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Why Entrepreneurs Should Believe They Are Unstoppable 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 19, 2019
Josh York, CEO of Gymguyz, talks about his rise from being a broke 20-something to franchising 265 gyms nationwide.
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Google funded San Jose company with Army drone-warfare contract and reported U.S./Mexico border ambitions 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 18, 2019
Google’s work for the Pentagon on the “Project Maven” drone-warfare initiative led to an employee revolt that pushed the Mountain View tech giant to pull out of the artificial intelligence project. But the company’s two-year-old venture fund, Gradient Ventures, has invested in Cogniac, a San Jose firm that worked for the U.S. Army on similar…
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Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 18, 2019
Revenue-based financing is on the rise, at least according to Lighter Capital, a firm that doles out entrepreneur-friendly debt capital. What exactly is RBF you ask? It’s a relatively new form of funding for tech companies that are posting monthly recurring revenue. Here’s how Lighter Capital, which completed 500 RBF deals in 2018, explains it:…
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House of Saka Aims to Redefine Luxury With Cannabis-Infused Wine 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 18, 2019
House of Saka is the first luxury infused cannabis wine made for women by women.
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Super deal: HPE buys supercomputer maker Cray for $1.3 billion 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 17, 2019
Hewlett Packard Enterprise said Friday that it will acquire supercomputer maker Cray in a deal valued at $1.3 billion — a move the Silicon Valley tech giant said will help build its presence in areas such as artificial intelligence and machine learning. HPE announced the acquisition early Friday that values Cray at $35 a share,…
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Health at Scale lands $16M Series A to bring machine learning to healthcare 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- May 17, 2019
Health at Scale, a startup with founders who have both medical and engineering expertise, wants to bring machine learning to bear on healthcare treatment options to produce outcomes with better results and less aftercare. Today the company announced a $16 million Series A. Optum, which is part of the UnitedHealth Group, was the sole investor…
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