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A COCKTAIL OF UNETHICAL PRACTICES The Kenyan startup scene, known for its dynamism and innovation, is plagued by a range of unethical practices that deeply impact the well-being and professional growth of workers. From toxic work environments and unfair treatment to delayed payments and misappropriation of funds, the challenges faced by employees within these startups…

What would you do if Apple added a feature that demolished your startup? — Tech founders sweat like pigs before Apple events. They don’t care about the new Airdrop. They don’t care about the new NameDrop. They don’t care about the new ski goggles. They care about Apple crushing their businesses to the ground. This week was no different. WWDC made life a living…

This month’s Founder Spotlight highlights Bartek Ogonowski, CEO and Co-Founder of Levra! How did you come up with the idea for Levra? Has it changed along the way? I worked at Deloitte, South Africa, for about 7 years. As a manager and later, a senior manager, the most difficult conversations I had was when a client would call me and say ‘Don’t ever let that trainee…

Announcing Lightspeed’s latest investment in the AI space — Large language models (LLMs) have taken the world by storm in recent months, and for good reason — LLMs are uniquely suited to comprehend and extract insights from unstructured data, outperforming previous machine learning approaches that either didn’t work at all or were extremely brittle. 70% of enterprise data is…

Not everything, just the robotic tasks that wear down my batteries. — I know I said it in the title of this article, but I’m saying it again: I can’t wait for AI to replace me. Let me clarify because I’m not talking about letting robots do what I love doing, like teaching other founders how to leverage creativity and curiosity to…

We’re Uncommon, the artist collection formerly known as Higher Steaks. I founded this company a few years ago to address some of the biggest health issues the world is facing by offering meat-eaters around the world cultured proteins that are better, not alternative. …

Hello, I’m Nozomi, an engineering manager at Shippio. This post is part of the Shippio 7th Anniversary Blog Relay, and today marks Day 7 of the relay. In our previous article, Chiba-san, a product manager at Shippio, shared his insights and experiences regarding his experience at Shippio. Introduction Entering the realm…

The company comes out of stealth with $13.6M in seed + Series A funding from Lightspeed, Vision+ and UpHonest Capital Pebble Mobility’s forthcoming flagship product is a 100% electric, hassle-free RV built to automate the hardest parts of RVing and make the experience more accessible SUNNYVALE, CA — (June 8th…

It’s no secret that it’s more challenging to raise funding for an edtech startup than it was just a year or two ago. Venture capital in the sector is down significantly over its peak in 2021. I believe that early-stage fundraising (pre-seed, seed, Series A) in edtech is still relatively…