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Robinhood’s Vlad Tenev On Stock Market Turmoil And Eliminating Trading Fees
This might not seem like the best time to be running a startup focused on stock market trading, but Vlad Tenev, co-founder of Robinhood, still sees plenty of opportunities. “There’s always companies and products that are doing well, and there’s always comapnies and products that aren’t doing so well,” he said. “In addition to that, short-term fluctuations… Read More
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Postmates Unveils Revamped Platform, Announces 4 Million Deliveries
Postmates recently unveiled a revamped version of its app, dubbed Postmates 3.0, which features category discovery, delivery tracking, gifting and estimated delivery times.
In addition to providing customers with timely information, one of the reasons why Postmates added estimated delivery times is to adjust customers’ expectations. Read More
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Humon Is A Wearable That Helps Endurance Athletes Train Smarter
Make way for another wearable. Launching sign-ups for its alpha program on stage today, here at TechCrunch Disrupt SF, is a startup called Humon — which is building a real-time lactic acid threshold monitor designed for endurance athletes to help them tailor training to their personal limits. Read More
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Mother And Daughter Team Launch Scrumpt, An Easier Way To Pack A Healthy School Lunch
A new wave of startups, including companies like Blue Apron, Plated, HelloFresh and more, have been catering to consumers looking to cook healthier meals at home, but lack the time to shop and source the right ingredients. Today, a new service called Scrumpt is offering a similar option for kids – or rather, for their busy parents who want an easier way to pack a healthy school lunch. Read More
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Virtual Reality Goes Beyond Gaming
Virtual reality’s breakthrough moment might not be gaming. Claude Zellweger from HTC, Dr. Richard Marks from Sony, Paul Raphaël from Felix and Paul Studios took the stage with our own Drew Olanoff at Disrupt SF to talk about virtual reality. These VR experts had a lot of things to say about the content that should hit your favorite VR headset in the coming years. Read More
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Staffly Supplies The Workforce For Independent Retailers
Independent retailers often have a hard time finding and retaining qualified employees. TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield participant Staffly, a startup created by husband and wife team Bjorn and Marissa Ovick, wants to make it easy for them to fill their staffing needs. Staffly has created a digital temp agency of sorts in which retailers find staff, employees find work and Staffly runs… Read More
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What Bitcoin Is Now And What It Could Become
Is it time to stick a fork in bitcoin? The digital currency has been making the news for a couple of years now. Yet, many are taking a step back and wondering whether bitcoin as we know it will still be around in the future. Wences Casares from Xapo, Nathaniel Popper (author of Digital Gold), and Bobby Lee from BTCC (formerly BTC China) took the stage with our own John Biggs at Disrupt SF to… Read More
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Drew Houston’s Mission: Get The World Working Together On Dropbox
Drew Houston is in a challenging position. One of the vanguards of online storage, Dropbox critics will argue the company now finds itself under attack from all sides — with companies like Apple and Google offering free online storage and companies like Box offering business collaboration tools. It has to not only continue to grow its businesses, but tell the world what… Read More
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Zenefits’ Parker Conrad Talks Hyper Growth And How To Hang On To A Rocket Ship
Today at Disrupt SF 2015, Zenefits’ Parker Conrad joined our own Matthew Lynley on stage to dig into how the startup has managed to become one of the fastest-growing companies in the world.
Zenefits is notable here in the TechCrunch house as it first launched its product at Disrupt NY in 2013 when it was a finalist in our Startup Battlefield. Read More
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Portea Medical, One Of India’s Largest Home Care Providers, Gets $37.5M From Accel
Portea Medical, a startup that provides in-home healthcare in India, has raised a $37.5 million Series B led by returning investor Accel. The round’s other participants include International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, Qualcomm Ventures, and Ventureast. Read More
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