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Y Combinator leads $1 Mn pre seed round in ByteAsk
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Maritime intelligence startup Quartermaster raises another $140M
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Five Maine businesses make the cut for $75K LaunchPad final
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Richard Lipsey looks back on a life of business, service and history
Richard Lipsey has spent decades building businesses, supporting Louisiana institutions and taking on prominent civic and educational roles.…
How a Gen Zer built a $3.7 billion defense tech startup backed by Sequoia
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Thousands of applications. Multiple rounds of review. Hundreds of hours spent evaluating startups from around the world. Now…
Northeastern Alumni Entrepreneurs on Building AI-Era Startups
From routing school buses to producing rare metals, Northeastern graduates are making a mark as entrepreneurs. But although…