As one expert and Valley native argues, it has nothing to do with risk-taking or even with technology. Chuck Darrah, anthropologist and Silicon Valley native, arrives at the coffee shop in Mountain View in shorts and sandals, and, true to his word to me earlier, with no cell phone. "I don’t want people to be able to reach me that easily," he says, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, which, now that I think about it, it is. [ Fast Company ] The Death-Defying Delivery Men Who Cater to India's ShopaholicsAbdul Saleem heaves a 55-pound bag crammed with foot massagers, jeans, kitchen tools and sports shoes onto his shoulders. It's late October, just days before the annual shopping frenzy that coincides with the Diwali festival of lights. As he does every morning six days a week, Saleem straps on a helmet, straddles his Honda scooter and accelerates onto Bangalore's gridlocked streets. [ Bloomberg ] Y Combinator’s Paul Graham on how to survive fundraising (Infographic)Fundraising is a tricky game, one that can mean life or death for a startup. How much should you reveal to potential investors? How do you know an investor’s good for it? How much time should you spend looking for money (after all, you still have a whole company to run)? There’s no exact science to the art of making investors fork it over, but Y Combinator’s Paul Graham has some tips to streamline your fundraising game and give your company a fighting chance. Amazon is tweaking Donald Trump with a new Prime ad promoting religious toleranceWhat a week. Fake news is apparently rampant on Facebook and Google. Donald Trump is being extremely Donald Trump. And the media world is losing more jobs. Thankfully Amazon came to the rescue. The company released a new commercial this week highlighting a touching relationship between a priest and imam (who also happen to send each other gifts using Amazon Prime). [ Recode ] The 15 hottest New York City startups you need to watchThe New York tech scene is on the rise. In just the last few months, we've seen the $3 billion-dollar acquisition of Jet and talks of IPOs on the horizon for Blue Apron and Pinterest. Silicon Valley giants like Google continue to hire in the region, and West Coast giants like Uber and Lyft are expanding their presence and fighting for turf in New York City. But there are also tons of early-stage companies just getting off the ground, armed with the lessons from their successful predecessors and the guidance of experienced New York venture capitalists and operators. VENTURE CAPITAL JOBS |