Presented by Design.comSomething significant is happening in how people build businesses. There are currently 29.8 million solopreneurs contributing $1.7 trillion to the U.S. economy, and over 80% of all U.S. small businesses now operate with no employees. In 2024 alone, entrepreneurs filed 5.2 million new business applications — and LinkedIn reported a 69% jump in people adding “founder” to their profiles in a single year.Most solopreneurs aren’t building companies they hope to escape — they’re deliberately architecting independent lives. Three-quarters say flexibility matters more than growth. But aspiration has always been cheaper than execution. What changed isn’t the desire to go solo; it’s the toolkit available when you try.Software already eliminated most barriersThe [...]
If you want to get Solo Loop bands for your Apple Watch in several colors, this may be your chance to grab a few at a discount. Woot is selling them for up to 70 percent lower than their actual price, [...]
A wide-ranging sale on Beats headphones has brought some of the brand's products down to record-low prices. Take, for instance, the Beats Solo 4. That model is currently half off at $100 at Amazo [...]
When Anthropic quietly released Claude Design in April as a "research preview," it generated the kind of instant traction most product teams dream about: more than one million users in its f [...]
One year after emerging from stealth, Strella has raised $14 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered customer research platform, the company announced Thursday. The round, led by Bessemer [...]
A San Francisco-based startup has demonstrated what it calls a breakthrough in hardware development: an artificial intelligence system that designed a fully functional Linux computer in one week — a [...]
Just a day after its release, FromSoftware announced a crucial patch for Elden Ring Nightreign players who prefer to solo queue. The game's developer posted on X that Patch 1.02 will be released [...]
Presented by Design.comFor most of history, design was the last step in starting a business — something entrepreneurs invested in once the idea was proven. Today, it’s one of the first. The rise o [...]