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Holmes’ sentencing sends a clear message that the startup ecosystem must be built on good faith

TechCrunch

As TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling wrote on Friday about the company : Holmes founded Theranos in 2003 after dropping out of Stanford. Soon she was the CEO of a company with a $10 billion valuation, but it turned out that the technology didn’t work.

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Squarespace raises $300M at a staggering $10B valuation

TechCrunch

Squarespace, which has helped millions create their own websites, was founded in 2003 and bootstrapped until a $38.5 The move comes less than two months after the company filed confidentiality to go public via a direct listing or initial public offering. million Series A in 2010 that was co-led by Accel and Index Ventures.

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How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse

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The technology is unstable and experimental; the audience unclear; and the commercial applications murky or completely unknown. Back in 2003, that was the context for the so-called weblog, which would shortly be elided to blog. The jazz saxophonist who started a weblog revolution.

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Why so many SaaS companies are launching their own media operations

TechCrunch

Around 2003, as blogs began to take hold in the internet psyche , it became clear that these writing tools could be more than an outlet for an individual’s ruminations — they also had vast potential for business and marketing. Although content marketing is evolving, as with any technology, the old doesn’t simply go away.

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Markforged acquires Digital Metal for $40M as 3D printing space continues to evolve

TechCrunch

“The Digital Metal team has created a robust and scalable solution that complements our existing technologies. ” Digital Metal was originally founded in 2003, and the company has built a name for itself for metal parts that are used in consumer products, automotive use and for experimental and prototyping use. .

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Update on Quantum Computing, Sensing, Security and Policy

Ooda Loop

I have personally tracked Quantum Technologies for decades now, publishing my first paper on the topic in 2003. Now at OODA we maintain close tabs on the state of Quantum Computing, Quantum Sensing and Quantum Security (including QKD, Encryption Algorithms and the use of quantum effects for true random).

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The best way to grow your tech career? Treat it like an app

TechCrunch

As CTO, Raj Yavatkar is responsible for charting Juniper Networks ' technology strategy through the execution of the company’s innovations and products for intelligent self-driving networks, security, mobile edge cloud, network virtualization, packet-optical integration and hybrid cloud. Raj Yavatkar. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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