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The Lucid Air takes the stage at the 2021 LA Autoshow on November 17, 2021. The luxury electric sedan won the 2022 Motortrend Car of the Year award this month.

Every auto startup wants to be the next Tesla. Why these 2 may have a real shot

Nov 27, 2021
They aren't household names yet, but Rivian and Lucid are two auto startups attracting a lot of buzz – and loads of money.
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Diversifying Nevada's Economy Might Take The Work Of Angels

Feb 12, 2021

Do you have money to invest and a desire to help diversify Nevada’s economy? Startup NV wants to hear from you.

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An employee walks past a power plant's electricity pylons in Lagos, Nigeria. Power shortages are particularly a problem for Nigeria's booming tech industry, which accounts for nearly 14% of the country's GDP.

The Powerlessness Of Nigeria's Tech Startups

Nov 24, 2019
The big problem for these booming businesses isn't staff shortages, government regulations or software glitches. It's all about the electrical grid.
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A customer tests an eyebrow pencil in the mirror at the New York City flagship store for the beauty startup Glossier. It's one of the latest companies to become a unicorn, with a market value of $1 billion as of March.

With So Many Startups Growing Into Unicorns, Can They Still Be Magical?

Aug 12, 2019
Six years ago, "unicorn" became the name for startup tech companies valued at $1 billion or more. At the time, only 39 companies had earned the title. Since then, the club has grown to 484 members.
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Regina Vatterott won over the Pitch-a-Kid judges with her idea for a smart pillbox.

For Entrepreneurs, Pitching To Pint-Sized Sharks Is No Child's Play

May 12, 2016
Modeled on TV's Shark Tank, entrepreneurs at a Pitch-a-Kid event in Austin, Texas, had 5 minutes to sell their ideas to a panel of third- through 12-graders and answer their no-holds-barred questions.
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Can Las Vegas Become 'The Silicon Valley of Water'?

May 12, 2016

Las Vegas is known for its casinos, but one group is hoping the city will become famous for another glistening industry: water technology. Can the city become “the Silicon Valley of Water"?

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On-demand delivery apps like Purple, which promises a full tank of gas in an hour, are proliferating in the tech market.

From Takeout To Breakups: Apps Can Deliver Anything, For A Price

Nov 25, 2015
Convenience is at an all-time premium — and a lot of smartphone apps promise to make many of the things we do every day easier. In a time-crunch or sheer laziness, how far will the apps take us?
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Work partners Jon Chintanaroad (left) and Mike Prestano are all smiles now, but founding a tech startup together threatened their friendship — and their business.

Couples Counseling Catches On With Tech Co-Founders

Apr 23, 2015
Friction between close business partners is the reason many startups fail. But increasingly in Silicon Valley, co-founders of companies are turning to therapists before things go south.
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Bulu Box is a small startup based in Lincoln, Neb. The e-commerce company provides boxes of healthy snacks, drinks, vitamins, supplements and other premium health care products. It then compiles data on what consumers like and don't like about those prod

Silicon Prairie: Tech Startups Find A Welcoming Home In The Midwest

Mar 12, 2015
Some entrepreneurs are leaving the high tech hot spots of San Francisco, New York and the Silicon Valley for greener pastures in a place that actually has greener pastures: Lincoln, Neb.
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Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder of the cybersecurity startup CrowdStrike, says his company is building stockpiles of intelligence about potential hacking groups.

Hygiene, Honey Pots, Espionage: 3 Approaches To Defying Hackers

Feb 16, 2015
The hack of insurer Anthem is one in a string of costly cyberattacks worldwide. In Silicon Valley and beyond, startups are taking very different approaches to helping companies outsmart the attackers.
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Capitalizing on CES: Local Companies In The World's Largest Tech Bazaar

Jan 07, 2014

As the tech scene in Vegas grows, techies are looking for ways to merge the local startup and technology industry with the Consumer Electronics Show.

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