Sarah Mcbride

Uber expands insurance coverage for ridesharing drivers

November 3, 2021 at 8:25 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - UberX on Friday expanded the insurance coverage it offers to ridesharing drivers, a step toward easing U.S. regulators' and lawmakers' concerns and creating broader acceptance of...

Uber expands insurance coverage for ridesharing drivers

December 23, 2018 at 4:48 p.m.

Startups jostle for funding, attention at South by Southwest

November 3, 2021 at 8:23 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Entrepreneur P.K. Fields was delighted when she won a contest and a chance to pitch her Los Angeles-based startup to a venture capitalist. So delighted, she...

Startups jostle for funding, attention at South by Southwest

December 23, 2018 at 4:43 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Entrepreneur P.K. Fields was delighted when she won a contest and a chance to pitch her Los Angeles-based startup to a venture capitalist. So delighted, she...

With WhatsApp deal, Sequoia Capital burnishes reputation

November 3, 2021 at 8:09 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shortly after moving to Silicon Valley in 2004, the young Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg pulled a prank on Sequoia Capital by making an investment pitch in...

With WhatsApp deal, Sequoia Capital burnishes reputation

December 23, 2018 at 3:59 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shortly after moving to Silicon Valley in 2004, the young Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg pulled a prank on Sequoia Capital by making an investment pitch in...

Ukrainian roots shine through at WhatsApp

August 24, 2021 at 8:58 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - WhatsApp grew up in Silicon Valley, but its founder's background in Eastern Europe gave it its DNA. The messaging company bought by Facebook for $19 billion...

Investor Tom Perkins says progressive taxation ‘persecutes’ the rich

August 24, 2021 at 8:22 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tom Perkins, the Silicon Valley venture capitalist who compared the plight of the wealthiest Americans to Jews in Nazi Germany, offered up a provocative new idea...

Venture capitalist Perkins apologizes for Nazi analogy

August 24, 2021 at 7:49 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Legendary venture capitalist Tom Perkins apologized for comments comparing the treatment of wealthy Americans to the Nazi's persecution of Jews, although he stood by his belief...

A new university bets on a hybrid online-learning model

August 24, 2021 at 7:28 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Offering a twist on the learn-from-anywhere convenience of Internet classes, a new university is asking freshmen to take a large leap of faith. Minerva Schools of...

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