Saturday, July 25, 2026
Startups
There’s a German idea that explains why the most globally dominant companies in their field are ones you’ve never heard of — quiet, family-run, mid-sized firms that would rather own an obscure world market than ever be famous
If you own a dog, there is a reasonable chance its retractable lead was made by a company called Flexi,...
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Nebex Raises $30M to Connect Sovereign Buyers, Space Companies, and Capital in One Platform – AlleyWatch
For decades, the global space industry operated as a closed loop: a handful of legacy defense contractors built hardware for...
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Older adults who stop dyeing their hair, stop hosting holidays, and stop apologising for going to bed early aren’t giving up, they’re finally letting go of the performance their younger life couldn’t afford to drop
She was sitting in the salon chair when she said it out loud for the first time. Sixty-eight years old,...
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The lost art of being unreachable (and how to get a little of it back)
I am not a psychologist or a doctor, and this should not be taken as advice. The studies I mention...
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The Recipe for Building a Market-Leading Company
Building a market-leading company—that is, engineering your market—isn’t about luck, or the lightning in a bottle of a single eureka...
Read moreDetailsHow Startups Can Build Trust Quickly with High-Impact Homepage Messaging
Every startup asks potential customers for something. Sometimes it’s a purchase. Sometimes it’s an email address, a demo request, or...
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In 1969, the Apollo Guidance Computer kept flashing a 1202 alarm during the lunar descent, and Margaret Hamilton’s priority-scheduling code saved the landing because it had been written to shed low-priority tasks the moment the processor overloaded, exactly as a stuck rendezvous radar was now flooding it
Three minutes before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, the yellow caution light...
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Too many options breed hesitation, regret, and less satisfaction in the end
I have a decision sitting open that I should have closed days ago. Before I get to that, the research...
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Taxwire Raises $25M to Automate Sales Tax Compliance Across 100+ Countries – AlleyWatch
Indirect tax compliance has quietly become one of the most punishing operational burdens facing growing companies, as a wave of...
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The 22 Largest US Funding Rounds of May 2026 – AlleyWatch
Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest US startup funding rounds from May...
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