Michael Carney
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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What’s it take for a tech journalist to become a successful venture capitalist?
The two most powerful things you can have in the startup world are a checkbook, or a byline. I’ve been saying that for the better part of three years, as I got up close and personal with the latter as a member of the team at PandoDaily. → Read More
My Startup Failed: Lessons learned from a first-time founder in the startup trenches
[This post originally appeared on Medium and is reposted here with the writer's permission] “Hi, I’m Jason from Critica.” That is how I introduced myself for the past year and a half. My startup was my identity. And now it is no more. My first startup failed. → Read More
Crypto-drama: Mt. Gox founder Jed McCaleb is in the news again over $1M Ripple dispute
Drama, it seems, just follows some people (and companies) around. That's been the case with Jed McCaleb, the founder of Magic the Gathering Exchange, the online trading platform that eventually became Mt. → Read More
Portland prepping new emergency policies for Uber. Will other cities follow suit?
Uber is due to resume operations in Portland in the near future, after a more than three-month-long voluntary hiatus in the region. But thanks to some creative potential legislation being considere... → Read More
Gem looks to de-risks developing for bitcoin, opens its security-as-a-servie platform to the world
Intrigued by the disruptive potential of bitcoin but intimidated by the complexity of developing products and services based on the blockchain technology? You’re not alone, and for good reason. → Read More
Silk Road defense responds: Gov't corruption was barred from evidence, impeding our case
Yesterday, we covered the shocking fraud and corruption by government agents investigating convicted Silk Road mastermind Ross Ulbricht. At the time, there were many unanswered questions about what... → Read More
In the Silk Road case, the gov't turned out to be as dirty as the defendant. New trial coming?
After a jury in February found Ross Ulbricht guilty of narcotics and money laundering conspiracies among other charges, in conjunction with his role as the mastermind behind the Silk Road online dr... → Read More
Chicago's AvantCredit acquires fellow Y Combinator alum ReadyForZero to bolster smart lending platform
Two of the most exciting names in consumer lending and debt management have joined forces. San Francisco- based credit education startup ReadyForZero has been acquired Chicago’s AvantCredit, a big data-driven platform. Both companies were Y Combinator alumni. → Read More
Elon Musk created nearly $1B in value today with a single tweet
So much for Wall Street haters who like to dismiss the impact and growth of Twitter. Today the world – and particularly Wall Street – got a master class in the power of a few well placed words, whe... → Read More
The racists next door: Why Nextdoor's racial profiling "problem" isn't the company's fault -- it's society's
Last week, on Fusion, neighborhood social network Nextdoor made the kind of headlines every startup founder dreads: “Nextdoor... is becoming a home for racial profiling.” Ouch. → Read More
DripDrop is a rare startup that actually saves lives
Plenty of startups claim to be changing the world. But how many can truly deliver on that promise by saving lives? DripDrop, which offers a truly disruptive, medical-grade oral rehydration system can claim just that. → Read More
Life350 takes family peace of mind overseas with Yahoo! Japan partnership
The desire to remain close to and protect one’s family is as universal as anything, transcending language and culture. Which is why it’s little surprise that adoption of Life360, the family social ... → Read More
Hong Kong authorities give a giant "meh" to regulating bitcoin
What the appropriate governmental response when citizens of your country have been scammed out of millions of dollars in wealth in a crypto-currency get rich quick scheme. Well, if you’re Hong Kong, apparently the answer is not much of anything. → Read More
Honk raises a stout $12M Series A to free stranded motorists from their auto-club shackles
Honk, which might be the greatest thing to happen to stranded motorist since run-flat tires, has raise a massive Series A round of funding. The Santa Monica-based on-demand, mobile towing and roads... → Read More
Andreessen: VC-entrepreneur misalignment is a myth
There has been a chorus of high profile investors beating the fear drum in recent weeks on Twitter, on their personal blogs, and on stage by criticizing overheated valuations and predicting a near-term market correction. → Read More
Uber reckoning: Ride-sharing drivers attacked by frustrated taxi incumbents in Brussels
Uber has been a lightning rod for controversy almost since its first day in existence. More often than not, the company has been the one flaunting laws and, arguably, putting its riders and drivers at risk. But, this is not always the case. Occasionally, Uber ends up playing the role of victim. → Read More
Institutional grade: Nobel bitcoin exchange to woo Wall St. with Nasdaq trading technology
The Nasdaq brand travels the world over. I remember spending time in Asia in the mid-aughts as a banker trying to convince local technology companies to pursue small-cap IPOs in America. For these founders, it was Nasdaq or nothing – the NYSE didn’t even register as an option. → Read More
Crowley's rebuttal and more signs of life at Foursquare
My email inbox and Twitter have been buzzing all morning with alerts from friends and colleagues about Dennis Crowley’s latest blog post on Foursquare, “Six Years In.” (For those of you who sent it through, thanks. For those who haven’t, rest assured, I’ve seen it. → Read More
Enter the "Samaccalacanis": Three early stage VCs dissect the overheated seed market
Have you had your semi-annual dose of valuation hysteria lately? If not, three of the most highly visible, most active early stage investors in the game have got you covered in the form of a three-way tweetstorm battle royale yesterday. → Read More
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jailed hacker Guccifer boasts, "I used to read [Hillary's] memos for six, seven hours... and then do the gardening"
“Bam! [Colin] Powell, the nigger, fell for it!” - Guccifer December 2013 in the village of Sâmbăteni, Romania. The air is dull and frosty as Marcel Lazăr Lehel walks out of his mud-brick house, carrying a cheap brand laptop and a mobile phone, and goes to the back garden. → Read More