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In the Under 30 universe, we rarely talk about the often over-30 venture capitalists fortifying young founders at every stage.

With this year’s Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups list, we’re looking for companies like alumni DoorDash, Benchling and Alchemy in their nascent days.

Princeton, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania have witheld acceptance rates for the Class of 2026, in a perceived attempt to defuse increasing student anxiety about university admissions.

Entrepreneurs in Poland rush printers to the stricken neighboring country for use creating protective gear, tourniquets, periscopes—and even drones—for the Ukrainian defense.

Lizzo wants people to feel ‘good as hell’ about shapewear.

Forbes editor Steve Bertoni sat down with Cami Téllez, CEO of Parade, to talk about Tellez's early work in tech and how she pivoted from tech to a retail space she felt needed transformation: underwear.

At the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi, Winn and Al Said shared their experiences overcoming stigma and shame, and how on the other side they’ve been able to drive change.

Lori Hotz, Cofounder, & Co-CEO, Lobus and Ariel Wengroff, Vice President , Communications, The Ledger talk about how emerging technologies built on the blockchain can benefit us during moments of conflict and crisis.

Huda Kattan, Founder & CEO, Huda Beauty sits down with Alexandra Sternlicht, Forbes Under 30 Reporter & Community Lead to discuss how she built one of the most innovative and media-savvy brands of the Millennial generation.

Speaking at the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi Monday, supermodel Paulina Porizkova, TikTok star Loren Gray, and Britney Spears’ manager Cassie Petrey talked about how they became accidental influencers and how authenticity is the new social media strategy.

When building a brand from the bottom up, it's not uncommon to struggle to manage social media marketing on top of it all. These panelists discuss how they handled - and ultimately benefitted from - virality in the early stages of their companies.

Sara Du co-founded Alloy Automation, which has raised over $27 million and powers eCommerce for customers like Burberry and the Denver Broncos.

For this week's Under 30 newsletter, I spoke with a Olga Kravchenko, a Ukrainian Under 30 founder, who has watched her world unravel.

At only 19-years-old, Eitan Bernath's content reaches more than 300 million consumers globally, in part due to Bernath's large social media following.

The cloud-based lab software company will be acquiring Belfast-based Overwatch Research, which has developed software geared towards in vivo research.

This week in young leaders, from the Under 30 newsletter.