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This 24-Year-Old Founder Wants To Keep A Billion More Cars Off The Road

During the summer of 2009 at the Singularity University, Google co-founder Larry Page challenged a class of 40 students to pick an idea that could impact one billion people.One of the program's...

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Check Out This Startup's New Sunbathed, Puppy-Filled Office

Car-sharing service Getaround now has more than 10,000 cars in its fleet and is rolling out in city after city.After launching in May last year at TechCrunch Disrupt, it added more than 25 new...

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The 12 Startups Everyone Is Talking About In Silicon Valley

Like clockwork, there's usually a new batch of startups everyone is talking about every month or so.Sometimes they're older startups that are finally finding their feet. Sometimes they are just coming...

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25 Hot CEOs Of Silicon Valley Startups You Can't Afford To Ignore

Silicon Valley is home to some of the hottest startups in the world — but a lot of them never get off the ground without the proper leadership.We spoke to a bunch of CEOs, entrepreneurs, investors and...

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When Insurance Agencies Almost Killed Jessica Scorpio's Startup, She Got Her...

Getaround was a hit when it launched last summer at TechCrunch Disrupt; it went on to raise a few million in financing.It's a peer-to-peer car rental service; when one person isn't using their vehicle,...

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The Startup That's Keeping An Extra Billion Cars From Hitting The Road Just...

Getaround, a car-sharing startup, just announced that it is raising $13.9 million in its first round of funding, which includes the likes of Marissa Mayer, Shervin Pishevar and Eric Schmidt's...

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The 15 Startups Everyone Is Talking About In Silicon Valley Right Now

For the last week we've been asking everyone we talk to in Silicon Valley which startups are working on cool stuff.What follows is a round of what the companies that people are most excited...

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15 Of The Sharpest Up-And-Coming CEOs In Silicon Valley

We just spent a lot of time in Silicon Valley, asking around to find out who the top new CEOs are in technology.What follows is a round of the executives of the companies that people are most excited...

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12 Startups That Are Solving The Little Problems That Drive Us Crazy

There are a lot of little problems in life.You lose your car keys. You're craving peanut butter but can't reach the last glob. You have one more slot on your power strip, but your cord is too clunky to...

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7 Entrepreneurs On The Brink Of Greatness

Most startups fail. Few startups matter.Yet every great company began as a startup, from Thomas Alva Edison's lab in New Jersey to Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard's garage in Palo Alto, Calif. And every...

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Getaround Is Helping San Francisco Fix Its Parking Problem

Getaround recently partnered with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to launch a car-sharing policy and pilot project to expand car-sharing in the city.As part of the partnership,...

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I Don't Own A Car, But I Can Borrow One From A Stranger Whenever I Want...

As a New Yorker, it doesn't make much sense for me to own a car. Everything I want is easily accessible by train. Plus, most of my needs — groceries, coffee, bars — are within walking distance of my...

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Go inside the lovely apartment of a San Francisco startup founder

Jessica Scorpio, co-founder of on-demand car-rental startup Getaround, wanted to freshen up her San Francisco apartment. She enlisted the help of friend Jacqueline Palmer, founder of interior design...

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A car-sharing service that partners with Uber just snatched $45 million in...

Car-sharing service Getaround announced Thursday that it raised $45 million in a funding round led by VC firm Braemar Energy Ventures.Toyota, Shanghai Automotive's venture capital investment arm, and...

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This 24-Year-Old Founder Wants To Keep A Billion More Cars Off The Road

During the summer of 2009 at the Singularity University, Google co-founder Larry Page challenged a class of 40 students to pick an idea that could impact one billion people.One of the program's...

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Check Out This Startup's New Sunbathed, Puppy-Filled Office

Car-sharing service Getaround now has more than 10,000 cars in its fleet and is rolling out in city after city.After launching in May last year at TechCrunch Disrupt, it added more than 25 new...

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The 12 Startups Everyone Is Talking About In Silicon Valley

Like clockwork, there's usually a new batch of startups everyone is talking about every month or so.Sometimes they're older startups that are finally finding their feet. Sometimes they are just coming...

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25 Hot CEOs Of Silicon Valley Startups You Can't Afford To Ignore

Silicon Valley is home to some of the hottest startups in the world — but a lot of them never get off the ground without the proper leadership.We spoke to a bunch of CEOs, entrepreneurs, investors and...

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When insurance agencies almost killed Jessica Scorpio's startup, she decided...

Getaround was a hit when it launched last summer at TechCrunch Disrupt; it went on to raise a few million in financing.It's a peer-to-peer car rental service; when one person isn't using their vehicle,...

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The Startup That's Keeping An Extra Billion Cars From Hitting The Road Just...

Getaround, a car-sharing startup, just announced that it is raising $13.9 million in its first round of funding, which includes the likes of Marissa Mayer, Shervin Pishevar and Eric Schmidt's...

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