Amazon Launches Chat-Style Story App For Kids
Can reading be as fun as watching video? Screen-policing parents can find out for $2.99 a month.What kid hasn't peered over a parent's shoulder to watch messages pop back and forth, wondering at the...
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Why Danny Meyer Employees Never Say "No Problem"
Hospitality has to be authentic and on-brand. Susan Reilly Salgado explains why.When a customer says, "Thank you," staff at Danny Meyer's restaurants might respond with "My pleasure," or "Glad I could...
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The Nonprofit Using Scavenger Hunts To Research Girls' Education
Can tracking down basmati rice and bhindis nurture critical life skills? Room to Read says yes.In the villages of Ajmer, a district in western India, a woman's toe ring is the equivalent of a wedding...
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ClassDojo Is Teaching Kids Empathy In 90% Of K-8 Schools Nationwide
At a time when empathy is in decline—and bullying is on the rise—educators see promise in the app's lessons on kindness and respect.No sooner had the fifth graders in Jennifer Ellison's reading class...
View ArticleThe American Dream Is Under Threat. Can Higher Education Save It?
A coalition of elite universities wants to increase economic mobility by enrolling more lower-income students.The engine that used to drive the American Dream is in danger of grinding to a halt. Nine...
View ArticleNew York City's Tech Community Is Getting A $250 Million Home Base At Union...
Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen lays out the city's vision for the new development, anchored by Civic Hall, which could open as early as 2020.Until now, New York City's technology community has led a nomadic...
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5 Fintech Startups To Watch In 2017
After a glum 2016, look for startups tackling massive opportunities like insurance and real estate to reenergize the fintech sector.For fintech, 2016 was a year of reckoning. Scandals and layoffs...
View ArticleDoes Funding Circle's $100M Round Signal A Return To Boom Times For Online...
2016 was a dismal year for online lending, but 2017 is already looking up.Online lenders are emerging from a scandal-plagued 2016 older, wiser—and now richer. Small-business loan platform Funding...
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For Banking App Monese, Founded To Serve Migrants, Brexit Has Been Good For...
The London-based company raised $10 million last week to support its growth in Europe.Serial entrepreneur Norris Koppel, an Estonian by birth, understands all too well the challenges faced by...
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Can Entrepreneurship Revive The Troubled PhD?
An innovative Cornell Tech postdoc program aims to keep research at its core while pushing scientists and engineers to start businesses.PhD students once dreamed of lifelong tenure, generous...
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Indiegogo Wants To Reclaim Its Momentum With A Renewed Focus On Entrepreneurs
CEO David Mandelbrot spoke with Fast Company about what the platform is doing to stand out from the crowdfunding crowd.Kickstarter is for creative projects. CrowdRise (acquired last week by GoFundMe)...
View ArticleIndia's Demonetization Is Having A Domino Effect On Credit, E-Commerce
Digital wallets are suddenly ubiquitous, but bigger changes are to come.When graduate student Drew Newman went on vacation to India earlier this month, he found a nation in the throes of...
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How Sesame Street Taught Kids About Emotions Long Before Schools Caught On
Social emotional learning has become popular in schools. On Sesame Street, it's been there from the start.Sesame Street's Cookie Monster has undergone a transformation in recent years. Once a...
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Meet The Startups Helping Broke-Ass Millennials Invest Their Couch Pennies
Companies like Stash and Wise Banyan are growing fast. Will their success be their own undoing?If you're a first-time investor with, say, $15,000 in savings, you have plenty of options these days....
View ArticleBetterment Adds Human Advisors, Casting Doubt On Pure-Play "Robo" Investment...
To compete with incumbents like Charles Schwab and Vanguard, Betterment will have to become more like them.Betterment pioneered the idea that software could do a better job of managing investments than...
View ArticleSoFi Edges Into Banking With $100 Million Zenbanx Acquisition
Watch out, Wall Street.SoFi has pulled off a rare feat, becoming a finance company that younger consumers want to have a relationship with (heck, they even attend SoFi dinner parties).So far, SoFi's...
View ArticleHow One Female Fintech Founder Beat The Odds—And Raised Millions For Child...
Divorced mom Sheri Atwood, founder and CEO of SupportPay, spotted a unique need, went all in, and scored major Series A funding.When former Silicon Valley exec Sheri Atwood landed $4 million in crucial...
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Why Lending Startups Like Float Want To Ditch The FICO Score
Traditional credit scores are not always useful when it comes to credit-averse millennials. Some lending platforms have a backup plan.FICO is falling out of fashion. Last year Social Finance, or SoFi,...
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Why Payment Companies Are Flocking To Messaging Apps
TransferWise is the latest fintech company to see opportunity in Facebook Messenger's nascent bot platform.Money is surprisingly social. Venmo was one of the first U.S. startups to capitalize on that...
View ArticleAirbnb Buys Tilt, Signaling Its Growing Interest In Group Travel
The deal represents a disappointing exit for Tilt, which had previously raised over $60 million.Airbnb has closed on its acquisition of Tilt, a startup for crowdfunding and peer-to-peer payments, in...
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