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Startup de vitaminas e suplementos levanta investimentos e ganha valor de US$ 150 milhões
(Bloomberg) — A Care/of, startup que vende vitaminas e suplementos pela internet nos EUA, conseguiu levantar recursos junto a investidores como o Goldman Sachs Group. A captação colocou o valor de mercado da empresa sediada em Nova York em US$ 156 milhões próximo o suficiente das varejistas de capital aberto que lideram o setor. A…
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Silicon Valley “innovation” truth
Silicon Valley is a place that prides itself on innovation. Yet, somehow in the Valley’s pursuit of shiny new tech, it has decided that being “innovative” is the same thing as being “totally original.” Copying another startup’s idea is seen as an inferior, unoriginal get-rich quick play. Acknowledging that you used a competitor’s idea is unheard of. Take…
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Does Creativity Breed Inequality in Cities?
In 2002, Richard Florida became America’s best known urbanist with the publication of his book, The Rise of the Creative Class. In it, Florida posited that the “creative class,” a group which included artists, scientists and engineers, as well as educated knowledge sector professionals such as lawyers and finance workers, was the main driver of cultural…