See you tonight in Columbus
I’ll be in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, August 10, to hold a night of pitches and open mic shenanigans so bring your guitar and pitching shoes. The event will be at O’Toole’s 4796 W Broad St, […]
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Flex, a tampon alternative you can wear during sex, just raised $1 million
The Flex Company, the makers of a disc-shaped tampon alternative, has raised $1 million from Y Combinator, Amplify.LA and several others and acquired menstrual disc competitor Softcup for an undisclosed amount. Flex now owns all of
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GIF Keyboard maker Riffsy gets a new name, Tenor, and opens up an SDK
GIFs may be a popular way of communicating as the way we talk to each other increasingly shifts to mobile, but really it’s about communicating in some form of video. We’re seeing video become more and
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Stephen Curry to talk passion projects Nothing But Nets, Slyce at Disrupt SF
TechCrunch is proud to announce that two-time NBA MVP and Golden State Warriors point guard, Stephen Curry, will be speaking onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF (Sept. 12-14). In addition to having the most three-pointers in a
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How startups are trying to fix consumer debt
Consumer debt remains one of the biggest challenges with the American economy. The average household has 0,922 in debt, and debt interest payments represent 9 percent of the average household income. The silver lining is that
Verifly launches drone insurance by the flight, and on-demand in the US
A startup called Verifly is making insurance on-demand, and per-flight, available to drone users today with a new mobile app and service that’s been in the works since late 2014. The service launches just in time
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How to tell if your small company needs to expand through acquisitions
The market for mergers and acquisitions, particularly in software, is red-hot: Big private-equity firms, flush with cash, did 170 software deals worth .22 billion in the first half of 2016 alone. But the software M&A frenzy
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Skully officially admits it’s over
It took more than a week for remaining Skully execs to admit to themselves it was time to shut down. But late last night the company finally sent customers an email, which was obtained by TechCrunch,
Playbuzz launches an analytics product to help publishers create viral content
Playbuzz has been offering publishers tools to create interactive/social media-friendly content like galleries, lists and polls. Now it’s giving them new ways to track the effectiveness of those tools. The company is announcing the launch of
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Airbnb raising a reported $850M at a $30B valuation
Tech unicorn and sharing economy darling Airbnb has informed the State of Delaware that it’s raising another heap of cash. TechCrunch independently verified that Airbnb indicated in a 28 page filing on July 28th that it
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