Thursday, August 13, 2026
Startups
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report: 4/5/26 – 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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I stopped being useful to everyone who asked and three relationships ended within six months. Not with arguments or explanations. Just a slow withdrawal once it became clear I was no longer offering what they’d originally come for. That taught me which connections were friendships and which were subscriptions.
Three of my relationships ended within six months of each other. No fights. No dramatic confrontations. Just silence where contact...
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9 signs you have a genuinely sharp mind (even if you never thought of yourself as particularly intelligent)
A lot of genuinely smart people don’t walk around thinking, I’m intelligent. In fact, some of the sharpest people I’ve...
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Research suggests the 1960s and 70s produced adults who could self-soothe, entertain themselves, and tolerate boredom – not because their parents were wise but because their parents were simply elsewhere
My daughter is three years old and already her childhood looks nothing like mine. She has a schedule. A routine....
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Nobody teaches children how to know their own worth – we teach them to perform, to achieve, and to behave, and then wonder why so many adults reach fifty still measuring themselves against someone else’s ruler
We’ve got self-worth completely backwards, and honestly, I think we’ve had it backwards for so long that most people don’t...
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Trump’s spiritual advisers see Iran strikes as biblical prophecy — and they have institutional power
The Trump administration convened nearly two dozen evangelical leaders for private counsel in the wake of its strikes on Iran,...
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Halter’s smart cattle collars are on 1 million animals — with a billion more to go. Founders Fund just bet $220M on it
New Zealand agritech startup Halter has reportedly closed a $220 million Series E at a $2 billion valuation, with Peter...
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I’m 66 and I finally realized that I’ve spent my entire adult life chasing a version of success that my father defined in dollar amounts and job titles — and the reason I feel so empty now isn’t because I failed, it’s because I succeeded at building someone else’s dream and called it mine
I sat in my truck outside a job site last month, staring at a check for twelve thousand dollars, and...
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The dark side of the side hustle
The side hustle revolution promised freedom, extra cash, and a path to entrepreneurship. What nobody talks about? The wreckage it...
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I spent a decade building a career I thought I wanted, a house I thought I needed, and a persona I thought would finally make me real — and one Saturday morning over coffee I sat with the quiet certainty that I had built all of it for someone who no longer lived inside me
Ten years into running my electrical business, I thought I had it all figured out. Good reputation, steady work, nice...
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