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Peter Thiel's venture firm to invest in space (exclusive)
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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Peter Thiel's late-stage venture firm Mithril Capital Management is planning to invest in space exploration and transportation. Several sources close to the matter said Thiel's firm intends to raise $50 million. Mithril partner Jim O'Neill denied in
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Who shouldn't bother with college?
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
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Invalid email address Add a personal message: Your e-mail: Invalid email address Sending your article Your article has been sent. When Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion this week, David Karp, Tumblr's 26-year-old founder, became an instant
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Newsles secret Names make news and get funding
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
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Names make news and get funding Newsle co-founders Jonah Varon, left, and Axel Hansen, right, dropped out of Harvard to launch their news discovery startup in the Bay Area...Axel Hansen and Jonah Varon are building a startup based on who you know and
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Teenage Indian hacker gets paid by US organization for dropping off college
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 7 days ago
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Diwank Singh Tomer, 19 has enrolled himself with the Facebook's first investor and the co-founder and former CEO of PayPal, Peter Thiel, who is paying 100,000 dollars to 20 teenagers to launch a business of their own, ABC News reports. Tomer, who is
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DealBook: Thiel Brings Money and Some Credibility to Europe
Athens :: Greece | 12 days ago
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Factory activity and retail sales picked up a notch in April, but analysts said expansion remains weak as the Chinese economy undergoes a long-term transition. Tax evasion lies at the heart of the Greek financial collapse, yet efforts to collect
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London's Unruly snaps up viral video firm Shareifyoulike (Reuters)
Berlin :: Germany | 13 days ago
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Unruly, one of London's hottest tech companies, has made its first acquisition, buying Germany's Shareifyoulike to gain the leading position in viral video marketing in the country. Unruly and Shareifyoulike work with advertisers and their agencies
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Two Indians among 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows
Palo Alto :: CA :: USA | 15 days ago
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The Indian winners are New Delhi resident Ritesh Agarwal, 19 and Palo Alto, California resident Diwank Singh Tomer, 19, according to an announcement from the San Francisco based Thiel Foundation. Ritesh is one of the youngest entrepreneurs from India
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Whiz kids win $100G fellowships
Boston :: MA :: USA | 15 days ago
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At 17, Thomas Sohmers' trajectory to academic stardom seemed all but assured. While many other students his age could only dream of going to MIT, the self-described hardware hacker from Hudson had been working at a research lab there since he was 13,
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8 Fascinating Reads
New York City :: NY :: USA | 15 days ago
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There are more good news articles, commentaries, and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month...In Wired , Bill Gates talks progress: Wired: Peter Thiel, expressing his dissatisfaction with technology's progress,
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Thiel Fellowship for Indian startup wiz
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 16 days ago
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Ritesh is the only Indian resident on this list of "20 under 20" years of age globally. Born in Bissam Cuttack village in Odisha, Ritesh set up Oravel.com when he was 18. Agarwal, 19, is one of the youngest entrepreneurs from India to raise angel
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