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Software Startup Portfolium Acquired by Salt Lake City’s Instructure

Xconomy

The software of Portfolium, a San Diego startup that hosts online portfolios for students trying to showcase their achievements to potential employers, is set to join the portfolio of Utah educational software company Instructure. Instructure (NYSE: INST ) has agreed to acquire privately held Portfolium.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? You’re a small fish. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years.

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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

TechCrunch LA

More specifically, it’s the contractors that service equipment like the heating, ventilation and cooling systems at commercial and residential properties across the U.S. The two men built a suite of services to help contractors like their fathers manage their businesses.

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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio

TechCrunch LA

In a post on Kik’s blog on Friday the MediaLab said that it has “finalized an agreement” to acquire Kik Messenger. “ Kik is one of those amazing places that brings us back to those early aspirations,” the blog post read. Whisper’s last round was a $36 million Series C back in 2014.

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Social Media Faking It – Cheaper Than You May Think, But Still Not Worth It

InfoChachkie

How much will social media fame cost you in 2014? As a bonus, you''ll also enjoy a robust number of Pinterest, Tumbler and Instagram followers and you''ll still have room in your budget for 250 comments on your blog and about 100,000 views on Vimeo. Thus, in 2014, accrue your social media status the old-fashioned way - earn it.

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Five Years After Y Combinator First Admits Biotechs, They’re Dug In

Xconomy

That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time. Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively.

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‘Do-It-Yourself’ Startups Have Never Been Easier

Startup Professionals Musings

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling your consulting service or a few products (as an alternative to eBay): Go online to reserve a website domain name.

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