Tag: founder

01 MAY

After data “clash” report, WhatsApp founder says he’s leaving Facebook

Enlarge (credit: WhatsApp) In the wake of a Washington Post report that alleged a “clash” over Facebook data practices, WhatsApp co-founder and Facebook board member Jan Koum confirmed that he is leaving the company, effective immediately. “It’s been almost a decade since Brian and I started WhatsApp, and it’s been an amazing journey with some […]

30 APR

A physics PhD and startup founder explains how entrepreneurs can get the most basic business advice all wrong

Business Insider Courtesy of Evgeny Milyutin Happy Numbers is an artificial intelligence-enabled math education platform. CEO Evgeny Milyutin said the biggest lesson he’s learned in his time in startups is the importance of knowing your customer. This is pretty common business advice — but he’s probably not the only founder who initially went about following […]

13 APR

“Privacy is not for sale,” Telegram founder says after being banned in Russia

Enlarge A Russian court has paved the way for the government to block the Telegram messaging app over its creators’ failure to provide authorities with access to users’ encrypted messages, it was widely reported on Friday. Russia’s state communications watchdog sought the ban last Friday in a lawsuit that asked the court for the authority […]

27 MAR

A startup founder who was rejected 148 times before raising almost $30 million made two small changes to get investors excited

TechCrunch/Flickr Entrepreneur Kathryn Minshew is the cofounder and CEO of The Muse. In her seed round of investing, she was rejected 148 times. In the Series A round, she was more strategic about pitching investors and figured out how to ensure that her idea was viable. A different type of entrepreneur might have given up. […]

27 MAR

The late IKEA founder had a secret vault to ensure his furniture chain would ‘live forever’

Denis Balibouse/Reuters Ingvar Kamprad is said to have made plans in 1976 to ensure the future of IKEA in case of his death. The results are a holding structure made so complex that outsiders would not understand it. This structure, Kamprad hoped, would let IKEA live on even in times of war or political turmoil. […]

25 MAR

Badoo’s wealthy founder Andrey Andreev explained the ways he takes his obsession with food to the next level

Business Insider/Ed Maggio Badoo CEO Andrey Andreev eats at Michelin-starred restaurants almost every day. Andreev often adds his own dishes and cocktails to restaurant menus. The tech CEO doesn’t like to spend over 30 minutes in a restaurant if he’s there for lunch — or over an hour if he’s having dinner with friends. Walk […]

15 MAR

Be your own pilot: Google founder launches self-flying taxi

A new flying car has been unveiled by Google co-founder Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk company. The makers hope it will usher in a new era of self-flying ‘air taxis’ that would work like Uber. The vehicle, named ‘Cora,’ is an electric air taxi designed and built by Kitty Hawk, a California-based company. After eight years […]

12 MAR

Google Empathy Lab founder: AI will upend storytelling and human-machine interaction

In an echo of studies that say more than half of U.S. households will have a smart speaker in the coming years, the 2018 Tech Trends report released today at SXSW predicts that by 2021 more than half of all computing in developed nations will be performed with voice. To deal with this massive shift […]