Roblox EC-1, immigration requirements doubling, grief in the workplace, and cannabis startups

The Roblox EC-1 Following in the wake of our deep profiles of Patreon and Niantic, we…

Is blitzscaling killing early employee equity opportunities?

Silicon Valley has many dreams. One dream — the Hollywood version anyway — is for a…

W(hy)TF are Japan and South Korea in a trade war?

Another week, another trade war. And unlike most trade wars these days, this one didn’t originate…

As FTC cracks down, data ethics is now a strategic business weapon

$5 billion. That’s the apparent size of Facebook’s latest fine for violating data privacy. While many believe…

Cars-as-a-service, Alibaba and ridehailing, mental health, and the future of financial services

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The startups creating the future of RegTech and financial services

Technology has been used to manage regulatory risk since the advent of the ledger book (or…

Colonna call, timing a VC pitch, WeChat, patents, and growth

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Fast Forward raises new war chest to fight Silicon Valley’s inequality machine

San Francisco is a city of extremes, with multi-billion dollar glass-cladded obelisks piercing the SoMa sky…

What’s up with Lidar, crypto mafias, influencer marketing, Shuttl, and assistive tech

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How a martial arts gym trained me to build an inclusive culture

Ken Kao Contributor Share on Twitter Ken is an engineering manager at Airbnb building products that…