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In Silicon Valley Now, It’s Almost Always Winner Takes All
In September, 2014, after investing in a ride-sharing company called Sidecar, Richard Branson declared that it was “early days and, like a lot of other commodity businesses, there is room for innovators on great customer experiences.” He added that he was not putting his money into a “winner-takes-all market.” Lots of ride-sharing companies, he was arguing, would survive and thrive. Yesterday, though, a mere fifteen months later, Sidecar’s co-founder and chief...
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Angry French Uber drivers have created their own Uber
For months, it seemed as if taxi unions and regulations would pose the biggest threat to Uber's expansion in France. Widespread protests crippled major cities earlier this year, and a recent court ruling forced Uber to shutter its UberPop low-cost service. Now, the ride-hailing company is facing resistance from a more unlikely source: its own Parisian chauffeurs.
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In-N-Out Sues Startup DoorDash to Block Delivery of Its Burgers
Popular West Coast burger chain In-N-Out has filed a lawsuit against delivery startup DoorDash for delivering its burgers, claiming it has asked the service repeatedly to cease selling its dishes. "We have asked DoorDash several times to stop using our trademarks and to stop selling our food," the restaurant's general counsel, Arnie Wensinger, told CNBC in an email. "Unfortunately, they have continued to prominently use our trademarks and serve our food to customers...
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Zerocoin Startup Revives the Dream of Truly Anonymous Money
Bitcoin, despite its reputation as anonymous internet cash, was never designed for perfectly private payments. For the promise of fully untraceable money, cryptocurrency fans have been waiting for Zerocoin—a technology designed to have default uncrackable anonymity. After years of development, that incognito cryptocash is finally showing signs of a life, now in the form of a stealthy startup.
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Feds Investigate Alleged Egg Plot Against Vegan Mayonaise
USDA investigates American Egg Board. The United States Department of Agriculture is investigating the American Egg Board, a checkoff organization that advocates for the egg industry, in the wake of allegations that it waged a campaign against egg-free mayo company Hampton Creek. Internal American Egg Board emails, released in the wake of a FOIA request due to the organization’s status as a quasi-governmental body...
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Paul Graham’s Startup Advice for the Lazy
Paul Graham is a renowned programmer and wildly successful venture capitalist. He also happens to be a talented writer.
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US-appointed egg lobby paid food blogs and targeted chef to crush vegan startup
A government-controlled industry group targeted popular food bloggers, major publications and a celebrity chef as part of its sweeping effort to combat a perceived threat from an egg-replacement startup backed by some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names, the Guardian can reveal. The lobbyists’ media counterattack, in possible violation of US department of agriculture rules, was coordinated by a marketing arm of the egg industry called...
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A startup that grows metal expands with money from Founders Fund
A little known Seattle startup could do for metal what 3D printing is doing for other materials like plastic.
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Berlin outranks London in start-up investment
A new study confirms Berlin is the start-up capital of Europe but for those responsible for the sector's success it is no time to rest. Interest rates are at historic lows and the markets are going haywire. Conditions could hardly be better for entrepreneurs in search of investors, according to a recent analysis conducted by the consulting firm Ernst & Young.
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Maxima Core Atari Demo
Maxima Inc., a Michigan based AI startup, has released a video demonstration of its artificial intelligence software that learns to perform multiple tasks, within a variety of unrelated domains, without any modification to the fundamentals of its underlying system.
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What Happens When You Mix Virtual Reality with the Real World?
A Portland startup called Wild is combining virtual reality with elements of the physical world.
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Fire the workaholics
Jason Calacanis wants you to save money for your startup, so he has come up with 17 tips on how. The intention is good. Working lean is great and means you probably won’t need outside money. And there’s some good stuff, like don’t buy Microsoft Office and skip the phone system. But there’s also some depressing bullshit
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How To Conquer the Emotional Rollercoaster of Startup Weekend - UP Global
After 9 Startup Weekends in three years, I’ve come to the conclusion that it is one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life (in fact, I’ve written previously that I might be addicted to it). However, for some that the journey could be really intense at times, and not everyone makes it to the finish line feeling the same way. Recently, I facilitated Startup Weekend Miami: Diversity Edition, where I was taught the concept of “la pasión,” which is Spanish for “people Continue Reading
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Forget 3D printing—3D subtraction is going to arrive in your garage first
A funny thing happened on the way to our supposedly 3D-printed future: A simpler, older, but no less revolutionary technology made its way into every automated factory on earth, and now it’s coming to a garage near you. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s mostly because it has a completely unbankable name—CNC routing (or CNC milling.) Also, unlike the usurper technology 3D printing, which has only lately become popular...
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Startup Tests Nanobud Touch Sensors
Transparent films containing carbon nanobuds—molecular tubes of carbon with ball-like appendages—could turn just about any surface, regardless of its shape, into a touch sensor. The films were developed by a Finnish startup, Canatu, and could be used to add touch controls to curved automobile consoles and dashboards, for example. The films are rugged and can be repeatedly bent around something as thin as the cord for your earbuds, so they could be handy for adding buttons to flexible devices.
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Kickstarter lays down new rules for when a project fails
Kickstarter announced several updates late Friday to its terms of use and policies for crowdfunded projects, according to a blog post at the company's site. The terms of use are not changing much about the spirit of the platform, but the update provides more detailed guidelines for setting expectations, both between Kickstarter and users, and project creators and their backers.
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This VC Is Pumping MIllions Of Dollars Into Drone, Bitcoin, And 3D Printing Startups
Chris Dixon is investing in 3D Printing, Bitcoin, and Drone startups.
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The world’s craziest toothbrush cleans your teeth in six seconds and is 3D printed
One of the most promising applications of 3D printing is the customization of everyday objects to the most personal and variable thing we possess — our bodies. A new example of this is the Blizzident toothbrush, which is made possible by two intersecting technologies — 3D scanning and 3D printing. The result is a toothbrush shaped exactly like your...
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3D printing startup wants to create a Netflix for real life things
What if you could access a repository of officially licensed 3D objects ready for printing at home? It could be the next step in 3D printing.
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Apple Buys AlgoTrim, a Data Compression Startup
Apple has acquired AlgoTrim, a Swedish startup that develops data compression technology, the company confirmed Wednesday.
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