Alyson Shontell

Alyson Shontell is an editor for Silicon Alley Insider, Business Insider's technology section. She also covers startups for the site.

The 20 Most Innovative Startups in Tech

The 20 Most Innovative Startups in Tech

These 20 startups have the potential to become industry leaders More »

The 30 Most Valuable Internet Startups in New York

The 30 Most Valuable Internet Startups in New York

At least 28 companies in the Big Apple have $100 million+ valuations. Only one is valued at more than $1 billion. More »

15 Startups With $100 Million+ Valuations

15 Startups With $100 Million+ Valuations

A look at 15 valuable additions to the list of the world's top digital startups that hardly existed one year ago More »

The 10 Most Successful Deals on LivingSocial So Far This Year

The 10 Most Successful Deals on LivingSocial So Far This Year

The top-selling item, $10 for a $20 gift card to be used on Amazon.com, generated more than $11,000,000 in sales in just one day More »

11 Ways Steve Jobs Made Apple the Most Admired Tech Company

11 Ways Steve Jobs Made Apple the Most Admired Tech Company

When he returned to the company, Jobs stimulated innovation and reinvention, which is what Apple, today, is all about More »

Yipit, Zynga, Hulu: How 15 Tech Companies Picked Their Names

Yipit, Zynga, Hulu: How 15 Tech Companies Picked Their Names

Some founders blame the cacophony that is their company's name on available domains. "EVERYTHING sensible is taken!" one says. More »

Advances in 3-D Computer Imaging: Can You Spot the Humans?

Advances in 3-D Computer Imaging: Can You Spot the Humans?

Designers have gotten so good at replicating objects using a variety of tools, it's hard to distinguish what's real from what's fake More »

Meet All of the Entrepreneurs Selected to Attend Techstars NYC

Meet All of the Entrepreneurs Selected to Attend Techstars NYC

Two brothers, Seth Godin's teenage son, and three UPenn dropouts. These are just some of the startup founders you should get to know. More »

The 20 Most Successful Projects in Kickstarter History

The 20 Most Successful Projects in Kickstarter History

We found 20 projects on Kickstarter that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from thousands of people in a matter of days More »

How the First 20 People to Sign Up for Facebook Knew Zuckerberg

How the First 20 People to Sign Up for Facebook Knew Zuckerberg

The CEO's inner circle signed up first and then the social network started to expand to friends of friends across Harvard's campus More »

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