A River of News

Startups headlines, Tuesday, September 29, 2026

92 items. Times are UTC.

21:00 UTC 6

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    Coca-Cola and Toys ‘R’ Us Made the Same Advertising Mistake. Aerie Chose the Opposite Strategy Inc. by Amy Zwagerman
  2. startups
    Mark Cuban Is Teaching Teens AI Skills for Free. Small Businesses Should Be the Ones Hiring Them Inc. by Dr. Colleen Batchelder story
  3. startups
    Mrs. Fields’ Daughter Is Reinventing the Cookie for the Wellness Era Inc. by Inc. Video
  4. startups
    McDonald’s Says Algorithms Don’t Set Big Mac Prices. Franchisees Say They’re Pressured to Follow Them Inc. by Amaya Nichole
  5. startups
    America Is Killing the Penny. It Could Change the Most Powerful Number in Retail Inc. by Melissa Angell
  6. startups
    The Skill Behind Every Successful Career Pivot — and How to Build It Entrepreneur by Peter Murphy

20:00 UTC 5

  1. startups
    Trump, top AI leaders agree to voluntary "accord" on AI standards Axios by Herb Scribner story
  2. startups
    Target Is Lowering Nearly 2,000 Prices. It Hasn’t Said Whether Tariff Refunds Made It Possible Inc. by Rachel Suleymanov story
  3. startups
    Exceptional Leadership Comes Down to 1 Surprisingly Human Behavior Inc. by Marcel Schwantes
  4. startups
    A 25-Year-Old St. Louis Vaccine Startup Filed for Bankruptcy. It Was Backed by ‘Everybody’ Inc. by Lucia Auerbach
  5. startups
    She Founded a Company to Help People Find Wealth Hidden at Home. It’s Unlocked More Than $150 Million So Far: ‘The OG Asset Class.’ Entrepreneur by Amanda Breen

19:00 UTC 5

  1. startups
    Wendy’s Made an Emo Album. Blue Bottle Pressed Jazz on Vinyl. This Is Marketing Now Inc. by Ali Donaldson
  2. startups
    Walmart Says It Won’t ‘Price the Person.’ Now Small Businesses May Have an Opening Inc. by Rachel Suleymanov story
  3. startups
    Entrepreneurs Are Cutting Tech Spending. The Smart Ones Use This 3-Part Test Inc. by John Hall story
  4. startups
    A $2 Trillion Debut Could Create 7 Fortunes. The Founders Have Pledged 80 Percent of Their Equity to Charity Inc. by Moses Jeanfrancois
  5. startups
    Think You Make New Decisions From Scratch? Your Brain’s Reward Map Suggests Otherwise Inc. by Jelinda Montes

18:00 UTC 12

  1. startups
    Meta Bought Muse a National TV Campaign. Alexandr Wang Is Selling Something Money Can’t Buy Inc. by Victoria Watters story
  2. startups
    The People You Barely Know May Be Better for Your Career Than Your Closest Colleagues Inc. by Nicole Ramirez
  3. startups
    A Maryland Tech Company Just Launched a $200 Million Fund to Invest in AI Startups and Data Center Tech Inc. by Sarah Bregel story
  4. startups
    Apple’s iPhone Duo Isn’t Even Out Yet, But This 1 Delightful App Already Shows Its Biggest Promise Inc. by Kit Eaton story
  5. startups
    Oura Hits Pause On IPO While Anthropic’s Prospectus Reveals The Cost Of Its AI Ambitions Crunchbase News by Judy Rider story
  6. startups
    Is HomeGoods Closing Stores? See the Updated List for 2026 Inc. by Amaya Nichole
  7. startups
    5 Hard-Won Lessons From Building a $3.6B Company in an Industry That Had No Rules and No Playbook Entrepreneur by Vytautas Savickas
  8. startups
    Flexjet Is Spending Millions to Make Private Flying Feel Like a 5-Star Hotel. Every Business Should Pay Attention Inc. by Paula Conway
  9. startups
    Your Sleep Score May Miss the Bigger Health Signal Hidden in Your Nightly Sleep Stages Inc. by Sage Swaby
  10. startups
    California Just Changed Workplace Harassment Training. Employers Need to Know What Crosses the Line Inc. by Chloe Rosenberg
  11. startups
    This CEO Spent 41 Years Working at the Same Chain. He Says This One Habit Is ‘Critically Important’ for Leaders. Entrepreneur by Sherin Shibu
  12. startups
    Why Small Businesses Need to Start Operating Like Local Media Outlets Entrepreneur by Al Sefati

