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Selling into Startups 101: What You Need to Know to Find a Unicorn

Sales Hacker

For example, Lyft’s mission statement is, “ improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation.”. Raised seed in 2013. Founded in 2013. Raised seed in 2013. Raised Series B in 2012. These simple, yet powerful, statements are the North Star for forming a company. Founded in 2011. Sumo Logic.

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What Air Crash Investigations Didn't Tell You About QF32 (Airbus A380)

Tony Hughes

The ATSB (Australian Transport Safety Bureau) published their final report in June 2013, and Air Crash Investigations released their documentary in February 2014. But before both of these, in late 2012 I was fortunate enough to interview Captain Richard de Crespigny in his home. Read the Transport Safety Bureau report here.

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Decision-Making For Businesses

Tenfold

We see it in something as basic as automatic photo-tagging on Facebook, a process developed by Yann LeCun for the company in 2013. Here, you have bots that map the decisions made from automotive players, such as car buyers and manufacturers, and transportation services providers. An example is the online retail giant, Amazon.