Payday loans can have interest rates over 600%—here’s the typical rate in every U.S. state
The rate of workers taking out payday loans tripled as a result of the pandemic, a recent survey by Gusto of 530 small business workers found. About 2% of these employees reported using a payday loan prior to the start of the pandemic, but about 6% said they’d used this type of loan since last March.
San Mateo mail order birth control startup The Pill Club hires ex-Uber exec as CEO
The Pill Club has hired three top executives, including one from Uber Technologies Inc., as the San Mateo startup looks to expand into a broader focus on women's health beyond its early success as a mail order birth control business.
Women look to telemedicine to access birth control during COVID-19
As stay at home orders remain in place throughout the country, women are using new methods to get birth control. The Pill Club and Birth Control Pharmacist are two companies working to improve contraceptive access both during and after COVID-19.
DISTINGUISHED VCS BACK WHOLESALE MARKETPLACE FAIRE WITH $100M
A slew of venture capitalists known for high-profile exits — Kirsten Green of Forerunner Ventures, Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures, Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital and Alex Taussig of Lightspeed Venture Partners — have invested in Faire (formerly known as Indigo Fair), a 2-year-old wholesale marketplace for artisanal products.
doppler labs and the quest to build a computer for your ears
Leveraging everything from advanced hardware engineering to AI, this startup wants to give you control over your world’s sounds.
is it time for hearing aids to be sold over the counter?
Four out of five older Americans with hearing loss just ignore it, in part because a hearing aid is an unwelcome sign of aging. But what if hearing aids looked like stylish fashion accessories and could be bought at your local pharmacy like reading glasses?
this $400 smart tv box lets you control your apple tv, cable box, and everything else with your voice
Caavo is a new smart-TV device from a startup of the same name. Caavo manages all the stuff you plug into your TV like Apple TV, cable boxes, DVD players, and video game consoles.
how to have a social impact without scaring investors
Good Eggs CEO Rob Spiro hopes to show that for-profit companies can be built to give back, too.
steer clear of what you can’t measure
Douglas Merrill, chief executive of ZestFinance, says that if you can’t measure an action, you’re probably “not really doing the right thing, and you haven’t asked the right question yet.”