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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Milis Bio

Austin Startup

But don’t lose sight of the fact that we’re already in the midst of a deadly global epidemic. According to the World Health Organization , in 2016, more than 1.9 The prevalence of obesity nearly tripled between 1975 and 2016. Milis Bio began in May of 2016, in the RebelBio accelerator program run by SOS Ventures.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

Josh was a perfect fit for us because he is global president of Accuen , which is the data-drive, programmatic buying part of the global media empire that is Omnicom. I called an old friend of mine, Josh Jacobs , to talk about considering joining our board.

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Spectacles and $SNAP’s $20B Valuation

Austin Startup

User Growth Snap’s user growth came to a near stop after Instagram launched a direct clone called Stories in September of 2016: Snap’s daily active users grew just 3% in Q4 2016. The smartphone is for everyone, we don’t have to think the iPhone is about a certain demographic, or country or vertical market: it’s for everyone.

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CEO Shaking Up the AI Industry With a Robotic Reading Companion for Kids

Hearpreneur

He has served as a teacher for the Stanford ME310 Global New Product Design Innovation Program and has also been recognized as one of the top 30 Designers Under 30 in 2015 by Forbes magazine. The following year Jiawei was honored as one of the Top 35 Innovators Under 35 in the World in 2016 by MIT Technology Review.

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Founder Interview: Richard Lavina Innovating Accounting Services with Taxfyle

The Startup Magazine

5000 list , which lists private American companies based on three-year revenue growth between 2016 and 2019. We’re aiming to bring that boost in productivity and cost-efficiency both to CPA firms and other professional services firms in other verticals (i.e. Last year, Taxfyle ranked No. Magazine’ Inc.

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Scale of Messaging Landscape 2017

VC Cafe

This post is just my own learning process about this subject and doesn’t cover the rapidly growing bot ecosystem or the vertical messaging apps (startups like Crew ). The Verge summarised it well in this article from June 2016: “So Google has three different ways it’s trying to get back into the messaging race. WSJ, June 22 2016.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Radiobotics

Austin Startup

Supported by both private investors and public funds, including the Innovation Fund Denmark and the EU’s Horizon 2020 program, Radiobotics has the goal to be at the forefront of developing innovative health technology and a mission to develop solutions that benefit both physicians and patients on a global scale. It was extremely inspiring.

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