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Honor Technology Closes $370 Million in Financing, Plans to Triple its Engineering and Product…

Austin Startup

Honor Technology, Inc. , the world’s largest senior care network and technology platform which recently acquired global home care provider Home Instead , today announced it has raised $70 million in Series E funding and $300 million in debt financing. We’re trailblazing in an industry that takes care of our parents?

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[Infographic] What Does It Cost To Run A Startup?

YoungUpstarts

Planning to start your own technology startup? That’s great, but do you know how much it will cost to hire the talent that would make take your idea from concept all the way to a market-ready product? And even if you do, did you know that where you’re based also matters when it comes to doing up the numbers?

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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

Both Sides of the Table

He said to me (only 9 years ago), “I hope you’re not just hiring her because she’s a woman.” (I Instead he championed our investment themes into sustainability and food technologies having invested in companies like Apeel Sciences and Ynsect. I remember years ago trying to recruit Kara. It took me three years to persuade her to join.

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Tech That Can Make The Freelance Economy Sustainable

YoungUpstarts

They want platforms and services that automate hiring and retention while ensuring freelancers feel as supported as their full-time colleagues. The company this past fall opened IdentityMind Global , a store where customers can purchase compliance technology and integrate it into their existing workflows.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

People said this about Ring (which went from startup to selling to Amazon > $1 billion in around 5 years), Facebook, YouTube, Airbnb, Uber, Twitter, Instagram and many other great behemoths of the technology industry. Does it surprise you that the fastest-growing “unicorn” was launched in Los Angeles and not San Francisco?

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. We hired outside experts. Of course the naysayers are out again. I’d love even 0.5% I have witnessed it working. I was not fried.