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Barrel Backers Lets You Discover and Drink Craft Beer from Any State, At Home

Trying local brews while travelling can be a lot more satisfying than ordering up the more generic suds – you know, beers that may or may not rhyme with Mud Kite, or Killer Pie Knife ...

The Brand Challenge for Mobile Wallets

ISamsung Pay, Android Pay, Apple Pay, CurrentC, PayPal Wallet, Coin Card, Swyp Card, Plastic Card, Stratos Card. Choices in the payments industry are almost as numerous and varied as those in the 2016 American Presidential elections ...

Bravo Makes Tipping Easier For Everyone

Carrying cash is going the way of the boombox. While some research might tell us that 40% of all consumer transactions are still done in cash, watching people cycle through a Starbucks for an hour will tell us that most consumers are ...

Move Over Knight Rider, Cruise Is That Much Closer to Bringing Self-Driving Cars To The Masses

Self-driving cars. They’re the stuff of science fiction, Marty McFly, and probably Google. Now that Cruise just raised $12.5 million in Series A funding from Sam Altman and Spark Capital, sooner than later they might be the stuff of everyone.

The Mobile Web Isn’t Just Not Dying, It’s Thriving

If you’re an app user in the US, some research will tell us that when you pick up your phone, there’s a 90% chance you’ve picked it up to use one of your apps. ...

MicroHero Surveys App Gives to Charity

A mantra you’ve probably heard many times in the startup world is “getting out of the building” and talking to your customers (coined by none other ...

No-Bullshit Startup Advice from Founders, Part 2: Steve Woods and Eloqua and Nudge

On many occasions, after meeting successful, well-connected professionals, I have arranged meetings with them in an effort to advance my own personal initiatives. I think people with a hard-on for diplomacy call that, “Networking” ...

Ledge Wants To Make Borrowing Money From Friends Less Weird

Can we all agree that borrowing money from friends and family is THE WORST? Few things are more uncomfortable than staring everywhere but someone’s eyes while you sheepishly ask them to help finance your life ...

Headspace Is Moving Meditation From The Monastery To Your Smartphone

Although it has grown in popularity in recent years, meditation still has a bit of a reputation problem in Western culture. I mean, who has time to meditate? We’ve got work to do, people to see, Netflix to binge. We live in a fast, busy, deadline-obsessed, usually stressed out, hard-pressed culture ...

WhatsApp Kinda Sucks but Facebook Isn't Worried

Using the “It Sucks” defense isn’t going to get you very far in a debate, but it will get you some news coverage – ask Pavel Durov. “WhatsApp sucks.” Like a petulant child unimpressed by his Christmas present, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov laid into the popular messaging app at the recently concluded TechCrunch Disrupt conference. The fact that the guy owns one of WhatsApp’s biggest competitors should weaken the claim (like the two-word claim wasn’t weak enough to begin with), but to his credit, Durov didn’t ...

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