David Barnett, founder of PopSocket, stops by Equity to talk about scaling the business and what he’s learned as a leader.
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Trump Urges Latin America to Use Military Against Cartels
President Donald Trump told a group of Latin American leaders that they need to work with the US to target drug trafficking cartels as he sought to bolster US leadership in the region.
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Energy Secretary Wright Calls to Reopen Indian Point Nuclear Plant
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright is calling to restart a shuttered nuclear plant north of New York City, saying it is needed to meet surging demand for power.
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Anthropic Risks Pariah Status After Pentagon Calls It a Supply-Chain Risk
Anthropic PBC runs the risk of losing a wide range of US government business after the Defense Department declared it a supply-chain risk, a rare designation that until now has only been assigned to companies from adversary nations like China’s Huawei Technologies Co.
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Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months
Nominal providers hardware testing equipment to defense tech companies. Founders Fund led the preemptive deal.
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Senate Democrats Aim Bill at Breakup of Meat Companies
The US meatpacking industry faces a fresh wave of scrutiny, this time from Senate Democrats seeking to allow companies to process only one type of meat and set stricter limits on the beef market.
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His house burned down. He used the insurance money to build PopSockets.
Does a consumer hardware company need to get on the VC treadmill to succeed? Eleven years and 290 million products sold across 115 countries later, PopSockets has proven that the bootstrapped, low-dilution path more viable than the industry gives it credit for. The global consumer hardware brand was built on less than $500k, no institutional capital, and a philosophy professor’s determination. Watch as founder and former CEO...
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Power Goes Out Across Much of Cuba as Havana’s Woes Mount
Cuba suffered a massive blackout Wednesday, with the electrical grid that stretches across about two-thirds of the country collapsing amid an intensifying US push to deprive the government in Havana of fuel and financing.
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Kushner’s Thrive, Andreessen Lead Anduril Fundraising Round
Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital and venture firm Andreessen Horowitz are coleading a $4 billion fundraising round for defense contractor Anduril Industries that could wind up valuing the startup at about $60 billion. Ed Ludlow broke the story and has more. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Ellas Alpha 6.0: A Next-Generation AI-Driven Quantitative Investment System
Ellas Alpha 6.0 is the crystallization of many years of dedicated research and development by Ellasinvest Asset Management Company, representing the company’s technological breakthrough and innovation in the field of quantitative investment. As the core driving force behind the company’s investment strategy, Ellas Alpha 6.0 is not only a profound interpretation of quantitative investment philosophy,...