Mark Matousek

Stock options are one of the biggest perks of joining a startup. In exchange for taking a lower salary than you’d earn at a more established company, you get the opportunity for a huge payday if the startup has a big IPO or gets acquired. Landing at…

Introduction Starting a business can be expensive. You might have significant costs, like marketing and payroll, before you make your first sale. And even when revenue starts coming in, it’s hard to predict when you’ll turn a profit. In recent years,…

A summary of the most important trends in the autonomous vehicle industry.

Key Findings Half of New Business Owners Are Women: 49% of the new business owners in our survey were women, while 45% were men. That represents a big shift from 2019 when just 29% of new business owners were women. Black / African American and…

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Major battery innovations are rare. Sila Nanotechnologies says it has a breakthrough technology that's ready for market. It can increase a cell's…

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Insider asked three self-driving startup Nuro investors why they took a stake in the startup. They said Nuro was smart to focus only on autonomous…

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. The electric-vehicle startup Lucid Motors plans to release its first vehicle, the Air luxury sedan, next year.Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson said…

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Amazon bought the self-driving startup Zoox in 2020. Insider asked Zoox's director of hiring what she looks for in job applications and interviews.…

A story about how Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi improved the company's corporate culture.

A story about the challenges tech companies face recruiting chief people officers.

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Gatik has been making "middle mile" deliveries with self-driving trucks for Walmart since 2019. The startup's focus on logistics created an easier…

A primer on 409A valuations and their importance to tech startups.

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. 25-year-old Alex Rodrigues cofounded Embark in 2016 and is now the startup's CEO. Embark is developing self-driving and fleet-management software for…

An analysis of DoorDash's management team.

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Some experts believe the auto industry will face a battery shortage in the coming years. It could cut global auto production by around 4% per year…

A story about the ways tech companies are trying to make performance reviews more effective.

A story about how tech companies made performance reviews more stringent as they shifted from rapid growth to layoffs and cost-cutting.

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Luminar has cut the price of lidar sensors by making many components in-house. Those sensors will start appearing on Volvo vehicles in 2022.…

A story that explains why many tech companies were boosting compensation for some employees while laying off others.

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Plus is making self-driving tech for heavy-duty trucks. It wants to gradually improve its driver-assistance system until it doesn't need human…