Entrepreneurship
Goodbye combustion cars! Volkswagen will bet on its electric cars in the near future
The German company will stop selling cars with internal combustion engines in Europe from 2035.
Month: June 2021
Entrepreneurship
PCR tests for cell phones? This is the new method they propose to detect COVID-19
Chilean scientists create a procedure to detect the virus without having to submit to a nasal swab.
Entrepreneurship
Daily Crunch: SpaceX announces tentative plans to launch first orbital flight next month
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Monday, June 28. How much time did you spend on your phone this weekend? Too much? Not a lot? According [CONTINUE READING]
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Duolingo filed to go public
Duolingo, a Pittsburgh-based language learning business last valued at $2.4 billion, has officially filed to go public. The 400-person company, which we explored in great detail in our EC-1, was co-founded by Luis von Ahn, the inventor of CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA, and Severin Hacker. One of the most revealing bits [CONTINUE READING]
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Harness Wealth raises $15 million to democratize the power of family offices
Family offices have existed since the 1800s, but they’ve never been so manifold as in recent years. According to a 2019 Global Family Office Report by UBS and Campden Wealth, 68% of the 360 family offices surveyed were founded in 2000 or later. Their rise owes to numerous factors, including [CONTINUE READING]
Entrepreneurship
Is This Some Kind of Code? You Can Solve the …
Erik and Martin Demaine, a father-and-son team of “algorithmic typographers,” have confected an entire suite of mathematically inspired typefaces.
Entrepreneurship
Are Black Creators Really on ‘Strike’ From TikTok?
A viral campaign aims to draw attention to the ways social platforms compensate users.
Entrepreneurship
Your Own Backyard Movies, on a Budget
How you can build an outdoor cinema experience.
Entrepreneurship
Bret Kinsella of Voicebot.ai: We’re Removing Our Training Wheels From Voice Tech, it Won’t be Long Before we Hit the Velodrone
I’ve been fascinated with voice speakers and voice assistant technologies since getting my first Amazon Echo device in November of 2014. But I had been using a voice assistant since 2011 with the introduction of Siri on my iPhone. And with 2021 marking the 10th anniversary of the voice assistant [CONTINUE READING]
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10 Tips for Nurturing Business Relationships and Marketing a B2B Brand
Relationships are an essential part of building and marketing any business. But they’re especially essential in the B2B sector. From online networking to meeting prospects and partners in person, these tips from members of the online small business community are specifically geared toward B2B brands. Sign Up for a LinkedIn [CONTINUE READING]