Flying solo: A new generation of VCs are rewriting the Sand Hill Road playbook and anointing themselves general partners of their own funds

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Brianne Kimmel is one of many operators striking out to raise their own funds.Brianne Kimmel; Ruobing Su/Business Insider This story requires our BI Prime membership.To read the full article, simply click here to claim your deal and get access to all exclusive Business Insider PRIME content.A new generation of tech investors are raising their own…

Facebook dating app controversy disrupts Zuckerberg’s upcoming trip to woo Europeans | VentureBeat

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Chris O’Brien @obrien February 13, 2020 5:30 AM Dozens of cardboard cutouts of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are seen during an Avaaz.org protest outside the U.S.Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 10, 2018.Image Credit: REUTERS/Aaron P.Bernstein Facebook’s dating app controversy has thrown cold water on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s upcoming European trip, which was aimed at rebuilding…

Prediction: A Cashless Society in 2030?

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The world of cash has been under enormous pressure.A tense 2018 led to a tumultuous 2019: Facebook’s sudden announcement of plans to launch its Libra cryptocurrency with a consortium of companies caused consternation, uniting all regulators against the project.As the Cashless Society Working Party releases “A Cashless Society in 2019” , its author Sabrina Rochemont…

WhatsApp Reaches 2 Billion Active Users

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sees privacy-focused communications as the future of social networking , with messaging playing a key role – and WhatsApp, Facebook’s largest messaging platform, is central to that shift. And this week, the significance of WhatsApp has been underlined once again, with the messaging app reaching a new user milestone of 2…

Samsung and other smartphone makers need to focus on solving new problems, not old ones (opinion) – CNN

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Mohanbir Sawhney is a professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Samsung just took the lead in the smartphone race with its newly unveiled Galaxy S20 line.Some of the features include 5G capability, enhanced zooming, a gargantuan 6.9-inch screen and four cameras — a clear…

When Corporations Violate Privacy, They Do Concrete Harm

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When Corporations Violate Privacy, They Do Concrete Harm February 15, 2020 46 Views Lindsey Barrett , a staff attorney at Georgetown Law, does not hold back when she sees bad actors in the tech space.She recently vehemently opposed the Sprint-T-Mobile merger in Slate , warning that “further consolidating an already anti-competitive sector” would make “it…

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