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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

I will always remember fondly my coffee meeting 5 years ago with my friend Sam Rosen in New York City shortly after Hurricane Sandy. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm. were more distributed. were more distributed.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

While this reaction to such a valuation is understandable, to anybody who has seen the meteoric rise in consumer demand and actual revenue the valuation is much less surprising and may turn out to be quite conservative. As I like to tell people who ask about Bird, “consumers have literally voted with their feet.” Is Bird really defensible?

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“It’s okay to take profits and not hodl forever.” Does this make Alex Taub a web3 contrarian or just reasonable?

Hunter Walker

When I befriended Alex Taub in 2013 he lived in New York City, didn’t have children, and certainly did not yet have thousands of dollars invested in virtual race horses. We launched it three weeks ago and the demand + usage has far exceeded even our most idealistic expectations. Public mint is Jan 2nd/3rd.

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A review of the first eleven Techstars Unicorns

David Cohen

Zipline provides vital, on demand delivery for the world. DigitalOcean is based in New York City. #9: Techstars funded ClassPass through our Techstars New York Accelerator in 2012. PillPack is a full service pharmacy designed around your life. 4: Zipline (2011). 9: Classpass (2012).

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Want to Work for a Startup? 10 Questions to Ask Your Interviewer

mashable.com

At that point, youve had very little time to influence the companys viability, so youd basically be left crossing your fingers and hoping that theyve been doing well without the extra manpower, innovation, skill and insight that now makes you so in demand. Designed in collaboration with Code & Theory. ©2005-2014 Mashable, Inc.

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Paying Attention > Any Business Book

Austin Startup

By extension, design studios who serve up what’s asked without asking questions are forfeiting their responsibility. It doesn’t demand intellectual rigor, creativity, testing, development or any of the invisible pieces that imbue truly legendary design with its effortless value. Takeaway: working in brand design is tricky.

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9 Startups That Made Life Better In 2014

ReadWriteStart

Slack is a messaging tool designed to improve the way teams communicate. Docker is an open platform designed to let developers and sysadmins build, ship and run distributed apps from anywhere. Citibike, the New York City bike-rental service, lets users see maps of their trips, but doesn’t offer a data-export tool or API.

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