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Why Unicorns Are No Longer Enough. The Battle for Hendecorns

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We offered a service that has a net promoter score of 87 placing us higher than such great brands as USAA, Costco, Apple and Amazon. But what if we could make those photos disappear like SnapChat? That tested well, but it seems the press liked SnapChat better. How did we achieve these initial results?

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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

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Prime examples include Uber, Airbnb and Snapchat. People are even talking about “decacorns" -- investable companies with net worth now exceeding $10 billion -- like Dropbox and Pinterest. The new entrepreneurial age is here, but you can’t be competitive if you don’t speak the language. Could your startup be the next one?

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The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

This market structure in which the few, large players use their market position to eliminate competition is inevitable. Our social graphs are locked in Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. So Where Do I Personally Net Out? It’s Hobbesian economics 101. Enter the decentralized Internet.

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