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Former Guns N' Roses Drummer Creates Cryptocurrency Startup, Artbit

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The former drummer of Guns N' Roses, Matt Sorum, has create a brand new, Los Angeles cryptocurrenc startup-- Artbit , which says it will offer up compensation to up-and-coming artists from their fans. The company said it will be using the Hedera hashgraph as the basis for its platform. READ MORE>>.

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

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billion valuation to open up permanent retail stores in Seattle, Los Angeles and London, capitalizing on the dewy fairytale of its Manhattan flagship store. Nguyen is founder and CMO of Fanhouse , a creator platform that just raised $25 million from Andreessen Horowitz. . Early this year, the company slashed staff yet again. .

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Interview with Dr. Ramin Sadr, Mojix

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Ramin Sadr is CEO of Los Angeles-based Mojix (www.mojix.com), a firm which is taking experience originally garnered by the firm's technology team in developing -- of all things -- deep space probes for NASA, and has been applying that to the RFID market. We spoke with Dr. Sadr about the firm. Tell us a little bit about your products?