This is the Silicon Valley “startup” model. Startups are not long-term sustainable businesses or small businesses. A startup is a temporary business designed to either grow exponentially and exit (sell) or to fail fast.

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With cooling demand increasing as the planet warms, concern is growing over highly polluting refrigerants. Enter the Recoolit startup. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/10/climate-change/indonesia-startup-coolants-global-warming/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #climatechange #indonesia #startups #climatechange #emissions

Your Exit Strategy Dream Is My Customer Nightmare

I found a promising tool and reached out to the founder, ready to invest and partner up. I was met with a wall of silence. It crystallized a feeling I've had for a while: for many, the exit strategy dream is a nightmare for customers who actually care.

https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/07/04/your-exit-strategy-dream-is-my-customer-nightmare/

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A startup building massive, bullet-shaped helium balloons that float in the stratosphere has raised $15 million from SoftBank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/26/companies/softbank-backs-floating-climate-station-startup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #softbank #investments #sceye #startups #climatechange

Japanese startup Ispace has concluded that a hardware anomaly in a laser-based landing sensor caused the failure of its Mission 2 lunar landing earlier this month, the company announced Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/science-health/ispace-crash-cause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #startups #moon #ispace #space

Amid a rise in bee die-offs in the U.S., Beewise’s hives can provide constant insights on colony health using artificial intelligence, as well as treatment should it start to falter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/06/24/wildlife/robotic-hives-ai-bee-colony/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #wildlife #bees #ai #startups