The theme of this year’s Earth Day was “Planet vs. Plastics” and encouraged efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change by collecting trash in local communities.
Here are some scenes from the efforts of metro-east citizens in Edwardsville and East St. Louis:
Y Combinator is renowned in Silicon Valley for a lot of reasons, but there’s one service that has quietly become one of its most powerful: an online founder-matching tool. Recent Y Combinator grad Hona is an example, although its founders' meet-cute story is a bit more exciting than just using that tool.
The downturn in venture capital funding that the world has seen since the bust of the 2021-era bubble has impacted startups, VC firms, and accelerators alike. One company in the final category, Techstars, has been shaking up its operations for some time now, leading to certain departures from its ranks. Mary Ann Azevedo, Kirsten Korosec, and Alex Wilhelm had a lot to parse this week.