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The sharing, trading and crowdsourcing economy is a proven disruptive path to making money. Airbnb and Uber demonstrated the value of tapping idle resources, while eBay and Craigslist redefined how we trade and resell goods and services, and Kickstarter and…
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San Francisco is experiencing a gold rush. Tech and business prospectors are flocking here from all over the world to find their fortune. Competition is cutthroat for jobs, internships, venture capital – you name it. Apartments are hard to find…
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Disruption makes San Francisco’s startup culture tick, upending existing products or services with radically new technological solutions. But one night last week on a pier over San Francisco Bay, humanitarian and tech leaders joined forces to announce a different kind…
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Ditch the mall. Skip Amazon Prime. Diverge from the norm by supporting an entrepreneur today. Spend your holiday cash on Kickstarter or Indiegogo gifts for friends, co-workers and loved ones. Yes, ’tis the season of giving, but most of us…
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