There’s a growing appetite for alternative search engines. At least, that’s the crux of the argument Richard Socher, the former chief scientist at Salesforce, likes to make. In 2020, Socher...
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You.com, a new, customizable open search platform with the hefty goal of challenging Google for worldwide search superiority, today announced the launch of YouCode, a specialized search engine...
"Why won't Google just build that?" That question has been posed to entrepreneurs by venture capitalists so often that it's become a cliché. But not when asked of Richard Socher, the former...
Traditional employment models are not flexible enough to meet the needs of the most in-demand executives. These seasoned practitioners want optionality and career development outside of traditional...
Continuum is a venture-backed bet on fractional work, and, better yet, that founders want to show humanity during moments of crisis. The company, launched by CEO Nolan Church in August 2020,...
The headlines swirl with layoffs done poorly, with 30-second firings done, en masse, over Zoom, with little fanfare and even less explanation. Better.com reigns as the poster child here, renowned...
Skye, a platform to find executive and life coaches, raised a $1.6 million pre-seed round in January. Read the 33-page pitch deck the founders used.
When Sidra Qasim and Waqas Ali landed in the U.S. not knowing a word of English, they had no idea how far their entrepreneurial journey would take them.
Right now, in the U.S., 40% of the restaurant industry are independent restaurant owners and mom-and-pop shops. The pandemic hit these businesses hard, and many of them are still reeling from...
The news that funding for Black founders is falling was no shock to the Black community, much of which was raised with the aphorism, “when white America catches a cold, Black America gets...