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MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio

TechCrunch LA

At the time, the company was one of a clutch of anonymous apps — including Secret and YikYak — that raised tens of millions of dollars to offer online iterations of the confessional journal, the burn book, and the bathroom wall (respectively).

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Save Your Spin for Someone Who Cares

Both Sides of the Table

He had 2 weeks’ cash left in the bank and was facing massive layoffs or potentially bankruptcy. Press doesn’t mean anything other than free advertising. Put up your slide with the 5-6 logos of journals that have covered you. Reduce any quotes to a few key words and make them large.