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Dan Latu

Senior Reporter, Founder Brew

Headshots of Julie Griggs and Danielle Dietzek, both light-skinned women with middle-parted long brown wavy hair, smiling widely at the camera.
Founder Guidance

Startup Postmortem: Two founders share why they shut down their business

Danielle Dietzek and Julie Griggs went all in to launch their dating app, leaving full-time jobs and moving in together. After shutting down their company, they know what type of person can survive founder life.

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Portrait of two women standing back-to-back with their arms crossed. On the left is Schola Eburuoh, a Black woman with shoulder-length curly dark hair smiling warmly at the camera, and Sophia Casino, a woman with shoulder-length straight dark brown hair parted in the middle, wearing a bold pink blazer and white winged eyeliner, with a confident smile.
Starting Your Business

How these founders landed a no-strings $10,000 grant for their startup

Schola Eburuoh and Sophia Cabral-Casino say they’ll use the money for filing a patent and hiring part-time help at their home maintenance app.

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Starting Your Business

Inside the state programs that help unemployed workers start a company

Unemployment offices in some states offer monetary and educational assistance to qualified aspiring entrepreneurs.

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A portrait of Andy Chen, co-founder and managing partner of Outcast Ventures
Founder Leadership

This VC wants to help you start a company with someone you don’t yet know

Andy Chen’s Catalyst program aims to pair co-founders and create startups during one eight-week sprint.

Dan Latu
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Founder Guidance

Eventbrite co-founders discuss walking away after two decades

Julia and Kevin Hartz met, fell in love, and built ticketing giant Eventbrite together.

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Starting Your Business

My first mistake: I filed as an LLC instead of a C Corp

Wellness and beauty app founder Sabeen Khan shared how she discovered she chose the wrong structure for her startup.

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