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Hacker House Secrets: $2B Raised From Tents & Closets

Hacker House Secrets: $2B Raised From Tents & Closets

Web3 is usually portrayed through the lens of futuristic high-rise offices and advanced technology. In fact, the experience of many new startups is much less glamorous. Behind the massive VC funding and groundbreaking innovations lies a surprising truth: many successful Web3 projects began in unconventional living spaces, fueled by resourcefulness,...

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Peter Thiel-Backed Consortium Aims to Launch New Financial Services Firm

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel is said to be part of the group of billionaires that are looking to create a new financial services firm. The venture aims to address the gap created by the failure in March 2023 of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Thiel’s venture fund, Founders Fund, is an...

Peter Thiel-Backed Consortium Aims to Launch New Financial Services Firm

Is Networknoya's AI Yield Farming a DeFi Revolution or Just Hype?

The question isn’t whether AI and machine learning will change the finance industry, it’s when and in what ways. Networknoya, with its powerful AI-driven yield farming, seeks to plant itself firmly in the center of that debate. Are they really blazing a new trail, or simply hopping on the AI...

Is Networknoya's AI Yield Farming a DeFi Revolution or Just Hype?

From Lean Startups to SAFE Notes How Founder-Investor Relations Endure

As 2010 proved, the world of startups was about to change dramatically. The “Lean Startup” methodology took hold, tech behemoths formed from the ashes of the Great Recession, and platforms that became iconic like Instagram and Pinterest emerged. Venture capital firm A16Z recently and somewhat immodestly marked its first anniversary....

From Lean Startups to SAFE Notes How Founder-Investor Relations Endure

Is Qubetics the Next Unicorn? A Founder's Story Before the 20% Jump

I’ve always been a sucker for underdog stories. Maybe it's growing up listening to my lola's (grandmother's) tales of resilience in the Philippines, or maybe it's just human nature to root for the little guy. Then a project like Qubetics comes along and I find myself feeling that same tug....

Is Qubetics the Next Unicorn? A Founder's Story Before the 20% Jump

Ripple's Asia Playbook 3 Founder Lessons From APEX 2025

APEX 2025 in Singapore wasn't just another crypto conference. It was a glimpse into Ripple's evolving strategy in Asia, a region ripe with opportunity and fraught with unique challenges. Rather than dwelling on the hype, let’s figure out some useful takeaways for early-stage founders who are building in this space....

Ripple's Asia Playbook 3 Founder Lessons From APEX 2025

7 Filipino Founders Reveal How Crypto Saved Their Businesses

The impact of the technology is much larger the gazillion-dollar headline-making crypto boom and busts make it seem. It’s not even so much about getting rich quick, it’s about staying alive. As a Filipino entrepreneur myself, my heart goes out to the micro-entrepreneurs and small business owners in the Philippines....

7 Filipino Founders Reveal How Crypto Saved Their Businesses

How Qubetics is Leveling the Playing Field for Asian Startups

Enter Sarah, an incredible web developer based out of Manila. Then she snags an opportunity of a lifetime—a dream project with a new tech startup in San Francisco. That excitement quickly becomes frustration as she faces high bank transfer fees and painful hold times just to receive her hard-earned money....

How Qubetics is Leveling the Playing Field for Asian Startups

3 Legal Nightmares Haunting Asian Tech Startups (And How to Survive)

Ever get the impression that you’re building a rocket ship and a bomb at the same time. That’s the everyday experience for most Asian tech startups. The energy, the innovation, the potential – it’s all there. Lurking below the beautiful surface are legal quicksand traps, just waiting to pull your...

3 Legal Nightmares Haunting Asian Tech Startups (And How to Survive)