17:00 UTC 7

  1. startups
    Muse for Small Business Can Analyze Months of Customer Reviews in Minutes Inc. by Annabel Burba story
  2. startups
    Your Leadership Style Isn’t Fixed. Here’s How to Cultivate the Right One For You. Entrepreneur by Aytekin Tank story
  3. startups
    "Love Me" artist doesn't love Trump using his song Axios by Avery Lotz story
  4. startups
    The Best Strategy to Protect Against Getting Hacked Is Surprisingly Old-School Inc. by Bree Fowler
  5. startups
    Bob Chapek Defends Disney’s Most Unpopular Decisions and Reveals the One He’d Make Again Inc. by Dan Schawbel story
  6. startups
    How to Choose the Right Wholesale Products for Your Retail Business Entrepreneur by Arpit Jain story
  7. startups
    The Creator Metric Brands May Care About More Than Followers Inc. by Jasmine Browley

16:00 UTC 9

  1. startups
    Dolly Parton Worked on Her Coffee Brand for 40 Years. Now Fans Can Finally Buy It Inc. by Victoria Salves story
  2. startups
    In the Age of AI, Don’t Pay Your People to Work Hard. Pay Them to Win Inc. by Lou Shipley story
  3. startups
    The IRS Doesn’t Care Where You Live. A U.S. Tax Guide for Americans Abroad Entrepreneur by Nathalie Goldstein
  4. startups
    A Quarter of Anthropic’s Revenue Comes From 2 Customers. Experts Say the Real Test Comes Next Inc. by Moses Jeanfrancois story
  5. startups
    How a New ChatGPT Integration Could Solve the Biggest E-Commerce Shipping Headaches Inc. by Aaron Mok
  6. startups
    The Most Dangerous Thing a New Manager Can Say Is ‘I’ll Fix This’ Inc. by Suzanne Lucas
  7. startups
    The Growth Opportunity Most Businesses Are Missing After 5 p.m. Entrepreneur by Natalie Ruiz story
  8. startups
    Inside the New Concierge Class of Luxury Entrepreneur by James Henderson
  9. startups
    The ‘AI-Trust Deficit’ Is Real: How a Corporate Blindspot Handed Innovative Leaders a Huge Advantage Inc. by Tomas Gorny story

15:00 UTC 9

  1. startups
    A Southern Accent Can Help or Hurt a Career, Depending on Where the Job Is Inc. by Soren Kaplan
  2. startups
    Nearly 1 in 5 Workers Tested Positive for Drugs. Fentanyl Was the Unexpected Exception Inc. by Bruce Crumley
  3. startups
    A Google Employee Shares 2 Easy Ways Business Owners Can Get More Traffic — For Free Entrepreneur by Shawn P. Walchef story
  4. startups
    Franchise Owners Are Losing Money. Some Brands Still Won’t Let Them Close Inc. by Lucia Auerbach
  5. startups
    WNBA’s Valkyries Turned a $50 Million Expansion Fee Into a $1 Billion Franchise. It Started by Telling Sponsors to Wait. Inc. by Masters of Scale
  6. startups
    Here’s Why Your Next Latte Might Taste Like a Walk in the Woods Entrepreneur by Sherin Shibu
  7. startups
    Oura Delayed Its IPO Despite Strong Demand. An IPO Expert Says Investors May See a Deeper Risk Inc. by Lucia Auerbach story
  8. startups
    He Cut Barack Obama and Tom Brady’s Hair. Now VicBlends Is Building a Men’s Grooming Empire. Entrepreneur by Leo Zevin
  9. startups
    Stop Treating Growth Like a Flex. Use These 5 Rules for Building a Business That Endures Entrepreneur by Slava Bogdan story

14:00 UTC 7

  1. startups
    Jensen Huang Says AI Killing Jobs Is ‘Nonsense.’ These 3 Hiring Fixes Make Sure Your Company Is Ready for What’s Next Inc. by Dr. Colleen Batchelder story
  2. startups
    A Family-Owned Hot Dog Maker Wants to Last Another 170 Years. Now Its Famous Color Will Come From Insects Inc. by Amaya Nichole
  3. startups
    One-Off Acquisitions Rarely Work. The Winning Strategy Takes 3 to 5 Years Inc. by Bruce Eckfeldt
  4. startups
    The Internet Once Sounded Like Lunacy. Today’s Founders Face the Same Test Inc. by Vaclav Vincalek story
  5. startups
    Would You Take a $10,000 Check to Let a Data Center Into Your Backyard? This Town Isn’t Buying It. Entrepreneur by Jon Small story
  6. startups
    What I Got Wrong Sitting in Too Many Leadership Seats Entrepreneur by Craig Ceccanti
  7. startups
    Snickers Keeps Reinventing the Same Joke. That’s the Lesson for Small Businesses Inc. by Robin Landa

