Business Insider’s He...
If you are so inclined, it’s pretty easy to criticize Business Insider — the all caps headlines , the slideshows, and content that has been “aggregated” from other sites. (And yes, BI has some mean things to say about us too. ) But in the course of of the Disrupt...StyleSaint Wants To Tur...
As we covered earlier today , the fashion vertical in tech has exploded, with myriad unique companies clamoring to take a bite out of Amazon’s lunch, and a chunk out of the trillion dollar apparel industry. One of the most unique premises I’ve seen thus far is StyleSaint , a...KurbKarma: A Social Net...
We have all been there: you are in your car, you need to park, and you cannot, no matter how much you try, find a space. You see cars pulling away, but it’s too far for you to get there before another car swoops in. You see people walking and you trail them, hoping they’re...Venture Capitalist Mich...
In very sad news, Michael Moritz, who has helped lead top-tier venture firm Sequoia Capital through the very beginnings of the web until now, is stepping back because of an incurable disease. His firm has backed many of the home runs of the last two decades including Google, Yahoo and...
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Editor’s note: Jeremy Toeman is a founder of Dijit Media , a startup whose vision is to create the ultimate “hyperpersonalised social TV guide” mobile experience. Jeremy has over 11 years experience in the convergence of digital media, mobile entertainment, social...Third Pivot’s The Cha...
No one ever called a limit on the number pivots a company can do, right? So here’s the latest at a company we’ve been watching for a while now. RAVN , an event planning and sharing app that itself was the product of a pivot from the developers behind “experiences...
Amazon Killed The Book ...
Authors no longer have to impress stodgy English majors to get their book a quality review: new research from the Harvard Business Review shows that the aggregate rating of Amazon reviewers are every bit as good as professional book critics. Professional book critics, on the other hand,...Brad Garlinghouse Becom...
Box has been grabbing headlines lately because it has been nailing a big market: enterprise customers who need to easily share and store big collections of documents online. But a quiet Silicon Valley rival has also been winning a bunch of this turf — YouSendIt . Today, the company...