Monday, July 27, 2026
Startups
Ernesta Raises $20M to Expand Its Custom-Sized Rug Platform Nationwide – AlleyWatch
The home furnishings industry has long offered consumers two unsatisfying options at opposite ends of the market: mass-produced standard-sized rugs...
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I’m 66 and my eight-year-old grandson looked at a photograph of me at thirty and said “Grandpa, were you handsome?” and the word “were” did something to me that I still can’t explain to my wife three weeks later
Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. “Grandpa, were you handsome?” My eight-year-old grandson was looking at an old...
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I’m 66 and I bought a birthday card for my wife last week and stood in the aisle for 25 minutes because every card said something I used to feel fluently but now have to translate, and the woman I love was standing in our kitchen waiting for a card from a version of me that could say those things without checking whether they were still true first
Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. Last week I stood in the card aisle at CVS for twenty-five...
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How to Build a Profitable Online Business from Scratch in 2026
Are you thinking about starting your online business but are unsure how to go about it? You’ve saved ideas, watched...
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Psychology says people who can’t sleep when it’s windy share these 7 traits — and the restlessness is connected to a nervous system that reads environmental instability as a signal that was relevant in a very specific kind of childhood
Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. The window rattles against its frame, and suddenly you’re wide awake. Your...
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DiligenceSquared Raises $5M to Bring Full-Stack Diligence Automation to Investment Firms – AlleyWatch
Private equity moves on information, and for decades the gold standard for that information has been commercial due diligence reports...
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I almost left my career at 35 to do the thing I actually wanted and I chose safety instead — and the life I have now is good by every measure except the one that visits me at 4 AM and asks what would have happened if I’d been brave enough for six months
Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. Thirty years ago, I stood in my garage holding a plane ticket...
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Psychology says older parents who complain that their kids are too sensitive are usually describing children who finally felt safe enough to feel things their parents never allowed themselves to feel
Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. My son called me last week. Thirty-two years old, successful, married, good...
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Psychology says parents who provided everything materially and nothing emotionally aren’t cold — they were loved the same way and genuinely had no idea there was another option
Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. Growing up, I had a friend whose house was like stepping into...
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The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 3/9/26 – AlleyWatch
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of...
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