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Initially, when my wife introduced me to Stan Store, I wasn’t impressed. It seemed illogical to pay $30 a month for software that just offered a basic sales page, especially without any integrated email service provider. This was a stark contrast to my experience with platforms like ConvertKit, where I started with a free account until my subscriber count grew large enough where I had to pay. As I spent more time with Stan Store, my perspective began to shift. I realized that for someone completely new to online marketing, who might be overwhelmed by the complexities of building and…

Sam Ross, the co-founder and CEO of Numeral, came up with the idea for his sales tax compliance startup while traveling the world after having worked as a product manager at Airbnb. “This was early 2018, where you didn’t have remote work like you do today,” he told TechCrunch in an interview. Direct-to-consumer businesses were a big trend then, so he supported his travel dreams by running several self-funded e-commerce brands from the road. He operated an online jewelry store and still maintains a vitamin DTC site. While he loved the freedom his businesses offered, Ross (pictured above, left) was…

The week that wasThe geopolitical landscape has remained the almost exclusive driver of the sentiment surrounding the global markets this week.Against that backdrop, the US Dollar (USD) has been suffering from rising optimism over a potential US-Iran peace agreement that would not only end the current crisis but also reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The likelihood of such a scenario has re-emerged following news that US President Donald Trump called off an imminent attack on Iran over the last weekend, setting free speculations that a deal might be just around the corner… again, and again, and again.Then, Federal Reserve (Fed)…

Grindr CEO George Arison in New York, June 4, 2026.Emma Rose Milligan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesGrindr is betting that artificial intelligence can do more than just improve the dating app experience. It believes AI can simultaneously create a new premium subscription business while also dramatically changing how quickly its engineers build software. “Our strategy has always been to use AI everywhere we can,” said CEO George Arison in an exclusive interview with CNBC.The LGBTQ-focused dating platform on Thursday reported second-quarter revenue of $138 million, up 33% from a year ago. The company also raised its 2026 guidance and now…

Key PointsIn most contexts, $750,000 is a lot of money. It could pay off most mortgages or vastly improve your quality of life. But when you’re talking about retirement, that same sum can seem inadequate, especially if you expect your retirement to last 30 years or more.If that’s all you have in savings, you might feel more worried about how you’ll cover your bills over the next few decades than pleased with your own accomplishment. But retiring comfortably on $750,000 could be possible. A lot of it depends on what you expect your retirement to look like.Where to invest $1,000…

Startup accelerator Y Combinator has long had a reputation for spotting exceptional first-time founders before anyone else. Lately, a different kind of founder has been showing up in greater numbers: one who has already participated in the highly selective program at least once. To dig into this trend, Crunchbase News analyzed a dataset of repeat founders who have gone through YC’s cohorts. That analysis revealed some very interesting insights. The dataset, shared with us directly from YC, consisted of 454 repeat founders through the program as well as 935 founder-company records spanning 2005 through 2026. What we found is that…

Pedestrians pass by a Sweetgreen restaurant on Aug. 4, 2026 in San Francisco, California.Heather Diehl | Getty ImagesSweetgreen on Thursday cut its full-year outlook and is now projecting steeper same-store sales declines due to diner fears of eating fresh produce during the ongoing cyclospora outbreak.Shares of the salad chain fell more than 15% in extended trading.Sweetgreen has not been implicated in the ongoing outbreak that has sickened at least 10,000 people and led to two deaths, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Food and Drug Administration has pointed to iceberg lettuce supplied by a…

A shift in online search algorithms and lowered revenue guidance were the two key factors sending LegalZoom (LZ -30.06%) down by 30%. This happened after the company reported second-quarter earnings on Wednesday that raised significant concerns. Zooming in the wrong direction For the period, LegalZoom collected revenue of $205.3 million, a 7% year-over-year increase. This was largely due to subscription revenue, which rose by 11%; the company noted that this was the fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in the category. Image source: Getty Images. As for profitability, net income not under generally accepted accounting principles (non-GAAP, or adjusted) fell…

(Bloomberg Opinion) — Finding a place to stash the keys to your cryptocurrency hoard has never been easier, thanks to options that run from putting them in a retired Swiss nuclear bunker to the humdrum use of digital-asset exchanges. It’s also never been harder to keep them safe from thieves.Cold storage — using physical offline devices such as hard drives, safe-deposit boxes or USB sticks — is the gold standard in crypto security. To transfer Bitcoin or similar from your electronic wallet, you need to know the string of random words that makes up its de facto password, known as…

Bitmine Immersion Technologies recorded $45.7 million in revenue from Ether staking and validation last quarter, following the launch of its institutional-grade Ethereum staking platform in March. Staking revenue accounted for 98% of total revenue for the three months ended May 31, far outpacing the $624,000 from self-mining Bitcoin (BTC) and the $168,000 from consulting services, according to Bitmine’s latest 10-Q filing. On Monday, Bitmine said it had staked 85% of its ETH holdings, or about 4.9 million Ether (ETH). “Bitmine has staked more ETH than other entities in the world. At scale (when Bitmine’s ETH is fully staked by MAVAN and its…