Silicon Valley Unicorn

Adding 33 "unicorns" in a single year has helped India displace the UK to be third in the list of nations that are home to such enterprises

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky resisted calls from his investors for years to follow the lead of other Silicon Valley unicorns and take the home rental startup public, as he pursued his dream of turning it into a one-stop shop for leisure and travel. He is now pressing ahead with a stock market debut just as the COVID-19 pandemic hits its peak.

Miami is famous for beach parties, gators that wander onto golf courses and iguanas that tumble out of palm trees. But now the city of "Scarface" and "Miami Vice" is vying to become a new powerhouse of tech startups that some in the business hope will spawn a novel phenomenon -- the "iguanacorn."

Slack is among a string of Silicon Valley unicorns expected to debut in the stock market in 2019.

It's too late to invest in Airbnb but a company that bills itself as the Airbnb of cloud computer storage is raising cash -- and anyone with an Internet connection can get in on the action.

Retention rates here rival those of Silicon Valley's, although deep-pocketed unicorns still have their pick.

Y Combinator is holding a contest on the app for young startups hoping to secure a $20,000 investment from the Silicon Valley business incubator.

Square is among prominent Unicorns in startup rich Silicon Valley, including Airbnb and Uber.

It is a peculiarity of venture capital financing that the engine that pumps money into a promising startup can later cause the same startup to self-destruct.

Unicorn suggests both the ambition and the absurdity inherent in the tech industry today - the idea that connecting the right bits and bytes might result in magical, mythical beasts.

Adding 33 "unicorns" in a single year has helped India displace the UK to be third in the list of nations that are home to such enterprises

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky resisted calls from his investors for years to follow the lead of other Silicon Valley unicorns and take the home rental startup public, as he pursued his dream of turning it into a one-stop shop for leisure and travel. He is now pressing ahead with a stock market debut just as the COVID-19 pandemic hits its peak.

Miami is famous for beach parties, gators that wander onto golf courses and iguanas that tumble out of palm trees. But now the city of "Scarface" and "Miami Vice" is vying to become a new powerhouse of tech startups that some in the business hope will spawn a novel phenomenon -- the "iguanacorn."

Slack is among a string of Silicon Valley unicorns expected to debut in the stock market in 2019.

It's too late to invest in Airbnb but a company that bills itself as the Airbnb of cloud computer storage is raising cash -- and anyone with an Internet connection can get in on the action.

Retention rates here rival those of Silicon Valley's, although deep-pocketed unicorns still have their pick.

Y Combinator is holding a contest on the app for young startups hoping to secure a $20,000 investment from the Silicon Valley business incubator.

Square is among prominent Unicorns in startup rich Silicon Valley, including Airbnb and Uber.

It is a peculiarity of venture capital financing that the engine that pumps money into a promising startup can later cause the same startup to self-destruct.

Unicorn suggests both the ambition and the absurdity inherent in the tech industry today - the idea that connecting the right bits and bytes might result in magical, mythical beasts.