start-up
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After leaving ESPN, Rasmussen continued to serve as a consultant to sports rights holders and media companies and also maintained his own start-up ventures in sports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
PayPal shares climbed in premarket trade on reports that payments start-up Stripe and private equity group Advent International jointly offered to buy the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
More recently he created Prometheus, an artificial intelligence company which last month invested £330m in a British AI start-up.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Each bride receives a dowry of 100,000 naira, while a further 100,000 naira is provided as start-up capital to encourage small-scale entrepreneurship and help the couple achieve financial self-reliance after marriage.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
It was something like a start-up inside a start-up, and in a field in which I had no professional experience to speak of.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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