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Business Idea of the Day: Personal Organizer 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 14, 2020
If you’ve got a knack for details, put your skills to use in an area where most people can use all the help they can get.
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Black market fuels brazen Bay Area laptop thefts in cafes 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 13, 2020
Click here if you’re unable to view the photo gallery on your mobile device. There’s a growing wariness among the students, graduates and workers who hunch over steaming cups of artisanal coffee and glowing laptop computer screens at Bay Area cafes. Their Macbooks and Dells have become prime targets for coffee-shop bandits who strike day…
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Former Google Pay execs raise $13.2M to build neo-banking platform for millennials in India 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 13, 2020
Two co-founders of Google Pay in India are building a neo-banking platform in the country — and they have already secured backing from three top VC funds. Sujith Narayanan, a veteran payments executive who co-founded Google Pay in India (formerly known as Google Tez), said on Monday that his startup, epiFi, has raised $13.2 million…
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Business Idea of the Day: Travel Influencer 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 13, 2020
Make money traveling the world and documenting your journeys.
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Could an AI ‘human’ become your friend?0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 12, 2020
By Samantha Murphy Kelly | CNN We’ve grown accustomed to asking virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa to do small tasks for us and provide basic information. But if the CEO of a Samsung-backed startup has his way, “artificial humans” will become your teachers, doctors, financial advisers and possibly your closest friends. It’s a polarizing…
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Rappi and Oyo pare staff as Vision Fund companies trim costs, target profits 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- January 12, 2020
This week we’ve covered layoffs at unicorns both inside the Vision Fund and out. This afternoon we add two more to our list: Oyo and Rappi. The staff reductions are surprising — and not. They are surprising, as Oyo (India-based, low-cost hotels) and Rappi (Latin America-focused e-commerce) were bright lights in the Vision Fund’s crown.…
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