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500 Startups sets up $15M microfund to focus on Turkey

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What Jack Dorsey can learn from other returning CEOs

Today the big news came down that Jack Dorsey had been give the position of permanent CEO of Twitter, after Read More

Twitter shares up as Jack Dorsey outlines ‘ambitious’ goals

The news we've been waiting for has finally been made official: Jack Dorsey is staying at Twitter as its permanent Read More

Daily funding roundup – October 5, 2015

Flixel Photos Inc., a Toronto, Canada-based visual storytelling company that enables content creators to produce cinemagraphs, raised $2.2 million in Read More

Today’s Entrepreneur: Katharine Vanderdrift

Today's Entrepreneur is Katharine VanderDrift, Co-founder and Software Developer at Healthiest, Inc. Healthiest, Inc. is a natural medicine cabinet. They are Read More

Unicorn, shmunicorn! The $1B funding round is where it’s at!

There has been a lot written about unicorns lately, including by yours truly, and for good reason. The rise is Read More

M&A roundup – week ending 10/3/15

German publishing giant Axel Springer purchased a majority stake in  digital business news website Business Insider. The deal valued Business Insider at Read More

Meet Dave Samuel, Founding Partner of Freestyle Capital

There has been a big debate over the last few years over whether the Series A crunch is real or Read More

How does Trulia make money?

The truth is that I am really far away from having enough money to buy a house. So far, in Read More

Daily funding roundup – October 2, 2015

Propeller Aerobotics, a start-up that uses drones to make 3D maps for mining and construction companies has raised $1 million from Read More

Here are the most active LA-based investors in 2015

(Vator Splash LA will be taking place on October 15. Speakers will include Adam Goldenberg Founder & CEO of JustFab; Brian Lee. Read More

RealtyShares boasts solid returns on real estate investments

The boom in the real estate market is helping real estate crowdfunding sites gain credibility. Two-year-old RealtyShares, a real estate Read More

Sprint wants to cut $2.5 billion in costs, jobs to be lost

(Updated with comment from Sprint) All signs are indicating that things are really not going well over at Sprint right Read More

Dolly raises $8 million to make moving less stressful

I have moved my sister into more apartments than I care to count. Every couple of years she would change Read More

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