uber or Lyft for the chance to ride in an electric Tesla. Unlike with Uber or Lyft, the company owns the Teslas and though it interacts with riders through an app, Teslyne CEO Kyle Ewing says it is “more […]
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