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Turning the microphone over

Startup Lessons Learned

Breonna Taylor : Shortly after midnight on March 13, Louisville police, executing a search warrant, used a battering ram to crash into the apartment of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American emergency room technician. After a brief confrontation, they fired several shots, striking her at least eight times.

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12 Questions: Meet Michael Irby (USA)

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For example, I recently flew into the Louisville, KY, airport where I had the opportunity to experience the Dyson Airblade hand dryer. Once the dogs are down for a nap, I hit the computer to work on projects or search for new ones. It was also my first stationary project, so I was able to learn a few things as well.

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In Cloud We Trust: First Round invests in Backupify

This is going to be BIG.

On top of that, being able to store all of the structured data you have in the cloud opens up a host of other opportunities, like comprehensive search or better interoperability across online applications. Tell him what Backupify can do to help you or your constituents move to the cloud with confidence.

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For Startups, 2012 Swung From Consumers To The Enterprise

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All of them had a discouraging year and their flaccid performance caused a lot of investors to cringe and scroll feverishly at their touchscreens in search of enterprise startups to fund. Blame Groupon and Zynga. “We’ve seen a pendulum swing in where the early-stage money is going,” Fagnan said.