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The makers of the virtual influencer, Lil Miquela, snag real money from Silicon Valley

TechCrunch LA

Brud , the actual company behind one of Instagram’s most popular virtual influencers (it’s a thing), has raised millions of dollars from Silicon Valley investors because this is 2018 and everything is awful. — maya kosoff (@mekosoff) April 19, 2018. “[Manufacturing] social influence.” It worked. .

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10 Positive Signs For Starting Your Own Business Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups. With the key social media platforms today, an entrepreneur can tune a product, build a brand, and grow the business with very low cost and a high interactivity never before possible.

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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech

TechCrunch LA

Glossier affirmed our inherent beauty, then reminded us that we can be even more beautiful if we buy their “Boy Brow” pomade, which sold one tube every 32 seconds by 2018. Glossier founder Emily Weiss speaks at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2018 Image Credits: TechCrunch. Please stop using the word Girlboss thank you. It’s not a compliment.

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened.

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Could Facebook’s Crypto Break Financial System? Congress Airs Fears

Xconomy

But when the financial oversight council published its 2018 annual report, it concluded that volatility in the cryptocurrency. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. Another company, Tribe , has similarly raised VC to grow its American footprint. The firm even launched an accelerator for YouTube personalities in late 2018. million Series A in March.

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Next 10 Ventures is launching an incubator for YouTube personalities

TechCrunch LA

” Applications to the incubator opened today and close November 17, 2018. Looking ahead over the next 10 years, this is going to be the way consumers are [being entertained], accessing insights and knowledge, and connecting.”

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