Food Delivery Startups a Crowded Field
Los Angeles — For generations, delivery meant pizza or Chinese takeout. Now the on-demand economy, having already upended the way people hail a ride or book a place to stay, is increasingly taking aim at what we put on our dining tables and expanding the menu in the process. You can have spicy clam and chorizo pasta delivered by Munchery one day, a gourmet sandwich dropped off curbside by UberEats on another, or come home to a box of...
Sorting Out Which Cybersecurity Firms Will Do the Best Job
Los Angeles — His reputation scorched by Edward Snowden, the former director of the National Security Agency is heading a cybersecurity startup that aims to shortcircuit data leakers, cyber warriors, terrorists and thieves. Keith Alexander’s new company, IronNet, is just one of dozens, possibly hundreds, of cybersecurity startups, a group that over the last couple of years has attracted nearly $5 billion in investments. “It’s the new...
New Frontier for Techies
Michael Hollman says he has a job offer from Amazon.com and just interviewed at Google. But he might ditch them both for Lincoln, Neb. Hudl, a startup that provides video tools for coaches and athletes, is offering the University of Nebraska senior a chance to become a hometown hero. It’s raised more than $72 million and boasts a location that’s ridiculously more affordable than the pricey precincts that neighbor Amazon headquarters....
Geeks on Demand
Oakland, Calif. — The broken printer frayed Ross Armstrong’s last nerve. He had to make photo copies of the death certificate of his late husband, Jay Stern, who died in May. But it was Stern who had always handled home tech repairs, and Armstrong, drowning in the grief of his loss, broke down at the small but horribly timed irritation. “Having the printer break was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I thought, ‘What else now?’ ”...
