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Startup Investors Are Bursting Their Own Bubble

That a startup bubble existed is no longer really in question; you don’t get 130+ privately-owned companies valued at more than $1 billion before they’re even a decade old unless there’s some 1920s-style speculation going on ...

Dear HR, You Call These Perks? What Happened to Lobster Fridays?

Free muffins and t-shirts? Seriously? I’m sorry, but I think it’s safe to say that this is incredibly underwhelming for the engineers. I don’t want to sound entitled here but I expect (and frankly deserve) more from Synergetica ...

New UN ShareTheMeal App Already Serving Millions of Meals, 50c At a Time

There seems to be some consensus among conscientious voices in the software community that most new applications undersell what we can really achieve with technology ...

Monthly Lifestyle Subscriptions Are a Thing With Companies Like Wonderush

It’s no secret that the “alternate” subscription market is exploding. It started with sending stuff. Birchbox offers high-end beauty products; Conscious Box caters to the organic market, including only natural, GMO products; BarkBox sends subscribers a crate-full of dog-related items, andClub W sends bottles of wine ...

Wayfarer Mobile Will Try to Make Online Social Networking an Enriching Experience

If you haven’t run into a study on the destructive effects of being an active Facebook user, you’re probably not ‘Interneting’ enough ...

There’s Technology to Help Your Long Distance Relationship, But Does Anyone Really Want It?

It happens to so many people in life: you meet someone, you quickly hit it off, and you start dating. But life gets in the way, and a new job crops up, or the vacation ends or the school year starts, and your romance is faced with the dilemma of ending or taking it “the distance”… long distance ...

HackAbroad Will Help Fill Tech Startups with People Looking to Work Abroad

Working abroad sounds awesome, right? Maybe you’ve even considered it yourself. But if you’ve ever tried to Google your way through a job search, you know exactly how hard it is to find anything that looks remotely legitimate ...

Varsity Tutors Gets $50 Million Series B to Expand its Top Tier Academic Services

Everyone needs a Sensei — without Mr. Miyagi, Daniel-san would have gotten his ass kicked well past puberty. But while preparing for standardized tests and a life of opportunity through education may not be as exciting as being transformed into a crane-crouched bully-beater, it’s probably twice as important ...

I Don’t Care How Much It’s Worth, I Will Never Take SnapChat Seriously

In 2012, on the G’Raj Mahal patio in Austin, a friend of mine began telling me about this exciting new app called, “SnapChat”. “It’s fun – you take a picture of yourself and then send it to your friend,” she told me ...

Bull Horns or Unicorns at Dublin’s Web Summit 2015 – An Event Review

As an entrepreneur, I recently ventured out to Dublin to participate in Web Summit, an event that now attracts over 30,000 people worldwide. After attending Dreamforce and Mobile World Congress for many years, I wanted to understand why so many startups were making Web Summit their de facto showcase event ...