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How I broke into tech with a non-technical background
Sine Qua Non — An indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredientBreaking into Tech with a “non-technical” background is hard. The same barriers that exist in Finance also exist with...
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See why more startups than ever are setting up shop on the beach in Los Angeles
Not everyone is on board with the term "Silicon Beach," the name that's been given to Los Angeles' buzzing tech scene. "As a brand guy, I have an originality problem with it," Michael Dubin, cofounder...
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How an ex-MySpace CEO helped turn Los Angeles into a startup hub
When most people think of startups, cities like San Francisco and New York come to mind. Los Angeles, not so much.But Mike Jones, the CEO and founder of startup studio Science, disagrees."I find...
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One of the smartest VCs of all time just warned that startups are chasing the...
Venture capitalist Bill Gurley had a warning for tech investors at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet conference on Thursday.He thinks that private tech companies with unrealistic, sky-high...
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The 19 hottest power couples in tech
Some couples aren't just great matches for each other — they hold major power across their industry as well.In honor of Valentine's Day, we put together a list of the couples who are ruling the tech...
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What I learned at Salesforce: The 7 habits of effective cloud startups
Recent times have seen a surge of SaaS IPOs. In 2014 there were several high-profile flotations: Zendesk, HubSpot, New Relic, and Hortonworks.At the start of 2015, Box completed its initial public...
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It's insanely expensive to build a startup in San Francisco right now
It’s becoming more and more expensive to scale a startup in San Francisco. In fact, it’s twice as costly to operate a startup in 2014 as it was in 2009.According to data from Jones Lang LaSalle, office...
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The number of tech 'unicorns' worth a billion or more has doubled in the last...
Mobile tech is booming: New figures from Digi-Capital show the number of mobile-tech "unicorns"— companies with $1 billion-plus valuations — has almost doubled in the last 12 months.In 2013, there were...
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Tech investors have gone to war against banks
The London-based money-transfer startup WorldRemit on Wednesday announced a new $100 million funding round, with a reported valuation of more than half a billion dollars. The round is led by the...
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VC to startups: Go public already
Last week, at a StrictlyVC event San Francisco, investor-writer Semil Shah interviewed Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures in a wide-ranging chat. Among the issues raised was why companies are staying...
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Silicon Valley investor to startups: Stop drinking the Kool-Aid and burning...
Sam Altman, the president of seed accelerator Y Combinator, has a warning for startups.In a tweetstorm on Wednesday, Altman, whose organization has funded startups including Airbnb and Dropbox, warns...
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I visited the coffee shop that just raised $15 million from tech investors to...
I go to Starbucks on the way to work every day. I know it's not the best coffee available, but for all its detractors, it's an efficient caffeine-delivery mechanism.Today, I took the long way to work...
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The founder of the hottest tech company in China just raised $160 million to...
Shunwei Capital, co-founded by Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s chief executive Jun Lei, has raised 1 billion yuan ($160 million) in its first local currency round, China Money Network reported,...
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Investors are spending 'absurd' amounts of money on tech companies that don't...
Technically, Jet.com doesn't exist yet. Visit the homepage and you'll see some vague information about what Jet is going to do, as well as when it's going to launch ("Very soon.")But what's surprising...
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11 startups to bet your career on
If you're tired of your day job, fear not. We've compiled a list of 11 startups that will make you want to quit your job and bet your career on an exciting new venture.These companies could make (or...
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Tech investors have gone to war against banks
The London-based money-transfer startup WorldRemit on Wednesday announced a new $100 million funding round, with a reported valuation of more than half a billion dollars. The round is led by the...
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A startup that uses robots to write news gets acquired for $80 million in cash
Earlier this month, Vista Equity Partners acquired Automated Insights (Ai), a startup that uses technology to turn data into news articles, for an undisclosed sum."We aren’t disclosing the amount, but...
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Great startup ideas from one of the smartest investors in the business
Here's an incomplete list of hypotheses and business ideas that we're especially curious about for potential funding by Homebrew.Our investments interests, within the context of the Bottom Up Economy,...
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This simple orange grid offers everything you need to know before you start a...
Creating your own startup can be overwhelming at times, but luckily there's a new directory called Startup Stash that contains everything you need to know, all in one place.The first thing you'll...
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Warby Parker sent a customer a gift card to a bar after they found out her...
Last week, 25-year-old Atlanta resident Tess Johnson received an unwelcome surprise when her Jeep Cherokee was stolen from the parking lot of her apartment complex. Later that day, she stopped by a...
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