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Startup Offense and Defense in the Recession
Every single economic indicator suggests the economy is falling off a cliff. Like Wiley Coyote suspended in mid-air and not yet realizing h...
Choke Point for U.S. Coronavirus Response: The Fax Machine
Before public health officials can manage the pandemic, they must deal with a broken data system that sends incomplete results in formats they can’t easily use.
Disney World reopens even as coronavirus cases soar in Florida and across U.S.
The United States recorded over 70,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time Friday.
Jonathan Abrams
If kids may not be able to go back to school, why is Disney World reopening? -- Disney World reopens even as coronavirus cases soar in Florida and across U.S.
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'Ready Player One' Book Sequel Sets November Publishing Date
'Ready Player Two' will debut Nov. 24.
The 20-year-old entrepreneur is a lie | MIT Sloan
Data shows the average age of successful business founders is 42.
Jonathan Abrams
According to a working paper from MIT Sloan professor Pierre Azoulay and PhD student Daniel Kim, the average age of entrepreneurs who’ve started companies and gone on to hire at least one employee is 42 years old.
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Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast: 138 Scott Simpson: From Amazon to Apple to Comedy -- A Comedian’s Take on the Future of Comedy on Apple Podcasts
Show Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast, Ep 138 Scott Simpson: From Amazon to Apple to Comedy -- A Comedian’s Take on the Future of Comedy - Jul 8, 2020
Exclusive — Venture Fund for Women Raises More Than Expected
Rethink Impact invests solely in tech start-ups founded by women, which accounted for just 4 percent of all venture deals in the first quarter.
Why time feels so weird in 2020
A set of simple perception tests illustrate some factors that can distort our sense of time.
This VC just closed on $60 million to fund “technical risk,” saying other VCs mostly do not – TechCrunch
Ashmeet Sidana, a longtime VC who struck out on his own in 2015 to form Engineering Capital, just closed his third and newest fund with $60 million in capital commitments from a university endowment, a fund of funds, and three foundations. Sidana —...
Jonathan Abrams
I'm a big fan of @ashmeetsidana! -- This VC just closed on $60M to fund ‘technical risk,’ saying other VCs mostly do not | TechCrunch
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WANTED: SPIES. CIA turns to online streaming for new recruits
U.S. defense and spy agencies played a major role in creating the internet, and now the CIA is turning for the first time to online streaming services to recruit spies between the ages of 18 and 35.
Jonathan Abrams
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. defense and spy agencies played a major role in creating the internet, and now the CIA is turning for the first time to online streaming services to recruit spies between the ages of 18 and 35.
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This Machine Learning-Focused VC Firm Just Added A Third Woman Investment Partner
Basis Set Ventures isn't a typical VC firm with a focus on AI and three women investment partners, including new hire Sheila Vashee.
School openings across globe suggest ways to keep coronavirus at bay, despite outbreaks
Science explores reopening strategies from South Africa to Finland to Israel
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Bay Area crews overwhelmed by dozens of fireworks-sparked fires
As multiple fires burned in Bay Area cities and counties Saturday night, firefighters scrambled to keep up, with one East Bay fire department reducing responses to all but structure fires due to the overwhelming volume of fires.
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'It's burning down the city': Fires linked to fireworks erupt across SF, Bay Area
Grass fires — many linked to illegal fireworks — flared across the Bay Area on the Fourth of July, straining firefighter resources and causing injuries.
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Jonathan Abrams
Interesting article about Nortel, where I started my career back in Canada -- Did a Chinese hack kill Canada’s greatest tech company? bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @BW
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Contrary Capital wants to invest in the next big tech mafia – TechCrunch
Contrary Capital, which has raised money from Tesla, Reddit, SoFi and Twitch, knows a thing or two about how to work with tech’s brightest mafias. Now it wants to invest in them, before anyone else. The San Francisco fund and accelerator, which...
State shutting off parking at beaches for July 4 weekend
In a sweeping move intended to help stop the spread of COVID-19 over the Fourth of July Weekend, California State Parks will shut down parking at all state beaches on the Bay Area coast.
Jonathan Abrams
Does this really make sense scientifically? -- State shutting off parking at beaches for July 4 weekend - SFChronicle.com sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…
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