When it comes to saving the planet, Raj Kapoor, Lyft’s former chief strategy officer and head of business, doesn’t think asking consumers (or the government) to change their ways is an effective strategy. Instead, he and Josh Felser, the co-founder of Freestyle Capital and a serial entrepreneur, are betting that the future of climate tech […]
Why the founder-friendly era needs a ‘VP of Nothing’
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends.
Founders need to uncouple their own idea from its creator
All founders want their companies to thrive without them, but the readiness to act on that awareness continues to be one of the more uncomfortable conversations within today’s market. After all, the glorification of founders (and our constant habit of treating them like rockstars) has some validity: Visionaries are intrinsically interesting humans, wild enough to […]
Fractions aren’t enough of an answer to divisions
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Fractional lands $5.5 million to let friends (and strangers) invest in real estate together
As teammates at buy-now-pay-later fintech Affirm, Stella Han and Carlos Treviño bonded over their shared background of growing up in real estate families. The mission of ‘pay at your own pace’ at Affirm clashed with their first-hand experience of the taxing time commitment and high costs that comes with owning real estate; a contrast that […]
Contracts first, Clubhouse rooms second
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends.
Choose your job title before you name your startup
The ability to quickly spin up a team and launch something is clearly the core of what makes startupland so special (and, candidly, fun to write about).
Mmhmm eats Macro
Mmhmm has perhaps the noisiest take on the future of video-conferencing: virtual meetings will be fun, flexible and, as shown by its most recent acquisition, emotive. The video-conferencing software startup, founded by Evernote creator Phil Libin, announced today that it has bought Macro, a company that has created filters, reactions and tools to take the […]
Co-founder titles aren’t a formality, they’re a morality
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Good news, everyone: Mary Ann is back! Yes, after a short absence we have our third Friday host back where she belongs. Namely right in front of a microphone, talking to us. And […]
Lambda School shakes off its brand with new name
Lambda School, a buzzy coding bootcamp that has landed over $122 million in known venture capital to date, is rebranding to Bloom Institute of Technology, according to a blog post from CEO Austen Allred. The company is also updating its tuition payment options to introduce an outcomes-based loan. The financing instrument allows students to take […]