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Reinventing HR. With Workday trading at historic highs and employers putting a high priority on recruiting and retaining top talent, venture capital financing to human capital management tech (HCM Tech) hit a five-year high. See the full research brief on investment into HCM Tech.
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The rise of digital health? Health & fitness mobile apps saw a big jump over the holiday season in the top 1000 App Store rankings. Is the ascent of health & fitness apps a sign of things to come for digital health and the quantified self movement? See the full mobile app data analysis.
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CB Insider Posts
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Breaking down startup death trends. For most startups whose tech or talent is not compelling enough to catch the eye of the Googles, Facebooks, or Yahoos of the world, the cold hard reality is death. Companies typically die around 20 months after their last financing round and after having raised a little over $1M. See the full breakdown of CB Insights startup mortality data.
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CB Insights data in the FT. "After decades living in the shadow of the West Coast’s more numerous and wealthier geeks, 2013 was the year New York City’s tech start-up community really found its swagger." See the full Financial Times analysis on New York's growing tech hub.
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In December, we issued our 2014 Tech IPO Pipeline report on the 590 most valuable private tech companies in the US. Zendesk was one of the firms on the list and, this week, hired its IPO bankers. VentureBeat takes a look at where Zendesk fits among other public cloud-based software companies and its competitors here.
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7 Things to Read this Week
A selection of 7 articles that the CB Insights team found entertaining, engaging or thought-provoking.
The world's best bounty hunter is 4'11'' - Wired profiles Michelle Gomez and why she's one of the best skip tracers in the world.
How sleep deprivation decays the mind & body - A sleep-deprived journalist dives into the torturous effects of...sleep deprivation.
The thought leader – "A new phrase and a new intellectual paragon has emerged to command our admiration: The Thought Leader," a brilliant column by David Brooks.
“I am a money magnet.” – Bloomberg Businessweek dives into some of the characters and companies in the growing bitcoin arms race.
Amazon plays jedi mind tricks - Amazon wants to ship your package before you buy it. What Amazon's new "anticipatory shipping" patent means for the future of delivery.
Did you really post that on Facebook? An interesting look at the inherent difficulty of spotting a narcissist online.
The tunnels are coming - Fascinating GQ long-read on the incredible booming marijuana railroad. |
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