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Verdant Labs wants to turn carbon removal into an industry
Most climate startups are chasing emissions. Verdant is chasing what's already in the air.
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Business
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Operating playbooks, leadership essays, and the editorial frameworks founders are using to build companies that last.
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A CEO's letter on distribution: the only moat that compounds
Strip the rhetoric and most startup defeats look the same: a better product that nobody could find.
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The first 100 customers playbook — what actually works in 2026
We talked to operators who landed their first 100 paying customers in the last 18 months. The patterns are surprisingly consistent.
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Hiring the second operator: the most underrated decision in early-stage
The hire most founders treat as administrative is the one that quietly determines the next 18 months.
Alex Rivera·
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The 8 startup ecosystems rising fastest in 2026
Silicon Valley still dominates. But capital is flowing to places it never reached before — and the founders there aren't waiting permission.
Priya Sharma11 min
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SaaS margins are back — but only for the top quartile
New data on operating margins reveals a brutal bifurcation across the SaaS landscape.
Priya Sharma7 min
Startup News
The quiet comeback of remote-first companies
Funding for remote-first startups jumped 47% YoY in Q1 — and nobody seems to be writing about it.
Marcus Chen6 min
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