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SpaceX Delays Starlink Launch Until Later This Week

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SpaceX has delayed its launch of its first set of Starlink satellites, the first 60 of thousands of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites SpaceX is deploying to offer up Internet access anywhere in the world, until later this week. SpaceX had already delayed the launch earlier in the week due to high upper level winds.

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SpaceX Founder Musk: Structural Failure Took Down Falcon 9

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Elon Musk , founder and CEO of Hawthorne-based SpaceX , said Monday afternoon that the explosion of the company's rocket last month was due to a broken strut, which held a helium tank to the rocket's second stage. The failure resulted in a catastrophic explosion of the company's Falcon 9 on June 28th. READ MORE>>.

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Friday Tech Video Roundup for November 16th, 2012

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An explanation of PublishThis and its content curation software. Los Angeles MiniTime debuted its service this week to help families find reviews and information for their family vacation. SpaceX Grasshopper. SpaceX Grasshopper. SpaceX tests its Grasshoppper, vertical takeoff and landing technology earlier this month.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

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The startup was listed in TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023 too, alongside industry heavyweights like Nvidia and SpaceX. The company was listed among the top cloud companies in Forbes 2023 Cloud 100, and it’s currently the #1 most popular childcare management software for preschools in the US.

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8 Tactics To Make You A Fearless Business Innovator

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Every business owner and entrepreneur I meet in my consulting rounds dreams of finding that “ disruptive ” innovation that will supercharge their business and move it into the ranks of business unicorns (billion-dollar valuations), such as SpaceX and Apple. Be sure to hire and cultivate new talent with the right mindset.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. Are we right in all of our assumptions and diligence? And that is what we’ll do.”

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Lean on Your Networks When Making Early Hires

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It may be the case that the engineer friend of yours at SpaceX won’t be able to join simply because she’s supporting her parents back home. If you hired an outstanding front-end software engineer, chances are they are friends with other outstanding software developers. Too much pressure may put pressure on your friendship.