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Key Person Insurance Is VCs’ Assurance
Founders soliciting venture funds quickly get comfortable revealing details about their operations, vision and finances. They may also need to be willing to step on a scale and get a blood draw. Investors try to ensure that the startups they’re funding are healthy, and, strange as it might seem, they like to know that critical founders are in good shape, too. Read More
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The Platform Paradox
I often hear VCs say that they don’t back products, they back platforms. I find that logic backwards and in many ways dangerous for founders. Platforms can provide a durable competitive advantage, and it’s easy to understand why startups would want to create one, but great platforms are nearly always born from companies first creating great products with narrow, but compelling… Read More
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The 20 Best Unicorn Companies For Paying Software Engineers Top Dollar
Last week we brought you the 20 highest paying unicorns, based on median annual salary for all employees. This time around, we centered our search on the unicorns paying best for programmers. DJI’s Latest Drone Saves Crops From Pests
DJI made its name building high-end consumer drones, but its latest model shows where the future may lie for the Shenzhen-based company and its competitors. Iguaz.io Lands $15 Million Series A
Herzliya Israel-based Iguaz.io isn’t yet saying exactly what it’s up to, but investors must like what they’re seeing.
The stealth-mode company, which says it’s rebuilding the framework for dealing with big data in a way that integrates information from numerous storage and processing platforms, has just raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Magma Venture Partners. Read More
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Immerse Me: How To Get Lost In A Story (Story Not Required)
The media we use to tell stories has evolved considerably in the millennia since our ancestors swapped their first campfire tales. Regardless of the form stories take, the storyteller always has the same goal: transport an audience — get people to stop thinking about the here and now and focus on the world of the story. And despite all advances in storytelling media, there has only been… Read More
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Machine Intelligence In The Real World
In the past few years, I’ve been laser-focused on machine intelligence. I’ve talked to hundreds of entrepreneurs, researchers and investors about helping machines make us smarter. And in the months since I shared my landscape of machine intelligence companies, folks keep asking me what I think of them — as if they’re all doing more or less the same thing. (I’m… Read More
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Get Builds Mobile Apps And Handles Deliveries For Local Shops
Meet Get, a new French startup that wants to be the Shopify for small retailers on mobile among many other things. With Get, local shops like your favorite bakery can effortlessly have an app for iOS and Android. Get also provides a same-hour delivery service like Stuart. Read More
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What’s The Deal With EAT Club?
To be honest, I had never heard of EAT Club until about a month ago, when its public relations team reached out to me, and I’m glad that they did. EAT Club, which launched in 2010, is almost three years into its move from a consumer-focused company to a business-to-business one that focuses on corporate food catering. EAT Club’s ideal customer has always been the office… Read More
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The Art Of The Pitch
I’m fortunate in my day to day. I have the privilege of hearing new and exciting ideas, both by seasoned and budding entrepreneurs. I remind myself that not too many moons ago, I was in their shoes pitching for money, product and development support and, at times, attention. Being that much of my job is hearing, seeing and experiencing pitches, it seems appropriate that I share… Read More
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