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July 20, 2015
The growth in shopping-by-SMS services knows no bounds, apparently. The latest entrant into the field is now Photo Magic – no relation to on-demand delivery service Magic. (Or…
Read articleJuly 20, 2015
Knowing what to play next is the biggest problem with streaming music services, but most solve discovery with clunky, unfamiliar blog-style tabs you’re supposed to browse. Listeners are…
Read articleJuly 19, 2015
My life changed when I got a job at a startup. I was 19 years old and had just finished my first year at the University of Michigan.…
Read articleJuly 18, 2015
Earlier this year a London-based cyber security incubator called CyLon opened its doors. Now Europe is getting a pro-privacy bootcamp program, with bootstrapped Romania-based VPN startup CyberGhost this…
Read articleJuly 18, 2015
It’s been over a year since we wrote our original post sharing our analysis of the last decade’s most successful U.S.-based, venture-backed tech companies. In that piece we…
Read articleJuly 18, 2015
“There are three types of people,” astronaut Chris Hadfield told me. “-1, 0, and +1.” When a business fails it feels like a -1. When a relationship fails,…
Read articleJuly 17, 2015
For most of us, and certainly for most of your team, meetings are the least productive part of our day. Yet too many brilliant people are stuck in…
Read articleJuly 17, 2015
Luna had a successful crowdfunding campaign earlier this year, raising more than $1 million for a mattress cover that adjusts temperature, tracks your sleep and connects to other…
Read articleJuly 17, 2015
On-demand house cleaning service Homejoy is shutting down, after talks of an acquisition by its biggest competitor and a failure to raise enough money to keep things moving.…
Read articleJuly 17, 2015
This week, a Bay Area founder was taken aback when an engineer being recruited by his startup asked for both its cap table and information regarding the liquidation…
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