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As Rick says, "good music comes from people who are relaxed." Historically, it's been hard to do that in an industry that's slow to change and even glamorizes a tough grind. Fortunately, music…
Storytale 2
MicronsThe metaverse is on the horizon, but the Multiverse has arrived. Not the Marvel one with a crocodile Loki. This one looks a bit like Silicon Valley’s RussFest. Multiverse , a collection of immersive…
UIdeck 2.0
Hey Design SystemsTheranos founder Elizabeth Holmes starts her trial for defrauding patients and investors about the company’s breakthrough, automated blood testing that never panned out. If Theranos technology had…
Pigeon for Gmail“Product Hunt is where we first launched just 1.5 years ago,” wrote Eric Glyman, Co-Founder and CEO of Ramp, in yesterday’s launch of Ramp 2.0 . The company also announced it raised $300M at a $3.9B…
The National Restaurant Association reported that 50% of full-service restaurants in the US are now using QR code menus. Just five years ago, QR codes were more decoration than utility in consumer…
Trends.vc 2.0
the:gistZoom solidified itself as an incumbent in the video space last year. Even after facing security issues early in the pandemic, and a sticky association with virtual fatigue (“ Zoom Gloom”), the…
Loóna
Genomelink 2.0Bitcoin rebounded to $50K last weekend. It has been on a steady rise since taking a tumble from its all-time high at over $64k in April. Mainstream crypto adoption and performance are still heavily…
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FSNotes 5Interest in direct-to-consumer genetic testing is making a comeback. A year ago, sales of DNA testing kits were down. 23andMe and Ancestry had to cut jobs because of the pandemic, and then Ancestry…
OnlyFans dropped big news yesterday. The company that skyrocketed to popularity thanks to adult creators is banning sexually explicit content (mostly... nude content will be allowed; details are…
It’s good to be in the Stripe mafia. That’s a term startuppy folks use for early employees who spin out their own startups, ICYDK. More than 40 new companies have been started by ex-Stripers to date.…