Startup Hippo Insurance launches in California with a tech-enabled home insurance

 Offering a more complete home insurance package for less money than traditional insurance sellers, startup insurance…

The Internet of Cows herds hackers to support the global cattle industry

 Cows are generally not top of mind among those who call the animal pen, South of Market, San Francisco,…

Oscar Health rolls out its small business product Oscar for Business

 Oscar Health, a startup rethinking health insurance for the digital age, is rolling out a new…

CommonBond now offers direct student loans alongside debt refinancing

 CommonBond, one of the biggest of the second generation of startups tackling online lending, has launched…

An engineer’s guide to picking a startup

 One of the questions I often get from engineers I mentor is how do you decide…

Analyzing the spectrum of corporate innovation from R&D to VC

 Over the coming decade, ongoing corporate exploration of the incubator, accelerator, and venture capital models will…

Theranos says it has been ‘mischaractarized’ in allegations the company faked tests

 Theranos secretly bought lab equipment through a shell company, faked tests and inappropriately pumped up its…

The death of retail is greatly exaggerated

 I’ve been thinking a lot about retail these days and I’ve been connecting the dots between…