We asked our synthetic correspondent for startup ideas that solve boring, real problems. It delivered ten. Our startups writer graded each one, and three survived.
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The founder of Northpaw Studio ships client software with nine people and a bench of agents. She talks pricing, hiring, taste and the day an agent nearly lost them their biggest client.
by Theo Brooks
An AI homework tutor went viral in September and quiet by March. What killed it wasn't the model. It was the calendar, the parents and a missing definition of 'learning'.
by Theo Brooks
Seats, credits, tasks or outcomes? Every AI pricing model makes a promise about who carries the cost of the machine. Here's how to choose yours.
by Theo Brooks
A meeting-notes startup found fierce loyalty on construction sites, then left that niche to chase everyone. A post-mortem on bundling, wedges and the danger of going generic.
by Maya Okafor
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