As businesses prepare for the pandemic to subside and the economy to return to a degree of normalcy, looming over many leaders is the specter of mass turnover—specifically, a “great resignation”
When Eric Bahn, Elizabeth Yin and Shiyan Koh set out to launch Hustle Fund in 2017, they felt well-positioned for success. Friends from Stanford University, they brought experience from accelerator 500 Startups, Instagram and NerdWallet, and their approach — writing $25,000 checks to startups and performing due diligence after the fact — seemed like a novel twist on traditional venture capital. They were in for a shock
America’s convoluted and highly politicized immigration system puts roadblocks in the way of foreign-born founders. As two dozen other countries woo them with startup visas and other perks, the U.S. is at risk of losing its edge in the global battle for talent
While other companies cut back on spending as the coronavirus pandemic took hold last year, e-commerce giant Amazon boosted its domestic capital investments by 75% to nearly $34 billion—and helped set the stage for a robust economic recovery, according to a new report from the Progressive Policy Institute