| ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bg_white-squares.png) ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/cuban3.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | John Biggs Dear Silicon Valley: Mark Cuban wants to kick your ass. At Disrupt SF today, the noted investor and bon vivant talked about his drive to build companies and his... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/img_3775.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Darrell Etherington, Matthew Panzarino | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/cuban22.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Matt Burns | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/rakuten-ebates.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Sarah Perez Rumors have been swirling around Japan's Rakuten, which has been in discussions with rebate website operator Ebates.com, regarding a potential acquisition deal.... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/peter-thiel.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Sarah Buhr Peter Thiel could have tweeted about his early investment in Facebook, his loathe for Uber or the future of anti-aging. Instead, the Libertarian billionaire... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/allre1.jpg?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Frederic Lardinois The Internet has disintermediated almost every business that used to rely on brokers -- except for the real estate industry. There, we still pay huge fees to... read more | | ![](http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/assets/images/techcrunch.global.thumb-placeholder.png?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Josh Constine | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/disrupt_hackathon_midnight_featured.jpg?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | Last night around midnight, just before a few hundred beers, and a few dozen pizzas touched down, myself... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/hack2.jpg?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | It’s still early at the Disrupt Hackathon but that doesn’t mean hackers, programmers, and other... read more | | ![](http://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/20140906-dsc01030.jpg?w=210&h=158&crop=1?w=152&h=102&crop=1) | The hackathon at Disrupt SF just kicked off, and the tables at Pier 48 (Disrupt’s new, bigger home)... read more | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |