Month: February 2020
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is now in Florida to prep for its first flight with astronauts onboard
SpaceX has moved its Crew Dragon commercial astronaut spacecraft to Florida, the site from which it’ll launch in likely just two to three months’ time if all goes to plan. The Crew Dragon capsule is now going to undergo final testing and checkouts in Florida before its departure from Cape…
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General Catalyst leads $6 million investment in team productivity startup Range
In case you haven’t heard, VCs are loving on workplace software as of late and productivity tools that help teams collaborate seem to be a particular frothy area of investment. A smattering of top VC firms and angels including General Catalyst, First Round Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Biz Stone and Ellen…
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Australian dentist wants to know who wrote that negative Google review
An Australian court has ordered Google to identify an anonymous user who gave a negative review to a Melbourne dental surgeon, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports. Dr. Matthew Kabbabe says a reviewer’s comment posted about three months ago urged others to “stay away” from his practice, which damaged his business.…
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Samsung chairman steps down from behind bars
Samsung’s board chairman Lee Sang-hoon, who was convicted and jailed for sabotaging union activities last year, has resigned from behind bars. Lee Sang-hoon’s resignation comes less than two years after his appointment split the chairman and chief executive roles at the South Korean company for the first time. The roles…
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Ousted WeWork founder Adam Neumann lists his Manhattan penthouse for $37.5 million
The last chapter of the WeWork saga closed with our hero — its founder, Adam Neumann — being ousted from his company (with a payout of $1.7 billion) and loosed upon the world. Its next chapter opened with a question: is the business sustainable? The answer is still unclear. Employees…
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Married co-founders are a startup’s secret weapon
“If I was running Clearbanc by myself, it probably would have gone off the cliff eight times at this point,” says Clearbanc co-founder Andrew D’Souza. “If I were running the company by myself, it would be half its size,” adds Michele Romanow, Clearbanc’s other co-founder. In addition to starting the…
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