Venture capital isn’t the only way to build a ‘successful’ business
In “Silicon Valley’s Unchecked Arrogance,” Ross Baird and Lenny Mendonca boldly ask an important question that’s becoming a white elephant in the Silicon Valley pitch room: How can we enable great people, regardless of zip code, to solve messy societal problems? To get to an answer, as investigative journalists would say, we need to follow the money. Read More
Why you should attend the Disrupt NY Hackathon
The Disrupt NY Hackathon at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is so close we can almost taste the greasy pizza and beer. The best Hackathon in the Big Apple is just over two weeks away, and we’re thrilled to announce that the next wave of free tickets to the Hackathon is available now. Read More
The RealReal grabs another $40 million to expand its luxury consignment business
Luxury consignment site The RealReal, which focuses on authenticated, high-end resale items for women, men, and the home, announced this morning it has raised an additional $40 million in Series E financing. The round, led by Greenspring Associates, comes on top of a $40 million investment from new and existing investors announced just one year ago. Besides Greenspring, other new… Read More
Product Hunt gets a desktop app for Mac
Everything seems to be going mobile these days, but the Product Hunt community actually uses their desktops more for finding and upvoting products they find online says founder Ryan Hoover. So to keep hunters happy, the Product Hunt team introduced a new Mac desktop app today. The desktop version is pretty close to the online and mobile apps, but with a few tweaks for desktop-friendliness. The… Read More
FOMO, TMI, and ICYMI added to Merriam Webster dictionary
It’s a big day for Linguistics Departments across the English-speaking world, as Merriam Webster has just added more than 1,400 new words and phrases to the dictionary. Some newly defined words include ‘waggle dance’, ‘wacky tobacky’, and ‘hella’, which may lead you to believe that the latest additions are rather silly. However, words are our most… Read More
Brayola gets $2.5 million in Series A support, unveils a marketplace
Brayola, the service that helps women find the perfect-fitting bra, has today announced the close of a $2.5 million Series A round. Investors include Haim Dabah of HDS Capital and FirstTime Capital’s Jonathan Benartzi. The company is also unveiling its own marketplace, leveraging inventory from brand partners to help women not only find the right bra, but take action on that item… Read More
SRI International spins off robotics project as Superflex, aiming at human augmentation
Nonprofit research organization SRI International is spinning off part of its robotics division into a new company called Superflex. It won’t be focusing not on industrial robots or the like, but rather robotic augmentations for people — mainly to help the disabled take on everyday tasks, not $6 Million Dollar Man stuff. Read More
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