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☆ The rise of 'zombie' VCs puts startups that took funding from them in a difficult spot
  + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
What's on deckAdvertisementBut first, zombie, zombie, zombie-ie-ie-ie. AdvertisementThat's why zombie VCs pose such a problem for the industry. Sussing out the prudent investor from the penniless one takes time and effort, two things startups can't necessarily afford when times are tough. AdvertisementIs having a zombie VC as an investor the equivalent of a scarlet letter? If a partner jumps ship from a zombie VC, startups they backed will be in a tough spot.
Persons: —, here's, Insider's Ben Bergman, Ben, it's, Alyssa Powell, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Ray Dalio isn't, Sundar Pichai, Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's, Cory Doctorow, He's, Smashmallow, they've, Jack Teixeira, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover, Grace Lett Organizations: Service, BI, Bridgewater, Bank of America, Trading, Google, Canadian, Singapore Locations: There's, Silicon Valley, British, Singapore, Israel, New York, London, Chicago
☆ It's becoming insane again in venture capital: A tiny AI startup wants investors to pay $100 to book a meeting with its founder.
  + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
A couple of days ago, startup founder Dan Siroker set his sights on meeting new investors. Siroker closed the process with 170 bids to sift through. Siroker told Business Insider this week that he isn't actively fundraising. Advertisement"When deals get hot, there is extreme interest," Ben Lerer, managing partner of Lerer Hippeau, an early-stage venture firm, told Business Insider's Ben Bergman late last year. "If you're not there long before the raising, you're not part of the conversation."
Persons: —, Dan Siroker, clamoring, whittle, Siroker, isn't, Andreessen Horowitz, they'd, Pavlo Gonchar, Ben Lerer, Lerer, Insider's Ben Bergman, there's, Dick Costolo, they're, Costolo, he'd Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, Twitter, Google, Nvidia, Boys & Girls Locations: haves, Silicon Valley
☆ McDonald's is in the midst of some big changes that show the changing tides in the world of fast food
  + stars: | 2023-12-11 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In today's big story, we're looking at some of the recent big changes at McDonald's, including the launch of a new restaurant concept. AdvertisementCold foam and oat milk are big business, as drink modifiers add up to roughly $1 billion in revenue for Starbucks. McDonald's app has grown over the years, with over 57 million active members, but it still leaves much to be desired. To be sure, 10 CosMc's is not even a drop in the bucket of McDonald's 40,000-plus restaurant empire.
Persons: —, I'm, Joe Ciolli, Iman Jalali, Nancy Luna, It's, McDonald's, Nancy, CosMc's, Jamie Dimon, Jerome Powell, Jose Luis Magana, Ryan Detrick, Niklas Halle'n, Rebecca Zisser, Jeff Bezos, OpenAI's Ilya Sutskever doesn't, Sam Altman's, hasn't, Elon Musk's, Ben Bergman, Adam Neumann's, Insider's Ben Bergman, Z, Donald Trump, Dan DeFrancesco, Naga Siu, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: Service, Starbucks, Nancy, McDonalds, McDonald's, Reserve, Banking, Housing, Urban Affairs, Capitol, Carson Group, Getty Images, San, Sutskever, Visual China, Getty, Fort, Trump Organization, Trump Organization . Golden Globe Locations: Chicago, , Illinois, Texas, Washington, AFP, San Francisco, Fort Lauderdale, New York City, San Diego, London, New York
☆ X CEO Linda Yaccarino bails on a Wall Street Journal conference after her trainwreck Code interview
  + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Linda Yaccarino has canceled a conference appearance after a trainwreck interview last month. The CEO of X, formerly Twitter, was mocked after seeming unprepared at Code Conference. AdvertisementAdvertisementLinda Yaccarino has pulled off the schedule of an upcoming conference following her disastrous interview at Vox's Code Conference last month. The CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter, will no longer be speaking at The Wall Street Journal's Tech Live conference next week. "Linda Yaccarino is now unable to attend the WSJ Tech conference next week," an X executive told Insider.
