October 2, 2016

Stanford, MIT lead in graduating funded startup founders

Stanford_Arches2.tif Certain universities are known to produce a high number of funded startup founders. These schools tend to share certain qualities: prestige, large STEM programs, research prowess and proximity to concentrations of investor capital.   At CrunchBase, we set out to quantify the comparative track records of such institutions. We started with a list of top U.S. research universities. Using… Read More

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EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump Wants To Take Over Twitter In The Next Debate. Here's How He's Doing It.

Will this work?

Via: The Daily Caller

Meet Evan McMullin, The Conservative Independent Running For President

Wants a chance to debate Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

Via: The Daily Caller

98 Percent Of Hungarians Vote To Ignore EU's Refugee Policy, Low Voter Turnout Makes It Invalid

Voter turnout below 45 percent makes it invalid

Via: The Daily Caller

HBO's Westworld is the robotic cowboy headtrip that you didn't know you were waiting for

westworld Expectations are ridiculously high as Westworld rides onto HBO tonight. The first season cost a reported $100 million to make, and it's being pitched in some quarters as the new Game of Thrones. When you've got any TV show with that much hype, some disappointment seems inevitable, but judging from the first two episodes, Westworld is even better than anticipated. Based on a 1973… Read More

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The Latest: Three-strikes bill advances in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The Latest on a special legislative session in New Mexico (all times local):

12:50 a.m.

A proposal to expand the list of crimes requiring a mandatory life sentence after a third conviction has been approved by the New Mexico House of Representatives.

The House approved ...

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A Federal Judge Just Let Obama Give Away The Internet

States lose fight to stop transfer

Via: The Daily Caller

Tech companies and the global rise of e-sports

esports The latest sports phenomenon sweeping the globe wasn't represented at the Olympic Games in Rio; it doesn't require an intense physical training regimen or even traditional sports equipment. We're talking about e-sports — competitive video gaming — and the opportunities for huge windfalls for players and advertisers are immense. But the real money up for grabs here… Read More

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Clinton in Charlotte Calls for Action to Bridge Racial Divide

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton called for unity and action to bridge the divide between minority communities and those who police them as she visited Charlotte, the North Carolina city rocked by riots following the recent killing of a black man by a police officer.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

This day in baseball history — The Dodgers win pennant on final day

(Paul Mirengoff) When we last looked in on the 1966 pennant race, it was mid-September. The Los Angeles Dodgers had overcome a mediocre August and moved into first place, two and half games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates and three ahead of the San Francisco Giants. In the second half of September, the Dodgers maintained their lead, but couldn't shake the competition. When Sandy Koufax beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 on

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How We Found Hacked Audio Rocking the Clinton Campaign

The email containing an audio file that has rocked the Clinton campaign since last week when it was first reported by the Washington Free Beacon was one of thousands to and from a Clinton volunteer posted on a website believed to have ties to the Russian government.

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Expert: Wind Farm's 'Violent Fluctuations' Left 1.7 Million Without Electricity

A complete power blackout

Via: The Daily Caller

Watch: Marc Andreessen on Twitter, secondary sales, pulling the plug, and more

screen-shot-2016-09-30-at-8-22-49-pm On Thursday night, at an insider event I'd organized in my second but closely related life as the founder of StrictlyVC, I interviewed famed entrepreneur-investor Marc Andreessen, whose most recent headline-grabbing maneuver (intentionally or not) was to take a Twitter break one week ago. I talked with Andreessen about why he has had enough of the social media platform for now, along with… Read More

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Sanders Sees No Slight in Clinton's Basement-Dweller Comments

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said he agrees with the characterization by one-time primary rival Hillary Clinton that many his supporters are young people "living in their parents' basement" who feel stuck in a "job that doesn't pay a lot."

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Hillary Clinton privately slams Bernie Sanders' supporters as 'basement dwellers'

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was caught on audio tape speaking in condescending terms about far-left primary rival Sen. Bernard Sanders' young supporters, saying they are overly idealistic political newbies who "live in their parents' basement."

The leaked receding from a February fundraiser further complicated Mrs. Clinton's struggle to attracted ...

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Michael Moore: 'People Don't Trust Democrats Anymore'

Will people vote for Trump out of frustration?

