Y Combinator’s L. Condoms Provides Safe Sex, On-Demand | A Conversation With Y Combinator’s President Sam Altman | Bigger Isn't Always Better: How A Big Round Can Hurt Your Startup | Virtual Assistant Startup Zirtual Is “Pausing All Operations” | Korea’s Daum Kakao Brings In 34-Year-Old CEO To Grow Its Messaging Business Overseas | Xiaomi Is Now Making Smartphones In India | This Is My Jam Shuts Down Without Screwing Users |
MONDAY, AUGUST 10 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: | | | | | | TOP HEADLINE | I don’t know what kind of a situation one needs to be in to need a pack of condoms delivered in under an hour when there’s likely a fully-stocked... Read More… | | | | | CRUNCH NETWORK Since taking over YC, Altman has not only increased the number of startups in each batch, but he has also ventured into hardware and biotech, started a growth... Read More… | | | | CRUNCH NETWORK When you're a struggling team eating away at your meager savings and trying to get your startup profitable, venture capital funding seems like the holy grail.... Read More… | | | | Zirtual is hitting the pause button. The personal assistant startup sent an email to customers saying that it's "pausing all operations," starting today:... Read More… | | | | Daum Kakao, the $3 billion dollar internet company that owns messaging app Kakao Talk and recently bought Path, has turned to youth after hiring a new CEO to... Read More… | | | | Xiaomi, the company that topped China's smartphone market in the last quarter, has begun manufacturing devices in India in another move to localize its brand in... Read More… | | | | “We’re deleting everything in a week because we got acquired/ran out of money”. This is a familiar scene when a startup shuts down. It’s... Read More… | | | | | If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. | | 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2015 AOL Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy Terms of Service | | | | |