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The Last Mile: This Startup Accelerator For Prisoners is Creating the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
Shwetika Baijal in Startups 1 week ago
Prepare to feel both proud and unaccomplished in front of these inspiring entrepreneurs from San Quentin Correctional Facility.
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Startups, Kickstarter, and the Price of Bullshit (That You Paid For!)
Stephen Robert Morse in Startups 4 weeks ago
The long-form science journalism site Matter was "acquired" by Medium last week. And you paid for it!
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Silicon Valley Sex Workers See Huge Business Boom
Areej Elahi-Siddiqui in Startups 1 month ago
Well-off techies are no longer the only thriving entrepreneurs in the Silicon Valley. These days, sex workers also consider themselves to be entrepreneurs. And in a lot of ways, they are.
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Bitcoin Crash Has Deterred the Winklevoss Twins From Investing Heavily in the Online Currency
Zainab Akande in Startups 1 month ago
The Olymic rowers who were famously screwed-over by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg own about $11 million in Bitcoins.
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Foursquare Investment: Company Gets $41 Million Injection, But is It a Bad Bet?
Gabriel Rodriguez in Startups 1 month ago
Foursquare received $41 million from investors today. But three years after debuting, they only made $2 million in revenue in 2012. Is this good money going after bad?
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Michael Arrington Rape Allegations Are Wake-up Call For Silicon Valley
Jessica Huseman in Startups 2 months ago
The boys' club in Silicon Valley has reached a new low: the brutalization of women by a well known tech titan went unreported for years, even though it was well known.
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Zynga Online Casino: Real-Money Gaming Won't Save the Company
Andrea Ayres-Deets in Startups 2 months ago
Zynga announces a new online casino venture, but it may already be gameover for the makers of FarmVille.
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How to Build a Clean Energy Company: Q&A With Graham Lawlor
Lev Sviridov in Startups 2 months ago
If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a city to bring an innovation from the lab to the consumer market. Graham Lawlor and his team provide a stage for innovation and innovators.
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