Tag: Facebook

Is your startup the next TikTok?

Is your startup the next TikTok? And I don’t mean building an app that gets the world addicted to short-form videos. I mean, where you build a huge company that spans the world and then get turned into a political football. The Bytedance-owned app developer still appears headed for a shutdown in the US, after […]

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TikTok Considering Systrom For CEO Role

TikTok Reportedly Considering Instagram Billionaire Kevin Systrom For Vacant CEO Role Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom is interviewed live on stage during the 2019 SXSW Conference and Festival at the Austin Convention Center on March 11, 2019 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Jim Bennett/WireImage)WIREIMAGE As TikTok and Oracle ORCL -0.7% work out an acquisition deal, the social media company is also […]

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The world is eating tech

Startups Weekly: The world is eating tech Editor’s note:Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT). Subscribe here. You could almost hear the internet cracking apart this week as international businesses pulled away from Hong Kong and the US considered a ban on TikTok. […]

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Restaurateur Kept the Locals Fed

When Her Business Dried Up, This Restaurateur Kept the Locals Fed Kyleena Falzone took to Facebook Live to help her employees and other residents of her Colorado resort town. Kyleena Falzone‘s restaurants in the mountain resort town of Crested Butte, Colorado, the Secret Stash and Bonez, together made nearly $6 million in revenue last year. But when Gunnison County issued […]

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Crucial Thing Bill Gates Did at Exactly Mark Zuckerberg’s Age

Here’s the Crucial Thing Bill Gates Did at Exactly Mark Zuckerberg’s Age Now Here’s the Crucial Thing Bill Gates Did at Exactly Mark Zuckerberg’s Age Now. I had a hunch, so I did the math. Turns out I was right on the money. I did the math recently, comparing Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg at the same age. Let’s […]

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