Via: The Daily Caller

Gillmor Gang: Bait and Switch

Gillmor Gang Artcard The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Saturday, October 1, 2016. The Gang announces its version of the Alexa Prize, TrumpBot: an undisclosed amount of virtual tax breaks to the first person to create a chatbot that speaks intelligently for 20 seconds. Believe me, it will be great. @stevegillmor, @scobleizer, @kevinmarks, @kteare… Read More

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McCaskill: What Clinton has Done For Women Outweighs Her Negative Comments About Them

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Kim Kardashian Goes Braless At Paris Fashion Week

Holy cow

Via: The Daily Caller

Trump Said to Resist Pressure to Show Taxes After NYT Story

Donald Trump won't release any new tax information in response to revelations that he claimed a massive tax loss in 1995 that potentially allowed him to eliminate his federal income-tax bill for almost two decades, according to two people familiar with the campaign's thinking.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

"Bombshell": Trump Lost a Lot of Money In 1995

(John Hinderaker) The New York Times thinks Donald Trump's tax returns are "a central issue in the campaign." Others would disagree, but today the Times did what it can to distract voters from Hillary Clinton's record by publishing three pages of Trump tax returns from 1995, 21 years ago. The Times explains that someone anonymously mailed the three pages to one of its reporters. They are the front pages from Trump's New

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Bernie Sanders: Leaked Audio Bothered Me

On Sunday morning Senator Bernie Sanders (D., Vt.) said that leaked remarks from a Hillary Clinton fundraiser bothered him. Sanders was appearing on CNN's State of the Union when he was asked by Jake Tapper about the audio which was first reported on by the Washington Free Beacon. "She's calling other ideas you pitch not the ...

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Bernie Sanders OK with Hillary Clinton caught disparaging his voters

Sen. Bernard Sanders gave Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton a pass Sunday for disparaging his young supporters during the primary.

Mr. Sanders, who led a far-left movement that was the biggest challenge to Mrs. Clinton during the primary but now supports her, said he agreed with her description of his ...

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Green Billionaire's Huge Donation Helped Dems Raise $85 Million At Convention

Raises questions about his overwhelming influence inside the Democratic Party

Via: The Daily Caller

Should your startup take the B Corp route?

moneypaths While most founders want to make a boatload of money, achieving a stunning exit is not the only driver for most entrepreneurs. Many are fueled by the challenge of solving a problem or producing something meaningful. Some want to make a corporate commitment to social responsibility by organizing their business as a B Corporation, with a mission to do good written into the governing documents. Read More

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Trump Unfavorable Ratings Rise in ABC News/WaPo Poll

53% of American adults say Clinton won the debate, while 18% say Trump won, according to an ABC News/WaPo poll. 64% of Americans express an unfavorable opinion of Trump overall, up 5ppt from its pre-debate level; stance on Clinton at 53% with no significant change 45% of Republicans say Trump won, while 83% of Democrats pick Clinton; Independents favor Clinton at 50% vs 14% for Trump; Conservatives see Clinton as winner at 40% vs 27% for Trump Landline and cell phone poll conducted from Sept. 28

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Tribe votes to impeach chief after residency flap

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) - Members of Rhode Island's Narragansett Indian tribe have voted to impeach their chief sachem of nearly two decades following reports he may be a Florida resident.

WPRI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2dkamce) members of the tribe's executive board voted to impeach Matthew Thomas last week. The full tribal assembly ...

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MAJOR STRETCH — Van Jones Argues That Trump Wrote The 'Corrupt' US Tax Code [VIDEO]

Not even Jake Tapper was buying this one...

Via: The Daily Caller

Sunday morning coming down

(Scott Johnson) Writing about Hillary Clinton "behind closed doors" yesterday reminded me, of course, of the fabulous Charlie Rich (as one of his albums called him). It seems like an opportune moment to recall him and acquaint you with a few of his songs with which you might not be familiar. As a presenter at the Country Music Association awards in 1975, at the height of his career, Charlie Rich committed a

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Trump Campaign: New York Times Illegally Obtained Tax Records

Paper publishes Trump's 1995 income tax documents

Via: The Daily Caller

Gil Penchina on angel investing, market timing, and his ambivalence to venture capital

gil-penchina Let's start with a bit of background. How did you get into angel investing? I was one of the early folks at eBay and by 1999 it was completely overrun by consultants from McKinsey, Bain and BCG. It went from being a cool fun startup to an MBA factory. Angel investing was an outlet for me to hang out with people I liked– startup founders doing crazy stuff! Where did you get the money… Read More

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The World Still Needs America

Anders Fogh Rasmussen's support for the transatlantic alliance was tested by fire the year he was elected prime minister of Denmark in 2001. Following 9/11, Denmark proved to be one of the United States' closest allies, deploying over 4 percent of its active-duty military to the NATO mission in Afghanistan and suffering one of the highest casualty rates of any nation in that war. The bond between the two countries would be strengthened by subsequent crises, including the showdown with Saddam Hussein in 2003 and the deadly international riots over Danish depictions of Muhammad in 2005. Rasmussen stepped down as president of Denmark to become secretary-general of NATO in 2009, two years before NATO launched an air campaign to oust Muammar Gaddafi. His final days in that position in 2014 were marked by increasing Russian interference in Eastern Europe, which culminated in an invasion of Ukraine.

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Trump tax returns show massive loss, could mean he didn't owe taxes for years: NYT report

Donald Trump claimed a $916 million net operating loss on his 1995 tax returns — a deduction so massive it could have shielded him from any tax liability for up to 18 years, the New York Times reported Saturday, after obtaining the records.

The Trump campaign bristled at the report, ...

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