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Freight trucking startup Shipwell gets a $10 million boost

TechCrunch LA

A booming American economy coupled with failing infrastructure and a low-margin business reluctant to adopt new technologies have put stress on domestic logistics companies in the $900 billion market for U.S. ” It hasn’t been a straight road for Traff and his co-founder Gregory Price. trucking services.

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Despite Low Crop Prices, Corporate and VC Agtech Investments Soar

Xconomy

Prices for agricultural commodities such as corn, soy, and wheat are at their lowest levels in years, but investment in agricultural technology has never been better. The increase in dollars flowing to agtech comes despite commodity prices that are down 65 percent from their 2013 peak, the report says.

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The Most Important Advice I Could Give You About Unicorns

Both Sides of the Table

” “But if I don’t I won’t be able to recruit the best people in the market. Well, if you choose the price, I choose the terms.” In November of 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures coined the term “ Unicorn Club ” as it relates to billion-dollar startup companies. Why is your market broken?

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Audentes Prices $75M IPO As Gene Therapy Eyes First U.S. Approval

Xconomy

draws closer, more gene therapy players are entering the public markets. If approved by the FDA, it would become the first ever marketed gene therapy in the U.S. NASDAQ: AGTC ), AveXis (NASDAQ: AVXS ) and others have all gone public since 2013. Audentes is entering the public markets without any human clinical data as of yet.

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Start Business Planning Now For The Holiday Season

Startup Professionals Musings

The stock market reached a new all-time high in 2013, and is finally providing some liquidity relief to concerned investors and startups alike. Home prices are slowly coming back, and consumer spending reached a new high of almost $11 billion in May 2013. Otherwise, sales, marketing, and operational costs will kill you.

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On Front Lines Of Price Dispute, Eye Doctors Wary of New Drug Data

Xconomy

They’re also a controversial part of the national debate over high drug prices, and their increased use has put ophthalmologists in the crosshairs of insurers, the federal government, and the press. The market for AMD treatments has exploded the past several years.

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Is That An Egg in Your Fridge? How One Quirky Company is Crowd-sourcing the Internet of Things

Tech Zulu Event

Starting with the submission of the idea all the way through to the manufacture and marketing, everything Quirky develops is touched by thousands of minds from its 947,000-strong community of inventors. Ten percent of all gross revenues from a product are then divided among any community member who played a part in bringing it to market.

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