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Elon Musk Is Officially Building His Own Hyperloop

Tech.Co

Musk first created the concept for the Hyperloop back in 2013, publishing a free white paper on the subject online. “While we’re encouraged that others are making some progress, we would like to accelerate the development of this technology as fast as possible.” He’ll be done by December. A Hyperloop History.

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Everything You Need to Know About Hyperloop

Tech.Co

Since 2013, when Elon Musk released his white paper for an emerging mode of transportation using low air pressure within a tube, companies around the world have answered the call to build the next generation of futuristic transportation. Hyperloop One likewise saw value in creating an ultra-high speed passenger transportation line.

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Real Startups Never, Ever Discount Their Prices

InfoChachkie

In many cases, you can stand firm on price by demonstrating that your overall cost is lower than the competition. This point is nicely illustrated by Albert Oaten, VP Market Development at SecureDocs. When I was at Citrix, we pitched a Fortune 100 company as our first multimillion dollar deal.

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Pharma’s Productivity Problem: Finding More Blockbuster Drugs

Xconomy

A recent Silicon Valley Bank report noted that large corporations have dramatically increased pre-clinical acquisitions in the last three years under the pressure of limited supply and competition from IPOs. Losses in over-capitalized “vintage years” over the last two decades have left institutional investors (e.g.

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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

Tech Zulu Event

In light of a less than savory PR landscape, I saw this event to be an important call to attention to the developements towards the Bitcoin industry for 2014, as well as geographically important gathering of minds and enthusiasts in the space. He then dove into a keynote Q&A with Dan Held , developer of recently acquired Zeroblock LLC.

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