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SuccessMelinda French Gates told her daughter Phoebe to ‘get up or get out the game’ when investors kept asking about her plans to have kids
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 16, 2026
Commentary15 years after skipping college to launch 3 startups, I believe the taboo around questioning higher ed is holding an entire generation back
By Eric SimonsJanuary 2, 2026
AIOpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he is ‘envious’ of Gen Z college dropouts who have the ‘mental space’ and time to build new startups
By Nino PaoliDecember 28, 2025
SuccessBillionaire who sold two companies to Coca-Cola says he tries to persuade people not to become entrepreneurs: ‘Every single day, you can go bankrupt’
By Dave SmithDecember 19, 2025
AILovable hits $6.6 billion valuation as its CEO says it wants to be ‘the last piece of software’ companies ever buy
By Beatrice NolanDecember 18, 2025
SuccessChess.com cofounder says it took a pinch of delusion to bring the traditional game online—and it’s a ‘requirement for every successful entrepreneur’
By Emma BurleighDecember 14, 2025
SuccessFrom college dropout to Ironman CEO in 7 years, this Gen Z founder found ‘no pain, no gain’ from a trip to China and the Shaolin monks
By Nick LichtenbergNovember 27, 2025
Startups & VentureSoutheast Asia’s tech sector is in a slump—but one VC sees signs that ‘things will work out quite well here in the long run’
By Angelica AngNovember 24, 2025
CommentaryI had a front-row seat to AI’s rise at Microsoft and SAP. Here’s the billion-dollar blind spot everyone’s missing
By JG ChirapurathNovember 14, 2025
Startups & VentureAlexis Ohanian ignored Paul Graham’s warning that Reddit’s ‘terrible’ name would be ‘poison’. Now it’s a $38 billion business
By Rachel VentrescaNovember 11, 2025
AIThe rise of Yann LeCun, the 65-year-old NYU professor who is planning to leave Mark Zuckerberg’s highly paid team at Meta to launch his own AI startup
By Dave SmithNovember 11, 2025
SuccessRing’s founder went from shoveling horse stalls to selling to Amazon for $1.15 billion and says work-life balance is a myth
By Preston ForeNovember 10, 2025
SuccessAirbnb CEO Brian Chesky challenges founders with a critical question if they aspire to emulate his success
By Emma BurleighOctober 22, 2025
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