Emerging Business

Emerging Business News of the Week – 2.15.26

Feb 15, 2026

* The 6 Worst Types of Businesses to Start in 2026 [Inc]

* Anthropic, Maker of Claude, Just Raised $30 Billion at a $380 Billion Valuation [Entrepreneur]

* 10 Storytelling Tips Valuable To Startup Founders [Forbes]

* Why Spotify’s developers haven’t written new code in more than a month [FastCompany]

* A Stanford grad student created an algorithm to help his classmates find love; Date Drop is his new startup [TechCrunch]

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