Start-Ups
This 29-year-old millionaire says work-life balance is ‘just a myth’ if you want to achieve extraordinary things
Timothy Armoo sold his influencer marketing firm Fanbytes in 2022. Tim Armoo. Timothy Armoo became a multi-millionaire after selling his influencer marketing firm for an eight-figure sum when he was 27 years old, but he says that being extraordinary is no easy feat. Armoo, the co-founder and former CEO of Fanbytes, grew up in a […]
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This 32-year-old cashed out on over $2 million in startup equity—here are five tips on how to negotiate for more shares
Bhavik Vashi, 32, made over $2 million after selling his equity in software startup Anaplan. Bhavik Vashi, 32, is living the dream of many Silicon Valley tech workers. He joined a promising startup, did his time and eventually the company was acquired, minting him as a millionaire. Shortly after graduating from the University of California, […]
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If GPS goes dark, Mesa Quantum has a backup plan
Flight delays in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Truckers led down unsafe routes in Richmond, Vermont. And power grid disruptions throughout Ukraine. These troubles stem from a global communication system highly reliant on GPS satellites and the signals they transmit for essential functions. To ensure that U.S. infrastructure won’t fall apart — even if the nation’s GPS […]
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This 29-year-old from one of London’s poorest neighborhoods became a millionaire after selling his influencer marketing firm
Timothy Armoo, co-founder and former CEO of Fanbytes. Timothy Armoo Timothy Armoo is a 29-year-old millionaire who became rich by selling his influencer marketing firm for eight-figures, but the young, Black entrepreneur had to beat the odds to find success. Armoo, the co-founder and former CEO of Fanbytes, hails from what was one of the […]
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Startup Kinetic rolls out robots to fix electric cars, and someday robotaxis
Kinetic cofounders: CEO Nikhil Naikal, CTO Sander Marques, COO Chris Weber Courtesy: Kinetic Automation While electric vehicle demand is still increasing in the U.S., the sales growth rate for cars that pollute less has cooled down in 2024 due partly to the high cost of insurance and repairs for tech-laden new models. A 2024 study […]
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The 2024 CNBC Disruptor 50: How we chose the organizations
Welcome to Disruptor 50 in the age of AI. A whopping 34 of the 50 businesses on our twelfth yearly CNBC Disruptor 50 listing claim that synthetic intelligence is “important” to their corporations. These consist of businesses in industries ranging from cybersecurity to agriculture. Thirteen of the 2024 Disruptors phone by themselves “generative AI providers,” […]
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This is why so several electric car or truck startups fail
As the electric powered automobile field faces a string of large-profile failures, a number of startups that have surfaced in new several years have underestimated their funds wants by billions of dollars, marketplace insiders mentioned. Numerous of the businesses that have tried using to convey goods to current market or go general public, specially via […]
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40-yr-old millionaire who retired early only lasted 5 months—here's what created her go again to do the job
My overall existence applied to be about maximizing my time for operate. I invested around a decade making a job in New York’s tech scene. I worked at Foursquare and Google, and in 2014, I started out my small business, Tech Females. My aim was to help ladies in the market obtain jobs, negotiate and […]
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It's an ɺwesome time' to be a female in small business. Woman founders say the entrepreneurial landscape is shifting
In 2022, only 2.1% of undertaking capital investments in the U.S. went to enterprises that are started exclusively by gals. But some say the hole may perhaps be closing. Maskot | Digitalvision | Getty Images Setting up a business is normally difficult and although ladies have historically confronted further problems, some woman founders say the […]
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Nominate a company for CNBC's 2024 Disruptor 50 record
CNBC is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Disruptor 50 record — our yearly appear at the most impressive undertaking-backed organizations making use of breakthrough technological innovation to meet expanding financial and buyer problems. The deadline for submissions is Friday, Feb. 16 at 11:59 pm EST. All independent, privately-owned firms started following Jan. 1, 2009, […]
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