Month: February 2020
The case for cooperative tech startups
When Uber and Lyft went public, it wasn’t the drivers who got rich — it was the executives, investors and some early employees. In an era when it has become clear that tech executives and investors are frequently the only ones who’ll reap rewards for a company’s success, cooperative startups…
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Why VCs are dumping money into insurance marketplaces
Following our look at why so many startups are building OKR-focused software and why venture capitalists are pouring capital into their efforts, today we’re asking a similar question about insurance marketplace startups. This month, Insurify raised a $23 million Series A that TechCrunch covered here. And even more recently, Gabi,…
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Super Bowl 2020: How to watch the big game online
Super Bowl 2020 is happening on February 2nd. The San Francisco 49ers will take on the Kansas City Chiefs for the NFL championship, Demi Lovato will sing the anthem, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will co-host the halftime show, and companies will air their best ads of the year. You can…
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Justin Kan opens up (Part 2)
‘I like to talk about things that I’m learning that I think are applicable to other people’ Greg Epstein 13 hours Greg Epstein Contributor Greg M. Epstein is the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard and MIT, and the author of The New York Times bestselling book “Good Without God.” Described as…
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PlatinumGames reportedly looking to bring Wonderful 101 to Nintendo Switch
The developer behind titles such as Bayonetta and Nier: Automata, PlatinumGames, is reportedly preparing to announce a Kickstarter to bring its 2013 Wii U title The Wonderful 101 to the Nintendo Switch. The rumors that Platinum is even thinking about The Wonderful 101 began when the studio posted a photo…
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The Pedestrian is so much more than its great aesthetic
It can be difficult to find time to finish a video game, especially if you only have a few hours a week to play. In our biweekly column Short Play we suggest video games that can be started and finished in a weekend. Logic puzzle games tend to fall into…
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