Persons: Linda Yaccarino, —, Linda, Yaccarino, Julia Boorstin, Elon Musk, Insider's Ben Bergman, Yoel Roth, Roth, Kara Swisher . Roth, Musk, Swisher Organizations: Twitter, Conference, Service, Vox's, Tech, WSJ Tech, Street Locations: Israel, Meta
☆ X CEO Linda Yaccarino had a car-crash interview at Code Conference where she seemed undermined by Elon Musk and couldn't state precise user numbers or whether users will pay
  + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | Hasan Chowdhury | Shona Ghosh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
X CEO Linda Yaccarino had a rough time being interviewed onstage on Code Conference. What actually followed was the unfurling of a CEO who appeared not to have a full handle on the company. AdvertisementAdvertisementHere's one bizarre exchange: Was Musk serious about charging all users a fee to use X, Boorstin asked. Asked about X's daily active user numbers, Yaccarino appeared to respond only in estimates, according to The Verge and the Wall Street Journal. Yaccarino and X did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.
Persons: Linda Yaccarino, —, Elon Musk, Yaccarino, CNBC's Julia Boorstin, Boorstin, Musk, Apptopia, Insider's Lara O'Reilly, Kali Hays, Insider's Ben Bergman, Mark Zuckerberg, Insider's Bergman, — Yoel Roth, Roth, Kara Swisher, Swisher, she's Organizations: Service, Conference, Twitter, MediaRadar, Wall Street Locations: California, Meta
☆ It's a cruel summer for Airbnb and Vrbo hosts, and meh listings are getting squeezed hard
  + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
In the age of remote work, employers are quiet quitting on employees. Decision-makers at family offices revealed what it's really like managing billions for the ultra wealthy. But first: It's shaping up to be a cruel summer for Airbnb and Vrbo hosts. The Airbnb hosts getting squeezedReal-estate reshapeBlake Callahan / Getty ImagesThe real-estate industry is facing an existential threat. In the age of remote work, employers are doing it, too.
Persons: Matt Turner, Read, Brian Chesky, Charley Gallay, Vrbo, That's, Blake Callahan, Jonathan Ernst, Consuelo Vanderbilt Costin, Bryan Griffin, Insider's Ben Bergman, Arantza Pena Popo, It's, Satya Nadella, Hallam Bullock, Lisa Ryan Organizations: luxe, Reuters Workers aren't, Stanford University, The Vanderbilt, Waltons, Microsoft Locations: Silicon, Airbnb, New York
☆ 10 Things in Tech: Amazon's AI scramble
  + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Hallam Bullock | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The OpenAI CEO says he is losing sleep over the fear that "we already have done something really bad by launching ChatGPT." When ChatGPT launched, Amazon managers asked staff for ideas on how to leverage the chatbot at work. "Amazon must be really scared about being late on all of this," an Amazon employee told Insider. Odds and ends:Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, showed off his guitar skills at Apple's WWDC conference this year. During the company's Worldwide Developers Conference, Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, stole the show with a guitar solo.
Persons: Hallam Bullock, Victor Frankenstein, Sam Altman, ChatGPT, Eugene Kim, Insider's Ben Bergman, We've, we've, Thrasio, doesn't, Read, Craig Federighi, Apple’s, Apple's, Dad, Jack Sommers Organizations: Amazon, ChatGPT, Getty, Elon, SpaceX, SpaceX's Starlink, Tech, LA Tech, The Washington Post, Netflix, Apple, Conference Locations: London
☆ Silicon Valley Bank gave the tech industry 40 years. The tech industry couldn't give Silicon Valley Bank 40 hours.
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Silicon Valley Bank was shut down by regulators on Friday. Venture capital firms were quick to turn their back on the bank that has served them for decades. As one VC put it to Insider's Ben Bergman, "I don't think Silicon Valley Bank is going under, but I also don't want to be the last one holding the bag." Now, the consequences have extended beyond just SVB, as startups that used the bank worry whether they'll even make payroll next week. A bank that catered to tech startups' specific wants and needs is now gone.
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