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What Apple Might Learn from Samsung

Posted on: February 14, 2013 by Connie Loizos1 Comment »

Samsung suddenly seems a lot like a boxer whose every punch at the world champion, Apple, is bringing it closer to a legitimate shot at the title. Samsung’s handsets are hot. Late last year, Samsung’s Galaxy S III became…

At Upstart, Ex-Googlers Raise $3.5M More to Upend Business as Usual

Posted on: January 31, 2013 by Connie Loizos2 Comments »

It used to be that you had to have an actual company for capture investors’ attention. Last March, entrepreneur and investor Paul Graham upended that basic standard, inviting candidates with no plan whatsoever into his Y Combinator program. Now, Upstart, a 10-month-old, 10-person company based in Palo Alto, is making even Graham’s unconventional thinking seem quaint.