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Hey, founders -- before you name your startup something stupid, read this
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 04:00
Guest Post: Many startup founders have been down this road before. It can't hurt to take their experiences into consideration.
Work From Home -- Yes, Even Cribside
Forbes - 28 Jun 2014 22:27
Work From Home is All Grown Up, and Home-based Telecommuters Are becoming the New Normal. Even the IRS is Relaxing its Rules.
Follow Airbnb's journey from scrappy startup to $10B company (video)
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 19:34
After Airbnb raised its latest funding megaround, the company attained a massive $10 billion valuation. But the home-sharing startup faced plenty of obstacles on its path to success.
NASA has nothing on these moon-bound robots
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 19:00
Astrobotic will begin sending robots to the moon.
Deadly doppelgängers: The best (and worst) fighting-game clones
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 19:00
Nothing can stop the endless army of head, palette, and model swaps that compete in every fighting-game arena.
How The U.S. Government Can Boost Impact Investing And Social Enterprise
Forbes - 28 Jun 2014 18:48
New recommendations propose steps the federal government can take to encourage impact investing and social enterprise.
Watch live as NASA tests its supersonic 'flying saucer' craft
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 18:18
To land a spacecraft on Mars, NASA needs to test a bunch of tech here on Earth. That’s why the space agency plans to launch a saucer-shaped vehicle into the sky at 11:15 AM pacific time today. After several delays, .....
Video game characters modeled after real people
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 17:00
See how closely actors resemble the characters they portray in video games like Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Killzone: Shadow Fall, Metal Gear Solid V, and more.
Aereo terminates service following Supreme Court ruling
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 16:21
Aereo is about to hit the off-switch on its video streaming service. The media startup, which streamed broadcast television over the web for cheap, has “decided to pause [its] operations temporarily” following a copy...
Inspired by Yo, iOS messaging app 'Yo Hodor' is a worthy copycat (aka Hodor, Hodor. Hodor!)
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 14:02
Less than two weeks after launching, simple (stupid?) messaging app "Yo" now has its first evenly matched competitor -- at least among fans of author George R. R. Martin, anyway.
Cisco buys cloud collaboration startup Assemblage
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 08:48
Cisco announced today that it has acquired cloud platform startup Assemblage, as the company continues its focus on enterprise collaboration.
The company behind your Clipper card just entered the big data business
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 06:00
In transportation, you'd better believe lots of data sources come into consideration. Cubic Transportation Systems just started to help transportation systems unite it all and improve operations.
Suggestions For Beach Reading
Forbes - 28 Jun 2014 05:58
What's going on in the world? Why are we being disrupted? Will it make us happy? To find out, here are some books that might be worth reading at the beach.
The NSA admits to spying on 89K targets -- but 'target' could mean big groups, not just individuals
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 02:00
It's the Russian nesting doll of transparency reports.
Funding Daily: All funding you can eat
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 01:29
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BetterDoctor raises $10M more for health-provider referral platform
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 01:22
Physician referral has become a big business as people begin to think less like passive patients and more like health care consumers. Case in point is San Francisco-based BetterDoctor, which operates an online referral s...
Retailer 'The Fancy' may raise new funding at a $1.2B valuation
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 00:30
The quirky retail service may be the latest startup to join the billion-dollar valuation club.
Kleiner Perkins is now ready to take money for its new early-stage and digital funds
Venture Beat - 28 Jun 2014 00:20
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is making its 16th early-stage fund and its second Digital Growth fund official.