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Monzo lines up bankers to spearhead blockbuster £6B float

Posted by dchs on Saturday May 10, 2025 @10:37AM
from the news.sky.com dept.

https://news.sky.com/story/monzo-lines-up-bankers-to-spearhead-blockbuster-6bn-float-13364877

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Re:Old photos of Bedouin nomads, 1898 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:46AM (#28391906)

+1 to this! Amazing book!

Livestream of Virgin Galactic’s Unity 22 Flight Featuring Richard Branson

Posted by dchs on Sunday July 11, 2021 @10:42AM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=RTpWYWIfP7Y

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Garry Tan: How to level up your friends like billionaires do

Posted by dchs on Thursday July 01, 2021 @04:02PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0hV48aeFzk

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Re:Fast on Sunday December 22, 2019 @12:19PM (#21858349)

My boss used to have a poster that read "Good, cheap, fast. Pick two."

For all these fast projects, I wonder what the resulting costs and quality were!

Germany: Luxury goods tax on tampons 19%, book tax 9%, book of tampons sells out

Posted by dchs on Sunday June 23, 2019 @09:07AM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/21/no-luxury-book-containing-tampons-is-runaway-hit

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Freelance marketplace Fiverr has filed to go public

Posted by dchs on Sunday May 19, 2019 @06:07PM
from the businessinsider.com dept.

https://www.businessinsider.com/bessemer-accel-backed-israeli-startup-fiverr-filed-for-ipo-nyse-2019-5

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Monzo valued at $2bn in latest funding round

Posted by dchs on Sunday April 07, 2019 @05:31PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/07/monzo-digital-bank-could-double-value-to-2bn-with-new-us-stake

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Chamath Palihapitiya on the current state of VC and Social Capital's implosion

Posted by dchs on Monday October 15, 2018 @10:41AM
from the overcast.fm dept.

https://overcast.fm/+JyFxSa54

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Re:What Today's Magic Pony Acquisition Means for Entrepreneur First an... on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:32AM (#11945866)

Thanks - I was suprised my submission didn't just add a vote to an existing one!

What Today's Magic Pony Acquisition Means for Entrepreneur First and for London

Posted by dchs on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @06:02AM
from the peternixey.com dept.

http://peternixey.com/post/146210478753/what-todays-magic-pony-acquisition-means-for

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Why startups get rejected by VCs (and why Warren Buffett is involved)

Posted by dchs on Tuesday March 29, 2016 @08:54AM
from the davidventzel.com dept.

http://davidventzel.com/2016/03/22/why-startups-get-rejected-by-venture-capitalists-and-why-warren-buffett-as-something-to-do-with-it/

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Re:HN: I was fired today, is this even legal? on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @11:47AM (#7560025)

You may qualify for pro-bono advice: check if any local universities offer free legal advice clinics.

Network administration explained with pizza

Posted by dchs on Thursday April 03, 2014 @04:37AM
from the reddit.com dept.

http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/22151n/it_made_me_giggle_d/

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Do accelerators need to change?

Posted by dchs on Thursday March 13, 2014 @07:54AM
from the betarocket.co.uk dept.

http://www.betarocket.co.uk/2014/03/13/sxsw-2014-do-accelerators-need-to-change/

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Re:Help me distribute $100,000 to new entrepreneurs in Africa on Monday March 03, 2014 @12:42PM (#7335084)

Neat idea. I love that the repayments are going back in to funding Zidisha itself - a unique way to raise ~$100k! Congrats on the funding round Julia :)

The Myriad Opportunities Presented by Amazon Prime Air

Posted by dchs on Thursday December 19, 2013 @06:57AM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/drones-and-uavs/a0b7333315d

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How many drones would it take to replace Santa?

Posted by dchs on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @09:10AM
from the kernelmag.com dept.

http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/7595/drones-the-smart-solution-for-santa/

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What happens when the President uses your startup for a conference call?

Posted by dchs on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @09:23AM
from the blog.mixlr.com dept.

http://blog.mixlr.com/2013/11/what-happens-when-the-president-barack-obama-uses-your-startup-for-a-conference-call/

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Experts lobby UN for 'killer robot' ban

Posted by dchs on Thursday November 14, 2013 @12:40PM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24941919

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BBC: Can drones appeal to the masses?

Posted by dchs on Friday November 01, 2013 @01:31PM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24762835

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Teaching kids to code is a stupid idea

Posted by dchs on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:51AM
from the blogs.telegraph.co.uk dept.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/willardfoxton2/100011290/the-government-wants-to-teach-all-children-how-to-code-heres-why-its-a-stupid-idea/

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Wonga acquires Paypal clone BillPay

Posted by dchs on Friday October 18, 2013 @06:31AM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/18/e-loan-specialist-wonga-buys-billpay-the-paypal-of-germany-to-move-deeper-into-payments/

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Did Shutting Down Silk Road Make the World a More Dangerous Place?

Posted by dchs on Friday October 04, 2013 @10:22AM
from the theatlantic.com dept.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/did-shutting-down-the-silk-road-make-the-world-a-more-dangerous-place/280270/

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Mine Kafon: low-cost wind-powered mine detonator inspired by an Afghan toy

Posted by dchs on Friday January 04, 2013 @07:17AM
from the kickstarter.com dept.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/massoudhassani/mine-kafon

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Hero of the day: Australian federal judge rules against ratings agency on CPDOs

Posted by dchs on Monday November 05, 2012 @04:15PM
from the blogs.reuters.com dept.

http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/11/05/hero-of-the-day-cpdo-edition/

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E-tailers ordered to update websites by UK Govt.'s Office of Fair Trading

Posted by dchs on Friday October 12, 2012 @08:18AM
from the bbc.co.uk dept.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19910561

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Re:Google Open Sources Collaborative IDE on Monday July 09, 2012 @08:52AM (#4217867)

Great little screencast - thanks for that!

Building for mobile? Keep it simple

Posted by dchs on Tuesday May 22, 2012 @04:55AM
from the kernelmag.com dept.

http://www.kernelmag.com/comment/column/2313/simplicity-is-key-in-mobile/

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Another tech recruiter "lying and fabricating"

Posted by dchs on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @08:00AM
from the kernelmag.com dept.

http://www.kernelmag.com/scene/2133/consol-yourself-with-this-one/

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