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Building your startup dream team: Finding a good UX designer, and how e27 did it in Vietnam

Beyond aesthetics, a good UX designer should be able to make things both nice & easy to use. “My #1 job is to hire A+ players.” – Steve Jobs Let’s face it, even Steve Jobs himself could not build Apple alone, without a team of super talented people. And for any manager or CEO, hiring...

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Unfurling the blockchain hype: Why it’s all about relationships and trust

Blockchain tech is all about establishing trust and leveraging that trust in building business relationships Few technologies have upturned and seduced the minds of finance executives more profoundly than distributed ledgers, commonly referred to as Blockchain technology. This comes as no surprise given the success of Bitcoin, the world’s first truly global digital currency. Most...

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Four reasons you shouldn’t launch your crowdfunding campaign at CES

crowdfunding It’s the Super Bowl for nerds — a place where the future is unveiled alongside a pile of the most useless crap humans can dream up. And if the legions we talk to in our work are to be believed, the event is a wonderful time to launch a crowdfunding campaign. Their line of reasoning scares the living shit out of us. Read More

Four reasons you shouldn’t launch your crowdfunding campaign at CES

crowdfunding It’s the Super Bowl for nerds — a place where the future is unveiled alongside a pile of the most useless crap humans can dream up. And if the legions we talk to in our work are to be believed, the event is a wonderful time to launch a crowdfunding campaign. Their line of reasoning scares the living shit out of us. Read More

Oculus acquires eye-tracking startup The Eye Tribe

the-eye-tribe The direction you look could one day control your VR or mobile experience thanks to Facebook and Oculus’ latest buy, The Eye Tribe. Oculus confirms to me that this is an official acquisition. The startup has developed a $99 eye tracking device developer kits for computers, and software that can bring gaze-based interfaces to smartphones and potentially virtual reality headsets. The Eye… Read More

Byte Foods raises $5.5 million for smart vending machines that serve local fare

Byte Foods IoT vending machines are like a smart fridge for the whole office. Apple juniper kombucha or a BBQ chopped salad may soon replace the can of soda and bag of chips in a vending machine at your office. A San Rafael-based startup called Byte Foods has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to popularize its smart vending machines and delivery service stocking them with nutritious food and drinks from local vendors. If the idea of the internet-connected vending… Read More