As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb
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Today, our eldest child graduates from college. Last night, as we were leaving a house party with all of her friends and their parents and family members, Jess said "thanks for sending me to college...
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Electric Car Company Folds After Taking $850 Million From GE And Others
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's trailblazing electric car company Better Place announced Sunday that it is shutting down, less than six years after unveiling an ambitious plan that promised to revolutionize...
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Jack Dorsey Says This Beautiful 'Square Stand' Will Replace Ugly Checkout Tills
On nearly every shop counter around the world, there’s a till that’s hardly changed in two or three decades. Usually grey, always ugly, these machines clutter the single point that every customer is...
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Why People Hate The Google Bus
Every morning and every evening the fleet glides through the city, hundreds of white buses with tinted windows navigating San Francisco's rush hour. From the pavement you can see your reflection in the...
View ArticleRemembering
While it is true that Memorial Day serves as the unofficial start of summer, we should remember that it is actually a day to remember our fallen service men and women.As we wrap up wars half way around...
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Why Extravagant New HQs Planned At Apple, Google, Amazon And Facebook Are...
SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - While much of corporate America is retrenching on the real estate front, the four most influential technology companies in America are each planning headquarters that...
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Drones With Facial Recognition Technology Will End Anonymity, Everywhere
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Tsarnaev brothers, like anyone in a crowd of strangers, might have expected to be anonymous.But when the FBI released blurry, off-angle images of the two suspects in the Boston...
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Europe Wants To Know If Apple Has Rigged The Market For iPhone Sales
European watchdogs have invited mobile operators to weigh in on Apple’s iPhone distribution tactics, over concerns they block competition from other smartphone makers.Operators have received a...
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Prosecutor May Probe Facebook Over Girl Who Killed Herself After Online...
An Italian prosecutor has launched an investigation into how Facebook allowed the publication of insults and bullying posts aimed at a teenager, who later leapt to her death from her third floor...
View Article8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board
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View ArticleRunning The Table
I hate it when companies try to run the table on a market.Like Microsoft tried with desktop computing.Like Apple tried with mobile computing.Like Facebook tried with social networking.And like Google...
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An $800 Million Bid For Hulu Is Safe, Boring, And Exactly The Right Move For...
Yahoo’s recent acquisition of youth-centric site Tumblr grabbed all the headlines. But for anyone who wants to understand Yahoo’s strategy—and “Web 3.0″ in general—it’s the company’s recent bid for...
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Facial Recognition Technology Is Now Available For Google Glass
The new software from Lamda Labs, who are based in San Francisco, raises the prospect of never forgetting a face again, and also of internet recommendations for who Google Glass wearers should meet at...
View ArticleDuoLingo For Android
Our portfolio company DuoLingo has had one of the top free education apps in the iPhone app store for the past year. If you want to learn a language for free on the iPhone, you can get it here....
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CHINA'S HUAWEI: Get Used To Governments Hacking And Spying On You
Using the Internet to spy and steal sensitive data is standard practice by all countries, according to the security chief of controversial Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.The comments published Wednesday...
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Netflix Stock Tanks As Word Spreads That Its Arrested Development Reboot...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The hoopla surrounding the return of "Arrested Development" on Netflix's Internet video service has quickly dissolved into a letdown on Wall Street.Netflix's stock fell by more...
View ArticleCitiBike
I walked out of a meeting at 33rd and Park yesterday at 5:05pm. I had to be on a call in my home office at 5:30pm. Getting a cab is a bitch that time of day. The subway required a switch from the Lex...
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Pinterest Embraces Nudity As Others Tighten Content Monitoring
Pinterest will allow more nude images to be published on the popular photo-based social network, even as other social networks such as Facebook grapple with how to tighten their moderation of...
View ArticleWhat Would it Look Like if Elon Musk Pitched a VC Today?
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