Y Combinator has had a significant impact on the technology industry by helping launch and support many successful businesses, including Airbnb, Dropbox, DoorDash, Reddit and Stripe. Y Combinator is ...

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Scientific Management, sometimes called “Taylorism” after its founder, Frederick W. Taylor, is the idea that human workers can be fine-tuned to be more efficient. If a garment factory worker could ...

The title of this article is itself a contradiction. By definition, no ecosystem stands alone, and the broader startup and venture capital ecosystem is one of the most co-dependent in the world.

(Bloomberg) -- When California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill regulating artificial intelligence companies last month, many people in Silicon Valley rejoiced. Some of them also quietly thanked a ...

The University of Washington has one of the world’s best computer science programs. MBA recruiters recently ranked the UW’s business school No. 2 for entrepreneurship reputation. Its CoMotion ...

Editor’s Note: Smart Business highlights the way in which innovative thinking is making our world faster, smarter and more connected. Creating the next Uber or Facebook may be the dream of many tech ...

Cedric Dussud, Michael Nason, Ahmed Elsamadisi and Matthew Star (pictured above, in order) spent the summer sharing a house in San Francisco, cooking meals together and building Narrator, a startup ...

Last week, Y Combinator, the Silicon Valley startup accelerator that helped launch companies like Dropbox and Airbnb, announced it was launching an ambitious project of its own. The “New Cities” ...