Emerging Business

Emerging Business News of the Week – 3/26/18

* This Is the Real Reason Startups Succeed–and No, It’s Not Money  [Inc] * The Truth Behind A Pitch: An Entrepreneurial Lesson From Theranos  [Forbes] * Dropbox IPO: Maybe There’s An Upside to Being the “Netflix of Online Storage”  [FastCompany] * This Startup Wants to Disrupt De Beers  [Fortune] * The Unavoidable Folly of Making […]

March 25, 2018 | 1 min read | Tagged: De Beers, Dropbox, EB News, IPO, Man-Made Diamonds, Pitching, Self-Driving Cars, Startups, Theranos, Uber

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Brian J. Burt Partner

Emerging Business News of the Week – 3/5/18

* This Is What Really Happens to Your Company Culture When Everyone Works Remotely  [Inc] * Why A High Profile Corporate Career Was The Making Of This Global Entrepreneur  [Forbes] * Two Bedroom With Views—And A Personal Concierge  [FastCompany] * IPO Shortcuts Put Burden on Investors to Identify Risk  [WallStreetJournal] * Elon Musk Blasts Harvard’s […]

March 4, 2018 | 1 min read | Tagged: Artificial Intelligence, Company Culture, EB News, Elon Musk, IPO, Personal Concierge, Reg A+, Steven Pinker, Work Remotely

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Brian J. Burt Partner

Emerging Business News of the Week – 1/8/18

*  How a Tragic Oversight Led These Two 20-Somethings to Build a Lifesaving Tech Startup  [Inc] * Ice Cream Company Dippin’ Dots Will Use Its Freezing Tech for Cryogenics  [Entrepreneur] * What Wall Street Is Looking For at CES  [Businessweek] * Breaking Bitcoin With a Quantum Computer  [Fortune] * RIP IPO (1602-2018)  [TechCrunch]

January 7, 2018 | 1 min read | Tagged: Bitcoin, CES, Cryogenics, Dippin' Dots, EB News, IPO, Statis Labs

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week – 4/17/17

* Meet Alexa von Tobel, Who Dropped Out of Harvard and Built a $350 Million Financial Planning Empire  [Inc] * How to Find Great Co-Founders for Your Startup — Fast  [Entrepreneur] * Why Flybrix Skipped Crowdfunding to Launch its LEGO Drone Kits  [TechCrunch] * Why Spotify’s IPO-less IPO is a Smart Idea  [Recode] *  Apple […]

April 16, 2017 | 1 min read | Tagged: Alexa von Tobel, Apple, Co-Founders, EB News, Flybrix, IPO, LearnVest, Self-Driving Cars, Spotify

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Brian J. Burt Partner

EB News of the Week – 2/6/17

* Why a 300-Person San Francisco Startup Doesn’t Offer Anyone a Job Until They’ve Undergone a ‘Trial Week’  [BusinessInsider] * How These Founders Built a $2.1 Billion Business by Ignoring Investors’ Advice [Inc] * 20 Crazy New Things We Learned About Snap  [Entrepreneur] * Why This Founder Thinks She Can Make A Good Educational Kid’s […]

February 5, 2017 | 1 min read | Tagged: EB News, FCC, Hiring, Immersed Games, IPO, Net Neutrality, Snap, Weebly, Zendesk

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Brian J. Burt Partner