Ray Dalio says anyone who wants to understand today's world should read this 32-year-old book about empires

Richard Feloni | Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio touted a 1987 book by a Yale historian as an illuminating chronicle that is still relevant today.

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Here's why the founder of a VC-backed fintech partnering with JPMorgan says 'sustained hardship' is good for new startups

Callum Burroughs | One of her businesses was eventually sold to payment giant PayPal for $400 million.

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Amazon is reportedly making over $100 million from one of its open source businesses — but the CEO behind the original software says Amazon isn’t slowing down its business

Rosalie Chan | The Information reported that Amazon appears to make as much money on Elasticsearch as Elastic does. Here's what Elastic CEO Shay Banon has to say.

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A Wall Street analyst warns that Broadcom's reported bid for Symantec will raise questions — including why a chipmaker would want to buy a cybersecurity company with a sagging business

Benjamin Pimentel | A Wall Street analyst said a Broadcom bid for Symantec will likely raise questions on why it would go after a struggling cybersecurity company.

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Here's how Descartes Labs built one of the world's most powerful supercomputing systems using only $5,000 and Amazon's cloud

Rosalie Chan | Descartes Labs built a TOP500 supercomputer that runs completely on Amazon Web Services. This can be cheaper than building supercomputing hardware.

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'Some of the conversations we had in 2006 we are having again': Bain and Carlyle are teaming up in rare deal that private equity has been reluctant to do since the financial crisis

Casey Sullivan | Bain Capital and The Carlyle Group have teamed up to buy a German light bulb maker in a rare instance of private equity giants co-investing.

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This Brazilian immigrant CEO thinks that Silicon Valley investors need to do more to help customers outside America, even if their income is lower

Megan Hernbroth | Victor Santos struggled to convince investors to invest in his mobile banking company, which provides credit to low-income communities in Brazil.

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Here are 3 things every founder needs to know about market fit, according to a serial entrepreneur who sold his first company for $85 million less than a year after launch

Sherin Shibu | GroupMe cofounder Steve Martocci, who founded Splice and Blade, shares his insights on how to build a viable company and receive adequate funding.

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Brat cofounder Rob Fishman is using talent to get brands on board his YouTube-focused media company

Amanda Perelli | The 2-year-old, teen-focused media company has run campaigns for Universal Pictures and Mars Wrigley so far.

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