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Rocket Internet’s ‘Blitzkrieg’: JP Morgan Invests In Russian Fashion Site Lamoda; $40-80M Reported Less than a month after JP Morgan put investments into two Rocket Internet-backed fashion sites modelled on Zappos — an undisclosed investment in Zalando and $45 million in Brazil’s Dafiti, the bank is taking an equity stake in a third Rocket Internet fashion business. Lamoda.ru in Russia, a site wit

In his comments, Khosla said that medical tradition has mired doctors in voodoo-like practices. Khosla said that machines, driven by large data sets and computations power, not only would be cheaper, more accurate and objective, but better than the average doctor. To get there, the level of machine expertise would need to be in the 80th percentile of doctors’ expertise, he said. And then Khosla sl

Earlier today I was showing a friend this spectacular Oregon Duck Gangnam Style parody video and saw a two and a half-minute ad in which James Franco displays the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. My first reaction was: how have I not heard of this before? The ad is almost two weeks old, but I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about it. It is absolutely absurd. 0:02 “Oh, hi.” Franco looks like he’s e

[nggallery id=7361] Even though we're in the midst of the dog days of summer, this week was one of the liveliest for technology news we've seen all year. That's because the huge consumer electronics get-together in Berlin called IFA has dominated the week, with tons of tech rollouts of a variety of groundbreaking devices. We've spotted two major trends from that trade show, and combine that exciti

Berkeley Study: Half-Star Change In Yelp Rating Can Make Or Break A Restaurant Two Berkeley economists have found that the tiniest changes in online restaurant reviews can make or break a restaurant. A simple half-star improvement on Yelp’s 5-star rating makes it 30-49% more likely that a restaurant will sell out its evening seats. Online reviews, the researchers conclude, “play an increasingly im

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Fundraising is one of the key components in getting a business started, but it can also be one of the most challenging, especially if you’re a first-timer. I raised a $3 million seed round from August Capital in August 2011 and learned a few things along the way: 1) The Investor Deck Put together a concise investor deck that is no longer than 15 slides. Don’t overstuff slides with small details. J