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How It All Began

Posted by pnr on Friday October 24, 2014 @12:07PM
from the npr.org dept.

http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/357837221/how-it-all-began

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Twitter’s Audacious Plan to Infiltrate All Your Apps

Posted by pnr on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @01:49PM
from the wired.com dept.

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/twitter-fabric-sdk/

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What If the Universe Didn’t Start with the Big Bang?

Posted by pnr on Thursday October 09, 2014 @01:22PM
from the nautil.us dept.

http://nautil.us/blog/what-if-the-universe-didnt-start-with-the-big-bang

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Why Bitcoin Is Better Than Gold, with Wences Casares

Posted by pnr on Friday October 03, 2014 @12:57PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKkfhi8Eaiw

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After the Quake: Earliest Known Color Photographs of San Francisco

Posted by pnr on Friday October 03, 2014 @11:13AM
from the mashable.com dept.

http://mashable.com/2014/10/03/san-francisco-earthquake-color-photos/

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Lecture 4: Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing

Posted by pnr on Thursday October 02, 2014 @06:46PM
from the youtube.com dept.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP176MBG9Tk

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Unlocking the Unbanked: Data and financial inclusion in emerging markets

Posted by pnr on Thursday October 02, 2014 @03:35PM
from the nextbillion.net dept.

http://www.nextbillion.net/blogpost.aspx?blogid=4089

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The Difficulties of Nuclear Containment

Posted by pnr on Monday September 29, 2014 @08:08PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/30/science/espionage-threatened-the-manhattan-project-declassified-report-says.html

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The Head-Scratching Case of the Vanishing Bees

Posted by pnr on Monday September 29, 2014 @07:55PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/us/the-head-scratching-case-of-the-vanishing-bees.html

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Raising Capital: Advice We Give Our Founders

Posted by pnr on Sunday September 28, 2014 @01:31AM
from the a16z.com dept.

https://a16z.com/2014/09/26/valuation-this-is-the-advice-we-give-our-founders/

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World’s cheapest Mars Mission: How Mangalyaan stacks up against others

Posted by pnr on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @11:54PM
from the firstbiz.firstpost.com dept.

http://firstbiz.firstpost.com/life/worlds-cheapest-mars-mission-how-mangalyaan-stacks-up-against-other-journeys-to-the-red-planet-101153.html

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Globevestor Helps Startups In Emerging Markets Get Funded Online

Posted by pnr on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @02:59PM
from the techcrunch.com dept.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/18/backed-by-boost-vc-and-tim-draper-globevestor-helps-startups-in-emerging-markets-get-funded-online/

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3D-printed Aerospike Rocket Engine

Posted by pnr on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @07:30PM
from the kickstarter.com dept.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1108292587/3d-printed-aerospike-rocket-engine

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Out in the Open: Meet Alphalem, an Open Source Brain Just for Robots

Posted by pnr on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @01:37PM
from the wired.com dept.

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2014/01/alphalem/

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New biochip diagnoses HIV/AIDS on the spot

Posted by pnr on Saturday January 04, 2014 @05:07PM
from the ece.illinois.edu dept.

http://www.ece.illinois.edu/mediacenter/article.asp?id=6023

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Rex – palm-sized, single-board computer for DIY robots

Posted by pnr on Thursday January 02, 2014 @12:48PM
from the kickstarter.com dept.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alphalem/rex-the-brain-for-robots

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Nine global megatrends that'll shape government

Posted by pnr on Monday December 02, 2013 @03:53AM
from the kpmg.com dept.

http://www.kpmg.com/global/en/issuesandinsights/articlespublications/future-state-government/pages/future-state-2030.aspx

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India overtakes China as most attractive investment destination: EY

Posted by pnr on Sunday November 24, 2013 @01:40PM
from the livemint.com dept.

http://www.livemint.com/Money/NN4WrCBIsBa7LZuaztblML/India-overtakes-China-as-most-attractive-investment-destinat.html

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India to emerge as largest global talent provider

Posted by pnr on Sunday November 24, 2013 @01:21PM
from the ey.com dept.

http://www.ey.com/IN/en/Newsroom/News-releases/EY-Press-Release-India-to-emerge-as-largest-global-talent-provider

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Entrepreneurship Without Boundaries

Posted by pnr on Monday November 11, 2013 @06:39PM
from the voices.mckinseyonsociety.com dept.

http://voices.mckinseyonsociety.com/entrepreneurship-without-boundaries/

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How to Help African Entrepreneurs

Posted by pnr on Monday November 11, 2013 @06:31PM
from the inc.com dept.

http://www.inc.com/ashish-thakkar/how-to-help-african-entrepreneurs.html

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Hackers steal 4,100 Bitcoins worth $1.18M from wallet service Inputs.io

Posted by pnr on Thursday November 07, 2013 @03:06PM
from the venturebeat.com dept.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/07/hackers-steal-4100-bitcoins-worth-1-18m-from-wallet-service-inputs-io/

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Re:Ask HN: Letter for visa for YC interview on Tuesday November 05, 2013 @11:19AM (#6675879)

YC does issue invitation letters for founders traveling from outside US. We interviewed with YC and 2 of our co-founders flew in from India (they already had their B1 visas).

Just write to them and they should be able to send you the letters through HelloSign.

Good luck for your interview!

Startup School 2013 Videos

Posted by pnr on Saturday October 26, 2013 @05:49PM
from the youtube.com dept.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOubCHLXT6A&list=SPQ-uHSnFig5PZH_UEL0JalZ2edVGsO2R8

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AngelList new employee reading list

Posted by pnr on Saturday October 26, 2013 @01:49PM
from the venturehacks.com dept.

http://venturehacks.com/articles/reading

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The Dawn of Global Entrepreneurship

Posted by pnr on Friday October 25, 2013 @06:58PM
from the inc.com dept.

http://www.inc.com/jake-colvin-anne-habiby/dawn-of-global-entrepreneurship.htm..html

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Ask PG: Are these YC Enrollment projections official?

Posted by pnr on Friday October 25, 2013 @02:58AM
from the self-post dept.

I couldn't help but notice that the ATD piece on PG (http://youtu.be/6h8o_GEEEtw) had a chart (http://imgur.com/EoqIpqF) showing historical and projected YC enrollment figures till 2015. Are these official YC projections or just something the producer inferred from the YoY growth (~55%?) in YC applications and PG's comment about a 3% acceptance rate?Just curious.

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If the SEC Restricts How Startups Solicit Money, What Will Happen to Demo Days?

Posted by pnr on Friday October 25, 2013 @12:53AM
from the inc.com dept.

http://www.inc.com/jeremy-shure/will-sec-restrictions-on-startups-getting-funding-affect-demo-days.html

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Re:My visit with the Lord of the Startups, Y Combinator’s Paul Graham on Thursday October 24, 2013 @10:56PM (#6609511)

Thanks, aviv!

Re:My visit with the Lord of the Startups, Y Combinator’s Paul Graham on Thursday October 24, 2013 @10:34PM (#6609437)

What does PG mean by "being an animal"?