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Freeletics raises $45M for its AI-powered mobile fitness coach

TechCrunch LA

As you might expect from the name, Freeletics operates its mobile fitness coaching app on a freemium model, with tiered pricing beginning at $11.99 for one month or $74.99 for a year-long membership. “We want to be there for people who want a long-term athletic lifestyle,” Sobhani told TechCrunch.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. It was especially fun for me because we got the chance to talk about the VC industry and how entrepreneurs should think about the VC industry in addition to discussing deals. Segment Three: “VC Deals Funded this Week”.

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Why Meg Whitman is Betting on Quibi as“The Da Vinci Code of Content”

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Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) monthly subscription (or $8 ad free) for Quibi?

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Why You Shouldn’t Be Fooled by Your Own Expertise

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of all Statistics are Made Up ” My summary is an example I use often: when I consumed reports from Goldman Sachs about the future predictions of mobile phone penetration for a report I was working on for a client I would call the analyst to ask how she calculated her data because I wanted to be sure of my conclusions.

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MakeSpace Raises an Additional $17.5 million and Unveils Strategy to Make Public Storage the Next Blockbuster Video

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Public Storage is the Blockbuster Video of their industry and we set out to build Netflix. I’m a stickler for focus, being efficient with capital and building out operational excellence, so our strategy initially was very constrained. Little old us. Sound familiar? It’s no wonder incumbents don’t want us to exist.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. Topics we discussed in the first 45 minutes of the video include: What is VC like in NY? Tags: This Week in Venture Capital.

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Wireless Internet Firms Take On Big Telecoms in Cities and Suburbs

Xconomy

If you’re a city dweller, and unhappy with the big company that provides your Internet connection, chances are good there’s a scrappy little outfit that thinks it can do better for you.