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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

TechCrunch LA

The next step, and a big part of what Evans and his team of 55 employees will work on building will be a developer ecosystem, so software designers can start building out new tools to sell through the Maestro platform. “The third piece is a developer ecosystem,” Evans said.

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Leaf Group Acquires Deny Designs

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Santa Monica-based Leaf Group , which is led by Sean Moriarty, said on Thursday that it has acquired home decor brand Deny Designs. for Deny Designs, split between $6.7M Deny Designs was based in Denver, Colorado. Leaf Group disclosed the sale in its first quarter 2017 results, where it reported a net loss of $10.0M

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Design Therapeutics Sets IPO Offering Range

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Carlsbad-based Design Therapeutics, a company developing treatments for serious degenerative disorders, has set an expected IPO offering range of between $18.00 The IPO offering would net the company around $276M, and value it at over $1.1 and $20.00 per share, the company said in a filing this week. billion.

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Building Products for Mass Adoption

Both Sides of the Table

I think this is a perfect way to think about the world when you’re designing your product / company. Quite honestly I see way too many company pitches that are designed for Techies but I only want to invest in products designed for Normals. This is one of my favorite topics on good product design.

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Baroda In Fab.com's New $105M Funding

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Fab.com said the new funding round was led by Atomico, and also included Pinnacle Ventures, re-Net Technology Partners, Mayfield Fund, DoCoMo, Menlo VEntures, Andreessen-Horowitz, and First Round Capital.

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Why Your Startup is More Likely to Succeed if You’re Authentic and Passionate

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We’ve gotten to the point where after the film The Social Network and now with our own ironic HBO drama “Silicon Valley,” (makes it sound like writing a algorithm can easily net you $10 million without trying) one might think starting a company is a bit like the gold rush where riches flow to you with ease.

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Peter Gabriel Joins Net@50 Lineup; Tix Going Fast for July 16 Event

Xconomy

Legendary rock musician and longtime internet evangelist Peter Gabriel has joined the all-star cast of speakers for Net@50 , a historic event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first net message—while also looking ahead to the internet’s next 50 years.

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