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Cryptocurrency company Circle to go public in SPAC deal

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In other words, Circle will have plenty of capital on its hands if the merger goes through. Created in 2013, the company originally wanted to create a mainstream bitcoin payment platform. But the company later pivoted to create a social payments app. The company also recently raised $440 million in capital.

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A Look At Reddit’s Biggest Shareholders Ahead Of Its IPO

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Its IPO is the first from a social media company since Pinterest ’s debut in 2019. Within 18 months of Reddit’s founding, media company Advance Publications , owner of magazine publisher Condé Nast among other properties, acquired the startup for $10 million. Reddit’s IPO will be closely watched for a number of reasons.

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Thirdweb raises $24M at a $160M valuation from Haun Ventures, Shopify and Coinbase for its web3 development kit

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Bartlett likes to tackle opportunities when they’re only starting to emerge: He was an early adopter and proponent of social media and specifically brands leveraging it to grow, long before brands came to recognize social media strategy as a must-have.

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Top Five Futuristic Technologies That Will Transform The World

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Instead, social media networks, smartphones, and live streaming have dominated the world. Soon, these technologies will go mainstream and change the entire world significantly. Social media networks also leverage artificial intelligence and automation to moderate comments. Robot and Voice Assistants.

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Why the next big entrepreneur must come from climate tech

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The list goes on. Many promising technologies have matured and now have an easier path to entering the mainstream. Nearly every region in the world has been heavily affected. The climate crisis is real, happening now and really hurting us. The new generation of business leaders must be cut from a different cloth.

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Breaking Down The Reddit IPO

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Some subreddits, such as r/AmITheAsshole, have an almost cult-like following, acquiring hundreds of thousands of views as well as garnering mainstream media attention. Reddit cultivates a very organic and human experience, which differentiates it from other social sites. But, as the saying goes, only the paranoid survive.

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Unit tests an easier way for workers to organize

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From scaling accountability and onboarding remotely to figuring out what old perks can be made socially distant — myriad decisions have been made at the hands of the employers. So Unit, a New York-based company, is tackling perhaps the most elusive and controversial topic in mainstream tech today: labor unions.