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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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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures. This is true on all of the major tech blogs. So your goal should be a steady stream of news across many different news outlets and your own blog.

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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. Our call recovered and we spent the rest of the time talking about the development of their management team and their product. Put up your slide with the 5-6 logos of journals that have covered you.

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Bio Roundup: Theranos Cuts, Alnylam Stops, Nobel Eats Its Own & More

Xconomy

. —Meanwhile, in the wake of the Mylan hearings, the Wall Street Journal this week was the latest outlet to record the animosity between drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers , the middlemen who buy drugs in bulk for large employers and other insurance payers. KENDALL SQUARE UPS AND DOWNS. CLINICAL NEWS.