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ZenBusiness Founder Says 'Constantly Interviewing Potential Customers' Was The Key To Earning $1.7 Billion Valuation

Zen Business co-founder Shanaz Hemmatt says one thing took her business from a startup to $1.7 billion company in five years: conducting her research.

Benzinga · Oct 3, 2025

Grindr CEO says you have to be 'arrogant and crazy' to become a founder

George Arison, who grew up in the Soviet Union, is guided by the prospect of doing the impossible, he said at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference.

Fortune · Jul 18, 2024

Silicon Valley tech layoffs: Why so many jobs were slashed, and who’s hiring amid fierce competition?

A growing barrage of technology industry layoffs means slim pickings for job-seeking software engineers and other tech workers amid a fiercely competitive Bay Area job market that has tipped from bountiful to brutal.

Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023