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Why Uber can’t be stopped
Disgruntled cabbies slash tires, break windows and teach a capitalist lesson: The workers always get screwed...
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Why So Many Tech Founders Who Are Jerks Become Insanely Rich And Successful
"Startup DNA" is the idea that the world's best entrepreneurs, like Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, have some inherent talent they were born with that made them successful. The DNA is comprised of characteristics like "resilience" and "ability to accept risk."
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Face Squared - The Numbers Behind Face to Face Networking
Nothing is more effective than in-person interaction.
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Uber employees spammed competing car service with fake orders
Uber has a knack of ruffling a few feathers, but its latest move is downright dirty. Documents provided to both Valleywag and TechCrunch are said to show that Uber staffers in New York ordered phony black car rides from a competing service only to cancel them later. The ride requests were made over the last few weeks, and it seems the purpose of the shady move was twofold.
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SoundCloud Raises $60 Million At A $700 Million Valuation
SoundCloud recently closed a Series D round of funding led by Institutional Venture Partners with the Chernin Group. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news. It has since been confirmed by IVP and SoundCloud. Previous investors also participated in the round, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GGV Capital, Index Ventures and Union Square Ventures.
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D.C. area on tech radar as alternative to Silicon Valley
In its move to Va., Savi Technology finds plenty of engineers and a good fit in the region’s stable workforce.
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Silicon Valley Is Now Public Enemy No. 1, And We Only Have Ourselves To Blame
For a region noted for its problem-solving orientation and progressive ethos, Silicon Valley has managed to anger a pretty wide swath of American society...
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Box is the unicorn that Mark Cuban let get away
Reports yesterday indicate that Box has finally filed paperwork for its long anticipated 2014 IPO. As is customary with marquee exits, that news leads to a question of who stands to see the biggest return. But uniquely, Box’s earliest investor won’t be cashing in once the company enters the public markets.
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What happened when Boloco founder John Pepper became an Uber driver
Last October, Boloco co-founder and CEO John Pepper resigned his job after a tussle with directors about the restaurant chain's direction. In that situation, lots of other entrepreneurs might take time off to travel, or become an..
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What happens when a "virtual" airline, has a real plane crash?
As entrepreneurs invade regulated industries and evade traditional watchdogs, the question of who is responsible when something goes wrong looms large. Airlines that don’t really exist in the traditional sense might be a particular problem.
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American tech start-ups: An endangered species?
New study paints an alarming picture not just for the technology sector, but for the economy as a whole.
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Government: Banks can work with legal cannabis dealers
A new Obama administration policy allows banks to do business with cannabis dispensaries and shops, legitimizing the burgeoning industry becoming known as the "Green Rush."
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Apple Is Already Building Its Next Massive Business And No One Seems To Have Noticed
$16 billion a year in digital e-commerce sales, and growing at nearly 20% a year.
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Jacksonville is hot for startups
Jacksonville, Fla., is emerging as a low-cost hub for startups where entrepreneurs are finding money, mentors and city grants to get started.
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Smart Cookie: Girl scout sells cookies outside of medical marijuana dispensary
You don’t need a MBA to know that the key to sales is to know your demographic. That’s why Girl Scout Danielle Lei should earn a merit badge in business for setting up shop outside of a medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco. Lei sold 117 boxes of Dulce de Leches and Tagalong Girl Scout cookies during a two-hour stint outside The Green Cross pharmacy over Presidents Day weekend.
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HBO's "Silicon Valley" New TV Show Trailer
Silicon Valley premieres April 6th at 10pm ET.
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Madefire: A Startup Transforming Reading and How We Make Books
In Los Angeles, we hear a lot about storytellers. And that almost everything is story – a film, a song, even a brand’s legacy. But, not counting oral tradition, the original story was the book. Reading was an original form of entertainment, especially as mass printing became widely available. Madefire, a startup in Berkeley, California, and with a business development base in Los Angeles, aims to change the way people think of reading.
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Uber kept new drivers off the road to encourage surge pricing...
Andrew Lane is a regular Uber customer with some fond memories of the service. Last year on President's Day he was the lucky rider selected for an "Ubercade" upgrade. "They sent over a free limo with secret service agents and everything. I got my girlfriend and we cruised by her ex-boyfriend's place. It was awesome."
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5 Landing Page Mistakes That Are Killing Your Chances At Conversions
You’ve probably already figured out that getting visitors to your landing page is only one part of the online marketing equation. Many of us like to believe that if only we could just get people to our site, our products and/or amazing website design would magically convert our visitors into customers.
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