What we’re looking for in Startup Battlefield 2026, and how to apply in time for the May 27 deadline
Every year I read through thousands of Startup Battlefield applications. And every year, I see the same pattern: The founders who belong on this stage are often the ones who almost didn’t apply. They think they’re too early. They think they need more traction. They think the program is for companies further along than they…
For decades, the U.S. has had a plutonium problem. Around 100 tons of the stuff was made during the Cold War to go into powerful atomic bombs. But as nuclear stockpiles were dismantled, the government had to store the radioactive material in high-security facilities. Now it wants startups to help get rid of some of…
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Stephen Colbert, hosting a special edition of “Only In Monroe”Monroe Community Media, 2026At the beginning of Thursday’s Late Show finale, host Stephen Colbert cryptically made these comments: Tonight is our final broadcast from the Ed Sullivan Theater. “Though technically our first show in July of 2015 was from a public access station in Monroe, Michigan…
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The deadline to apply or nominate for Startup Battlefield 200 is May 27. This is your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000. Apply now…
Big banks are strange companies to own. From the outside, they look slow and lumbering. From the inside, they are a single bad weekend away from a phone call to the Treasury Department. That tension is what makes investing in them so hard. It is also the whole reason an unglamorous piece of …
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