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Eric Koester
(Building & investing at @NextGenVP. New dad now sleeping less; loving life more. Professor @GeorgetownU; Founder @zaarly @MainStGenome @kingmakerlabs)
The New York Times
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David Gelles
– Apr 13, 9:00 PM
Amazon, BlackRock, Google, Warren Buffett and hundreds of other companies and executives signed on to a new statement, expected to be released on Wednesday, opposing “any discriminatory legislation” that would make it harder for…
The Wall Street Journal
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Kimberly Chin
– Apr 13, 3:53 PM
Stitch Fix Inc. founder and Chief Executive Katrina Lake will step down from her role and assume a position as executive chairwoman, the company said Tuesday. The online fashion retailer has named President Elizabeth Spaulding as the next CEO. She…
Sajith Wickramasekara was just 24 when he made the cut for Forbes 30 Under 30 list for his biotech R&D startup Benchling. Today, Wickramasekara joins the ranks of unicorn founders as Benchling hits a $4 billion valuation. That valuation –…
Andreessen Horowitz
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Angela Strange
– Apr 13, 8:00 AM
The Brazilian fintech company Nubank is now the largest neobank in the world, with 33 million customers and a $25 billion valuation. That valuation is already half that of Itau's market cap, the largest public bank in Brazil, which has been around…