13:00 UTC 7

  1. startups
    Worried About AI Agents Destroying the World? Nvidia Has Software for That. Entrepreneur by Jon Small story
  2. startups
    A Designer Says Lego Recreated His Jacket for a ‘Queer Eye’ Set. Now a Copyright Case Is Headed Toward Trial Inc. by Lucia Auerbach
  3. startups
    Nvidia Just Announced the Largest Share Buyback in History Inc. by Phil Rosen story
  4. startups
    Singapore Adds S$1.45 Bn to Equity Push as Liquidity Becomes a Tough Test Entrepreneur by Paromita Gupta story
  5. startups
    VIS-NXP Opens $6.7 Bn Singapore Fab as Physical AI Broadens Chip Demand Entrepreneur by Paromita Gupta story
  6. startups
    Entrepreneur APAC Capital & Scale Summit and Business Awards 2026 Brings Together APAC’s Business Leaders in Singapore Entrepreneur by Paromita Gupta
  7. startups
    Inside the ‘secondaries arms race’: How employee liquidity is becoming fundamental to private businesses Sifted

12:00 UTC 4

  1. startups
    IFC Invests $20 Mn in Boost as Malaysia’s Digital Banking Race Shifts to Lending Entrepreneur by Paromita Gupta
  2. startups
    Tiny Health Raises $33M To Explore What Gut Data Can Reveal About Future Health Crunchbase News by Judy Rider
  3. startups
    Starbucks Is Closing Stores to Grow. That Sounds Backward Until You See Why Inc. by Peter Economy story
  4. startups
    The Affordable Care Act and the $10 Million Blind Spot Inc. by Dan Cosgrove

11:00 UTC 4

  1. startups
    This Billionaire Built a $2.5 Billion Company. Now He’s Leaving His Fortune to a Texas Ghost Town Inc. by Kevin Haynes
  2. startups
    My Nephew’s Pulling the Business Down. Should I Fire Him? Inc. by Justin Bariso story
  3. startups
    Meta’s Strategy to Get You to Use Muse Is to Lie About Your Friends Inc. by Jason Aten story
  4. startups
    Dhar Mann Has a Message for Brands: Stop Treating Creators Like Ads Inc. by Ash Kumra

10:00 UTC 3

  1. startups
    As FlatPay soars, the rest of Nordic fintech searches for its next act Sifted
  2. startups
    The AI Industry Has a Jurassic Park Problem Inc. by Jason Aten story
  3. startups
    This 3D Printer Is 15 Times Faster, and the Army Is Already Buying It Inc. by Howard Tullman

09:00 UTC 7

  1. startups
    Singapore Seeks UN Framework to Put Global Brakes on AI, Without Slowing the Race Entrepreneur by Paromita Gupta story
  2. startups
    The solution to the AI safety crisis is more AI Axios by Nathan Bomey story
  3. startups
    Ineffable, Recursive, Fractile call on UK to limit non-competes Sifted
  4. startups
    You have to still ‘keep taste and judgement’: How companies are actually putting agentic AI to work Sifted story
  5. startups
    Midterm pocketbook pain bites Trump Axios by Courtenay Brown story
  6. startups
    Your Marketing Team Is Doing 2 Jobs, but Management Is Funding Only 1 Inc. by Pam Didner
  7. startups
    Apple’s New iPhone Update Could Rewrite Your Marketing Emails Before Customers Read Them Inc. by Robert Gillespie

08:00 UTC 1

  1. startups
    Think Kids’ Mental Health Is Still Getting Worse? New CDC Data Says Otherwise Inc. by Jessica Stillman

07:00 UTC 1

  1. startups
    Standard Chartered’s Sebastian Hia on Credit, Cross-Border Growth and the Changing Face of SME Banking in ASEAN Entrepreneur by Paromita Gupta

04:00 UTC 3

  1. startups
    Anthropic wants to eat my startup’s lunch. Here’s why I’m not worried Sifted story
  2. startups
    Manna boss Bobby Healy on moving to Oklahoma: ‘The US is open for business, Europe is not’ Sifted
  3. startups
    Harvard Business School’s Howard Stevenson Defined Entrepreneurship in 10 Brilliant Words. His Work Changed My Life Inc. by Bill Murphy Jr.

01:00 UTC 1

  1. startups
    A Harry Styles Pop-Up Drew 4-Hour Lines. Then a Dispute With a 72-Year-Old Shop Owner Ended in Her Arrest Inc. by Victoria Salves

00:00 UTC 1

  1. startups
    Campbell’s, Conagra, and Clorox Are Raising Prices. Here’s the Lesson for Small Businesses Inc. by David Finkel