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Changing consumer behavior is the key to unlocking billion dollar businesses

12 December 2018 Jonathan Shieber 0 Comments

In the summer of 2012, I had just learned of a new service where a driver would pick you up

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Brazilian startup Yellow raises $63M — the largest Series A ever for a Latin American startup

13 September 2018 Kate Clark 0 Comments

After selling their ridesharing startup, 99, to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion last year, Ariel Lambrecht and Renato Freitas didn’t waste any

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Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio makes bumpy start following $1B IPO

13 September 2018 Jon Russell 0 Comments

Nio, the Tesla -wannabe electric vehicle firm from China, enjoyed a mix start to life as a public company after

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Ready, Set, Raise is a new accelerator built for women by women

12 September 2018 Kate Clark 0 Comments

Women in tech are not only significantly under-funded by venture capitalists, but they also often lack access to the early-stage

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Jack Ma says he isn’t about to retire from Alibaba but is planning a gradual succession

8 September 2018 Jon Russell 0 Comments

Reports of Jack Ma’s impending retirement are greatly exaggerated, it seems. Ma, the co-founder and executive chairman of Alibaba, has pushed back

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Australia’s Simple lands $17M to grow its marketing intelligence platform worldwide

28 August 2018 Jon Russell 0 Comments

Simple, an Australia-based business that operates a platform for managing marketing strategies and campaigns, has pulled in $17 million to

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The lobbying is fast and furious as gig companies seek relief from pro-labor Supreme Court ruling

25 August 2018 Jonathan Shieber 0 Comments

Antoinette Siu Contributor Share on Twitter Antoinette Siu is a reporter for CALmatters. More posts by this contributor California may

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What happens when hackers steal your SIM? You learn to keep your crypto offline

20 August 2018 John Biggs 0 Comments

A year ago I felt a panic that still reverberates in me today. Hackers swapped my T-Mobile SIM card without

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With $40 million for AuditBoard’s risk and compliance toolkit, LA’s enterprise startups notch another win

15 August 2018 Jonathan Shieber 0 Comments

Daniel Kim and Jay Lee, the two founders of AuditBoard, a Los Angeles-based provider of a risk and compliance software

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Observe.AI raises $8M to use artificial intelligence to improve call centers

13 August 2018 Jon Russell 0 Comments

Being stuck on the phone with call centers is painful. We all know this. Observe.AI is one company that wants to make

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