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Kevin Hartz’s A* just closed its third fund with $450M

The firm takes a generalist approach, backing companies across categories such as AI applications, fintech, healthcare, and security. The average check size for this fund will be b...

He Built a Multibillion-Dollar Tech Giant. Now He’s Running for Mayor to Fix a ‘Broken’ City Using a Founder’s Playbook

Cornerstone OnDemand founder Adam Miller turned ADP and Workday—two companies that should have been his fiercest competitors—into his best strategic partners.

He Created a Tool That Lets Anyone Start Their Own Business With Just an Image — And It Has Minted 4 Millionaires Alread...

Nuseir Yassin, founder and CEO of Nas.com, shares his secrets to growth in a new interview.

This 30-Year-Old CEO Reveals the Surprising Reason Behind His Startup’s $11 Billion Growth

Winston Weinberg attributes the company’s $11 billion valuation to a unique mindset.

Zillow’s CEO says his friends were shocked when he quit a cushy Microsoft job—but Steve Jobs led to his success at the $...

Zillow CEO Jeremy Wacksman left his cushy Microsoft job in 2009 to join the struggling real estate startup during the housing crisis. His friends had concerns—but he turned it arou...

2 Uber Veterans Just Raised $27 Million to Change the Way You Maintain Your Home Forever

Investors in the startup Casa include Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick and former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg’s VC firm.

This $40 Billion Silicon Valley Unicorn Is Becoming an Unexpected Founder Factory

At least 30 former employees have launched their own ventures since leaving fintech company Ramp.

Advice From the Founders of Slack, OpenAI, Stripe, and More.

How founders who built $3T in enterprise value think. The post Advice From the Founders of Slack, OpenAI, Stripe, and More. appeared first on GTMnow.

The NASA Mission Specialist Turned Media CEO Who Set Out to Save the Creator Economy

Jeffrey Kohn’s TopFan gives creators tools to own fan data, monetize directly and build independence from TikTok and Instagram.

This CEO pirated video games as a teen and became a hacker for the Air Force. Now he’s built a $3 billion cyber firm 

Huntress CEO Kyle Hanslovan bootstrapped his way from online hacker forums to a $3 billion valuation—without an Ivy League degree.

Zoom’s $150,000 Bet on Solo Founders

The video conference titan is giving unconditional cash grants to 5 of the innovative one-person companies on its first list of the Zoom Soloprenuer 50.

Why Kevin O’Leary Bet on 2 Engineers Who Had Never Built a Consumer Product

How Wombi Rose and John Wise turned a $100 market booth into Lovepop, a $100M custom card empire.

Text-Em-All co-founders Brad Herrmann and Hai Nguyen inducted into Small Giants Community Hall of Fame

Recognition from the purpose-driven business community honors two decades of people-first leadership at the 100% employee-owned mass messaging platform

This Startup Took On Big Ticketing and Now Processes $1 Billion Annually: ‘You Just Have to Know Where the Gaps in Servi...

Robert Davari, CEO and co-founder of Tixr, shares how startups can go up against major players in any industry.

The Bolt CEO Is Living Michael Scott’s Dream—Data Warns It Could End Up Costing Him Millions

The fintech founder sparked backlash by claiming HR creates ‘problems that don’t exist.’ But stripping away organizational guardrails during a crisis is rarely a winning strategy.

Ripple CEO Wins Prestigious Harvard Business Award

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has been crowned the 2026 Business Leader of the Year by the Harvard Business School Association of Northern California.

How One Founder Is Fixing the Broken World of Live Event Bookings

The real headliner in live entertainment? The software behind the scenes.

Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire. First stop: Tinder.

World, which has raised eyebrows (but also a lot of interest) with its Orb-centered anonymous verification project, is looking to expand its influence via a bevy of new partnership...

Why ChatGPT devs who became overnight millionaires need to thank Mark Zuckerberg

OpenAI has enabled over 600 employees to sell shares worth $6.6 billion, with some cashing out up to $30 million. This significant wealth creation is fueled by the intense AI talen...

HubSpot director Brian Halligan sells $1.91m in common stock

Alex Karp Says Palantir’s Success Is ‘Unlike Anything in Corporate America’ After Record 85 Percent Growth

Palantir just posted its best quarter on record.

This Founder Spent Hours Copy-Pasting Contracts Into Slides. It Sparked a $100M Idea

Brandon Card left Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM to solve a problem hiding inside every Fortune 500 company. Today, Terzo AI has raised over $40 million and counts the biggest enterpri...

A 19-year-old Thiel fellow just raised $7.3 million to build an African ‘super app’

Aubrey Niederhoffer dropped out of UC Berkeley and moved to Africa to launch a food delivery service.

Shopify President Harley Finkelstein’s Favorite Trend? The One That Helped This Startup Hit $1 Million in Sales in 5 Min...

Here’s where the executive sees a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs.