June 10, 2015
The Austin And Seattle Meetups Are In Two Weeks, So SUIT UP!
You don’t really need to put on a suit, but you do need to hurry. Tickets are selling out quick and I don’t want you to miss out.…
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June 10, 2015
HotelTonight Expands Location-Based Offers With GeoRates And HT Escape
Today HotelTonight announced the launch of two new features, HT Escape and GeoRates. HT Escape is a simpler way to book a quick driving-distance getaway. While you could…
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Android Game Console Maker Ouya In Talks To Be Acquired By Razer
We’re hearing that Razer, which creates laptops and other gaming hardware, is in the process of acquiring Kickstarter-backed Android console maker Ouya. TechCrunch couldn’t learn the terms of the…
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Vine Updates Search Results To Include Actual Vines, Not Just Hashtags And People
Vine has today updated its app to include even better search results. When you go over to the Explore Tab, Vine will serve up the top results and…
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Rhombus Lets Businesses Accept Payments By Text
Since millennials don’t use credit cards, cash, or even beads and shells, the only way to get them to pay for anything is through their smartphone. Add in…
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Stripe Now Has An iPhone App For Monitoring Payment Activity
Stripe, a service that companies can use to accept payments, has a new way for businesses to track purchases and user activity — an iPhone app. The new iPhone app does…
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June, A Countertop Smart Oven, Launches With A $1,495 Price Tag
What happens when you put a bunch of people who have worked at Apple, GoPro, Path, Google, and so on, in a room and ask them to design…
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Lost Item Tracker Tile Locates $3 Million More In Series A Funding From Khosla Ventures
Tile, the square-shaped lost item tracker that attaches to everything from bikes to bags to key chains and more and then helps you locate those items if lost…
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Don’t Let Your Investors Buy All The Options
One of the most pronounced misalignments between investors and entrepreneurs is around the concept of “optionality.” I’m not talking about stock options, but the freedom to choose from…
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Producing Unicorns In The Land Of Fútbol, Samba And El Dorado
There was a time, not very long ago when Latinos living in the U.S. could only point to two successful Internet/software startups in their countries of origin: Mercado…
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