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Glossier just laid off one-third of its corporate employees, mostly in tech

TechCrunch LA

W]e are shifting our technology strategy to leverage external partners for parts of our platform that we’re currently maintaining internally,” Weiss wrote in the email announcing the layoffs to staff. The tech team layoffs are notable for a beauty retailer that has often described itself as a technology company.

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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. .” Now we know the the company: MediaLab.

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6 Keys To Growing Your Career Through The Gig Economy

Startup Professionals Musings

Assess your intellectual capital and how to increase it. More intellectual capital means that you are worth more today in the marketplace. Take advantage of any and all current opportunities, such as industry conferences and special projects, to increase your intellectual capital for current roles and gigs in the future.

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Bio Roundup: Bosley’s Editas Exit, Bridge Bucks, CRISPR Crime & More

Xconomy

In a week of big personnel moves, none was more surprising than Editas Medicine CEO Katrine Bosley’s departure.

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