Rip Empson
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Upshift Launches To Bring Scalable Sales Engines To Startups, And Help Engineer Growth
If today isn't your first day in the tech industry (or reading TechCrunch), then you're likely familiar with the rise of the accelerator program, a phenomenon.. → Read More
Three Classes In, Boost.vc Is Raising A New Fund With Plans To Incubate 100 Bitcoin Startups By 2016
Adam Draper and Brayton Williams launched Boost.vc in 2012 at a time when the accelerator market was beginning to burst at the seams with new entrants -- some.. → Read More
YC-Backed CareMessage Is On A Mission To Improve Health Literacy By Bringing Mobile Healthcare To The Underserved
It's no secret that the U.S. healthcare system is in desperate need of change, especially as costs have continued to rise, while the quality of care remains.. → Read More
18K Schools And Counting, Clever Confirms $10.3M Raise From Sequoia, Paul Graham As It Looks To Build The Next Big Learning Platform
Clever launched out of Y Combinator in 2012 on a mission to help K-12 schools unlock student data, keep it up to date and safely share that data with.. → Read More
Unbabel Launches A Human-Edited Machine Translation Service To Help Businesses Go Global And Localize Customer Support
Today, you can be anywhere in the world in a matter of clicks. Thanks to globalization and the plucky old Information Superhighway, our world is shrinking. → Read More
With Over $100M Raised, P2P Lending Platform CommonBond Expands To 100 Programs To Help Grad Students Reduce Debt
New York City-based CommonBond launched in late 2012 on a mission to bring the the power of person-to-person lending and crowdsourcing to the student debt.. → Read More
With Over $100M Raised, P2P Lending Platform CommonBond Expands To 100 Programs To Help Grad Students Reduce Debt
New York City-based CommonBond launched in late 2012 on a mission to bring the the power of person-to-person lending and crowdsourcing to the student debt.. → Read More
Another Day, Another EdTech Giant Acquired: Following Renaissance Learning, Education Software Veteran Skillsoft Sells For $2B+
It's been an active week in the world of education software, with this weekend bringing news of the second big-ticket acquisition of a veteran EdTech company.. → Read More
Another Day, Another EdTech Giant Acquired: Following Renaissance Learning, Education Software Veteran Skillsoft Sells For $2B+
It's been an active week in the world of education software, with this weekend bringing news of the second big-ticket acquisition of a veteran EdTech company.. → Read More
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For most students, learning within the traditional confines of the educational system has been something to be endured, rather than something that's just as.. → Read More
With 40% Of U.S. Doctors Signed On, Doximity’s Jeff Tangney Reveals How The Social Network For M.D.s Hit The Tipping Point
With the arrival of Obamacare, millions of uninsured Americans are entering the healthcare system for the first time. As these new patients happily stream.. → Read More
With 40% Of U.S. Doctors Signed On, Doximity’s Jeff Tangney Reveals How The Social Network For M.D.s Hit The Tipping Point
With the arrival of Obamacare, millions of uninsured Americans are entering the healthcare system for the first time. As these new patients happily stream.. → Read More
With 10K Schools On Board, BrightBytes Lands $15M To Help Measure The Real Impact Of Technology In Education
Over the last year, BrightBytes has become a personal favorite in the ballooning world of education startups. The reason for this begins with the fact, when.. → Read More
Seeing 15M Travelers In 2013, Gogobot Goes After Kayak With New Hotel Metasearch Utility To Help You Find The Best Deals
Gogobot launched in 2010 in the early stage of a wave of new interest in the social travel space, as a glut of new startups promised to as a new generation of.. → Read More
Fresh From IPO, Wix Acquires Israeli Startup Appixia To Bring Native Mobile Commerce Support To 42M Users
Wix emerged in 2006 as part of a new generation of startups on a mission to do for website creation what Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr have done for bloggers.. → Read More
Fresh From IPO, Wix Acquires Israeli Startup Appixia To Bring Native Mobile Commerce To Its 42M Users
Wix emerged in 2006 as part of a new generation of startups on a mission to do for website creation what Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr have done for bloggers.. → Read More
With 5M Users Already On Board, Tynker Goes Mobile To Help Kids Learn To Code On The iPad
Historically, the U.S. educational system has struggled to get young people excited by and involved with STEM-related fields, especially computer science,.. → Read More
Priceline Buys Israel’s Qlika For $15-20M To Boost Global Expansion With Rocket Science-Powered Ad Tech
Qlika launched out of UpWest's fourth batch of Israeli-American startups in March to tackle a big problem in online marketing: Localization. In other words,.. → Read More
Priceline Buys Israel’s Qlika For $15-20M To Boost Global Expansion With Rocket Science-Powered Ad Tech
Qlika launched out of UpWest's fourth batch of Israeli-American startups in March to tackle a big problem in online marketing: Localization. In other words,.. → Read More
A Year Since Launch, Skillshare Lands $6M From USV, Spark To Double Down On Project-Based, Online Classes
Skillshare launched one year ago to give those interested in continuing to learn outside the classroom a place to go for classes that took place both online,.. → Read More