Author: dumbcapital

Former Casper execs are building a direct-to-consumer dog food startup called Jinx

With Jinx, three former members of the Casper team are looking to bring what CEO Terri Rockovich called “the Casper playbook” to selling dog food. The startup has raised $5.65 million from an all-star list of investors including Alexis Ohanian of Initialized Capital, Align Ventures, Brand Foundry, Wheelhouse Group, Will Smith and his family, the…

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Tim Cook, Marc Benioff talk values at Dreamforce

SAN FRANCISCO — Salesforce, which kicked off its annual conference Tuesday, likes to say it is a “different company,” as co-CEO Keith Block noted during the opening keynote. “We’re doing things the right way by doing well and doing good.” There’s another tech giant that’s well-known for thinking “different.” And that company’s CEO, Tim Cook,…

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