Entrepreneurship

Kate Hancock and Daniel Robbins Join Dhar Mann’s Creator and Brand Ambassador Network at Advertising Week New York
Entrepreneurs, media personalities, and Founders Story podcast hosts Kate Hancock and Daniel Robbins have been named to Dhar Mann’s Creator and Brand Ambassador Network in connection with Advertising Week...
Startup Acquisition Lessons From Schneider’s Deal for PTC
Schneider Electric has agreed to buy PTC, the engineering software maker behind Creo and Onshape, in an all-cash deal that values PTC’s equity at roughly $22.6 billion. The companies...
Brand Extension Lessons From Kraft’s Cheesy Ramen
Kraft Mac & Cheese is stepping outside the pasta aisle for the first time in nearly 20 years. The brand announced Cheesy Ramen on October 6, a new line...
Bold Marketing Beats Caution, New Study Finds
Playing it safe is not as safe as it looks, according to a new study from FleishmanHillard and Contagious. The research, released October 6 in New York, argues that...
Demo Day Lessons From PearX’s Latest Startup Class
Investors got a fresh look at early-stage AI this week, as TechCrunch highlighted five startups from the latest PearX demo day. PearX is the accelerator run by Pear VC,...
Teen Entrepreneur Zain Javaid Raises $11M for Ghost
A 19-year-old founder just raised $11 million in seed funding for Ghost, a startup that sells a $3,499 computer built to run personal AI agents. Andreessen Horowitz led the...
Startup Valuation Math: Etched Fields $40B Offers
Etched, an AI chip company, is reportedly weighing new funding offers that would price it somewhere from $40 billion to $50 billion, TechCrunch reports, citing sources. That would roughly...
US$7 trillion data-centre boom is creating gaps in insurance cover in Apac: report
There are interconnected and concentrated risks in power, construction, operations, cybersecurity and downtime[SINGAPORE] Insuring the Asia-Pacific’s rapidly expanding data-centre sector is becoming increasingly challenging.Global insurance broker Howden identifies the...
India’s central bank lifts rates for first time in nearly four years
Published Wed, Oct 7, 2026 · 01:55 PMINDIA’S central bank raised interest rates for the first time in nearly four years and signalled further hikes may be on the...
Stock to watch: ESR-Reit
[SINGAPORE] The following company saw new developments that may affect trading of its securities on Wednesday (Oct 7): ESR-Reit : The real estate investment trust (Reit) manager said on...
Paramount completes US$110 billion Warner Bros merger, creating Hollywood giant Skydance
It will now be home to dozens of TV networks and two major subscription streaming services, Paramount+ and HBO MaxPARAMOUNT Skydance closed its US$110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros...
US stocks: S&P 500 hits intraday record high as AI rally continues
Optimism around the AI trade and expectations of strong corporate earnings have helped lift US stocks latelyPublished Tue, Oct 6, 2026 · 09:54 PMTHE benchmark S&P 500 index briefly...