Here's the pitch deck that fintech dv01 used to nab $15 million from the likes of George Soros and Pivot Investment Partners. The startup's founder called it the easiest round he's ever raised.

Dan DeFrancesco | dv01 used this pitch deck to raise a $15 million Series B round that was led by one of its investors.

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Massive US wealth managers like Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, and Wells Fargo are starting to let clients invest in cannabis stocks

Jeremy Berke,Rebecca Ungarino | Business Insider has learned that some big US wealth managers have set up processes to allow financial advisers to invest on clients' behalf in certain cannabis stocks.

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Inside the failed deal that almost made 'The Irishman' Netflix's first wide theatrical release

Jason Guerrasio | The streaming giant tried to get a 45-day theatrical window, while the theaters wanted a majority of ticket sales.

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How an Instagram influencer turned her vegan meal-prep posts into a paid subscription service and grew her followers to more than 200,000 in 9 months

Dominick Reuter | Carleigh Bodrug used $1,000 of her savings to set up a website offering memberships to paid subscribers to receive weekly vegan meal-prep plans.

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The US Army wants mixed reality headsets that detect enemy fire, translate languages and see in the dark. Anduril, the startup founded by Oculus' Palmer Luckey, is on it.

Melia Russell | Palmer Luckey's defense tech startup Anduril says it would like to someday outfit American soldiers with augmented-reality headsets.

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One market expert breaks down why the 'mother of all bubbles' is unlike anything investors have ever seen — and lays out additional evidence that a crisis is approaching

Akin Oyedele | Private-equity giant Blackstone says several investing risks that seem to be distinct from each other are collectively painting a bad picture.

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8.5 million developers love Visual Studio Code, a free code editor that's a crucial 'lightning rod' for Microsoft in the cloud wars with Amazon and Google

Rosalie Chan | Microsoft Visual Studio Code is the top open source project on GitHub. Here's how it's helping Microsoft attract developers and take on AWS and Google.

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I built a multimillion-dollar business with zero full-time employees. Here are my top 4 tips for running a lean business.

Luisa Zhou | Luisa Zhou is an entrepreneur who runs a six-figure business — without any full-time staff. She has four strategies for running a business solo.

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Anna Wintour's strategy for using email to get people to confront issues sounds terrifying. And effective.

Shana Lebowitz | An effective boss empowers employees to solve their own problems. That's what Vogue editor Anna Wintour does, with a simple email message.

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