Archives for April 2019

SoftBank makes a huge bet on Latin America Rappi represents a new era for Latin American technology startups. Based in Bogotá, Colombia, the on-demand delivery startup has taken the region by storm, attracting a record amount of venture capital funding in mere months. Today marks the beginning of a new round of explosive growth as […]

AR will mean dystopia if we don’t act today Matt Miesnieks Contributor More posts by this contributor Why the YouTube of AR won’t be YouTube The product design challenges of AR on smartphones The martial arts actor Jet Li turned down a role in the Matrix and has been invisible on our screens because he does […]

Adam Savage on Great Tools, Great Projects, and Great Lessons (#370) Photo by Norman Chan “A true creator knows that you follow the thing to where it’s going, not to where you think it ought to go.”— Adam Savage Adam Savage (TW: @donttrythis IG: @therealadamsavage FB: therealadamsavage) has spent his life gathering skills that allow him to take what’s in […]

The curious case of Slack’s missing $162 million Slack has filed its S-1 registration statement with the SEC in preparation for its direct listing. One interesting dataset that usually comes out of these S-1s is the company’s actual fundraising history. Slack has raised eight main rounds (series A-H), and 15 rounds total when including individual […]

8 Ways to Weave Simple Visuals into Your Kick-Ass Words It happened somewhere around third grade, when you were about nine years old. Do you remember? Before that age, we were all multi-talented bundles of potential. We ran, climbed, learned to read and write, did simple math, made pictures, and built towers out of blocks […]

Golden unveils a Wikipedia alternative focused on emerging tech and startups Jude Gomila, who previously sold his mobile advertising company Heyzap to RNTS Media, is taking on a new challenge — building a “knowledge base” that can fill in Wikipedia’s blind spots, particularly when it comes to emerging technologies and startups. While Gomila is officially […]

Instagram will now let creators and influencers sell items directly The monetization hose is on full blast at Instagram now, and today at F-8 Facebook unveiled one of the latest developments on that front. The company said that creators will now be able to tag items to sell them directly to people viewing their posts […]

Stuck in a Dead-End Job? Oguz Konar Is Here to Help. Start your own business, work from home, and become financially independent. Here’s how. April 30, 2019 6 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In this series called Member Showcase, we publish interviews with members of The Oracles. This interview is […]

Glovo, the on-demand ‘deliver anything’ local app, raises $169M Series D Glovo, the Spain-headquartered on-demand delivery app that has similarities to Postmates in the U.S., has raised $169 million (€150m) in Series D funding. Lakestar led the round alongside Drake, owner of global pizza franchise Papa John’s. Idinvest Partners and Korelya Capital also participated, bringing […]

An anecdote and a statistical analysis walk into a bar The bar is dark and dingy, well-used, with a bit of danger in the air. The sort of bar that wouldn’t be out of place in a Clint Eastwood movie. The anecdote has been through a lot. There’s the drama with his family, sure, but […]

Small Door raises $3.5 million in seed funding to rethink veterinary care Millennials are opting out of marriage and kids and instead opting for pet ownership, opening the door for pet-centric businesses to grow. Small Door is one such company. The startup has raised $3.5 million in seed funding to rethink veterinary services from the […]

How to Stop Being Sad and Start Feeling Happy We live in a society where it is important to fit in. Leading a positive and happy life is highly valued and feeling sad or “blue” about life is not so valued. As a result, we are constantly trying to always be positive and happy. In […]

MLB to exclusively stream 13 live games to YouTube & YouTube TV YouTube today announced a new partnership with the MLB which will allow the site to exclusively live stream 13 MLB games to both YouTube and YouTube TV during the second half of the regular baseball season. While YouTube TV had previously partnered with […]

Small Team? No Problem. Here’s How to Multitask With Efficiency. Asking staff to take on multiple responsibilities doesn’t have to mean chaos. Here’s how to keep the office calm, happy, and productive. April 30, 2019 4 min read This story appears in the April 2019 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe » Q: How can I help […]

Watch Facebook’s F8 2019 keynote right here Facebook’s yearly developer conference kicks off today. The keynote starts at 1PM / 10AM with opening remarks from Facebook’s chief Mark Zuckerberg. As in past years, the event will last several hours and feature updates from various Facebook departments. This year’s event comes as Facebook is attempting an […]

Here’s How This Fixer Has Helped Unicorn Startups Break Through Regulatory Barriers Overcoming legal challenges can be absolutely vital for majors startups like Uber and DraftKings. April 30, 2019 1 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Bradley Tusk, founder and CEO of Tusk Holdings, is best known for being Uber’s first […]

Nearly all 2020 presidential candidates aren’t using a basic email security feature Three years after Russian hackers targeted and breached the email accounts of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, nearly all of the upcoming 2020 presidential candidates are still lagging in email security. New data out by Agari confirms just one presidential hopeful — Democratic candidate […]

Nigerian startup Tizeti launches WifiCall.ng IP voice call service Nigeria based startup Tizeti, an internet service provider, today launched WifiCall.ng—an internet voice-calling platform for individuals and businesses. WifiCall is a VoIP—or Voice over Internet Protocol—subscription service that allows unlimited calls to any phone number, even if that number isn’t registered on WifiCall’s network. Tizeti will […]

Samsung sees Q1 profit plummet 60% Samsung’s Q1 earnings are in and, as the company itself predicted, they don’t make for pretty reading. The Korean giant saw revenue for the three-month period fall by 13 percent year-on-year to 52.4 trillion KRW, around $45 billion. Meanwhile, operating profit for Q1 2019 came in at 6.2 trillion KRW, […]

Equity Shot transcribed: Slack’s S-1 and Uber’s IPO terms We’re deep in IPO news, and last week was no different. When this happens, Equity’s Kate Clark and Alex Wilhelm fire up their mics and wax financial about the news we can’t possibly fit into the regular episode of the popular TechCrunch podcast. Last week the […]