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Create Your Unicorn Career, Explore the Multiverse

Create Your Unicorn Career, Explore the Multiverse

Published by Jenni Sidey

Part 2 of a Two-Part Series Welcome, Alaina Levine. Alaina writes for Science magazine Careers, where she also contributes to her Your Unicorn Career column. And she’s literally written the book on Creating Your Unicorn Career. This book and approach can open up our field of view, like a microscope or a telescope, zooming out to more fully grasp our capacities and potentials in collaborating with the world beyond. Like the Deep Field view of space, when we zoom out, we see so much more than we could before. This helps leverage a growth-mindset into a way of living that can help cut through systemic blocks and enhance mental health as we continually refine our own authentic work and life. Full disclosure: I’ve worked with Alaina and consider her a colleague. When I saw she was releasing Create Your Unicorn Career, I wanted to bring her powerful process to you, especially given the current state of the job market and beyond. Welcome back, Alaina. Rachel Clark: Do you have thoughts about the psychology of this …

Another deep tech chip startup becomes a unicorn: Frore hits .64B

Another deep tech chip startup becomes a unicorn: Frore hits $1.64B

Published by skeptic

Eight-year-old semiconductor startup Frore Systems has raised a $143 million Series D, led by MVP Ventures, at $1.64 billion valuation, the company announced on Monday. Frore has now raised $340 million total, the company said. Frore doesn’t make the chips themselves; it makes liquid-cooling systems for them. Founded by two former Qualcomm engineers, the company’s tech was initially created to offer air-cooling tech for phones and other small fanless electronics. The company’s focus on chips was inspired by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who received a demo of the technology about two years ago, Bloomberg reported. Huang suggested they develop liquid-cooling options, the new must-have for AI chips and systems. So they did, releasing products that work with various Nvidia chips and boards. The company has also developed products for Qualcomm and AMD. AI semiconductors have been a hot area for investment. Other new unicorns in the field include Nvidia competitor Positron, which hit a $1 billion valuation in February, and Recursive Intelligence, which landed a $4 billion valuation right out of the gate. Eridu just …

Have money, will travel: a16z’s hunt for the next European unicorn

Have money, will travel: a16z’s hunt for the next European unicorn

Published by skeptic

Gabriel Vasquez, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz, recently revealed he took nine flights from NYC to Stockholm in one year. That wasn’t just to visit Lovable, a portfolio company, but also to look for other future Swedish unicorns before they cross the Atlantic. This all came to light when news emerged that a16z had led a $2.3 million pre-seed round into Dentio, a Swedish startup that uses AI to help dentists’ practices with admin work. While this is a small check for a firm that just announced new funds totaling $15 billion, it confirms that U.S. VCs are actively seeking deal flow outside of the U.S., even without local offices. Stockholm is a natural stop for a16z, which previously achieved significant returns from backing Skype, cofounded by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström. Since then, a significant number of fast-growing startups have been created in the Swedish capital, and the VC heavyweight tracked down where many of them were coming from.  “We spend a lot of time developing a deep understanding of specific markets and knowing where …

The tunnel runway at the Super Bowl – and the rise of the ‘unicorn bag’ | Fashion

The tunnel runway at the Super Bowl – and the rise of the ‘unicorn bag’ | Fashion

Published by Sam Flores

On Sunday night the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX, Bad Bunny put on a spectacular half-time show, and multiple players all walked down the tunnel from the car park to the dressing rooms carrying the same logo’d bag. The bag in question, by luxury French brand Goyard, isn’t part of any official uniform – and isn’t really known outside of its 0.1% customer base. But it has become as ubiquitous a status symbol among American football players as their AirPods Max headphones and Richard Mille watches – and is part of a brave new world of tunnel fits. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Most primetime NFL games’ coverage start hours before kick-off, as photographers, fans and pundits alike pore over players’ sartorial choices just as they would their missed tackles and spectacular catches. Iconic looks range from Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow in a tailored tiger-print suit to eccentric Patriots wide receiver Mack Hollins turning …