Start Ups - Intelligencer

self Oct. 17, 2019

Peloton Is Spinning Faster Than EverThe company may have unwittingly created a fitness cult, but their business model is a little more complicated.

By Amy Larocca

home demolish Sept. 13, 2019

Instagram Versus Reality at Failed Interior-Design Start-up HomepolishCEO Noa Santos raised $20 million in 2016. This week he told designers the company is out of money.

By Madison Malone Kircher

technology Sept. 4, 2019

A Cynic’s Guide to Killing It at StanfordMany of the 1,700 freshmen arriving in Palo Alto this September didn’t come for the Romantic poetry but to network, raise capital, and drop out.

By Max Read

more like noped Aug. 6, 2019

Mopeds Are Coming for New York CityAnybody with a driver’s license can rent a Revel moped. Which seems potentially dangerous.

By Madison Malone Kircher

business June 10, 2019

How Did WeWork’s Adam Neumann Build a $47 Billion Company?Not by sharing.

By Reeves Wiedeman

environment Oct. 31, 2018

Moringas Are Very Good TreesAlmost the entire moringa tree is edible (and it’s a “superfood”), it makes a great soap, and it thrives in the grim climates of the future.

By Dan Nosowitz

global tech Oct. 29, 2018

To Woo Investors, German Start-ups Adopt Silicon Valley Mind-setsCultural stigma around failure has led many in Berlin’s tech industry to avoid risk-taking behavior. Now, they’re trying to adopt a new mind-set.

By Lindsay Gellman

global tech Oct. 15, 2018

Fake Pills, Long Waits: Start-ups Trying to Improve Health Care Around the WorldRural communities around the world face problems getting access to treatment. These companies think they can close the gaps.

By Dan Nosowitz

select all Sept. 13, 2017

Silicon Valley, Please Stay Away From My BodegaA new start-up promises to disrupt corner stores.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all July 10, 2017

Umbrella-Share Start-up: Please Stop Stealing Our UmbrellasAlmost all of the initial 300,000 umbrellas have disappeared in just a few weeks.

By Madison Malone Kircher

select all May 29, 2017

Is Uber Evil, or Just Doomed?Sexual harassment, corporate-espionage charges, taking advantage of drivers: The company that practically courts bad PR is in an existential crisis.

By Reeves Wiedeman

select all Apr. 18, 2017

Why Silicon Valley Keeps Getting Biotechnology Wrong“Move fast and break things” doesn’t work when those “things” are research procedures, laws of science, and human bodies.

By Casey Johnston

Oct. 31, 2016

It’s Called ‘the Crapper,’ and It’s Taking on a Giant Global ProblemDon’t take your toilet for granted.

By Eva Hill and Cait Munro

startups Jan. 28, 2016

The U.S. Government Says Patients at Theranos Lab Are in ‘Immediate Jeopardy’The Silicon Valley lab has ten days to fix the issue.

By Claire Landsbaum

reasons to love new york Dec. 18, 2015

These Start-ups Had a Pretty Cool Post-It-Art WarTributes to Super Mario, Donkey Kong, Star Wars, and a two-story mural of a unicorn, vomiting a rainbow.

By Nate Jones

tech Sept. 13, 2015

They Were Quirky “I failed to see how any of us could know what a product scout from a company like GE or Mattel could know.”

By Jessica Silvester

the share economy Oct. 10, 2014

Airbnb Poster-Child Was Evicted for Airbnb-ing a Converted Barn She Didn’t OwnA face of the start-up also represents its ugly side.

By Joe Coscarelli

the taxi wars July 26, 2014

Lyft President on the Company’s NY Debut“I do think the pace at which we’re moving to create something new and the pace at which rules are created are at odds.”

By Kevin Roose

transportation July 11, 2014