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Silk Road 2 founder sentenced five years after the site was shut down

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It's been nearly five years since the feds shut down Silk Road 2. But its founder is only now being sentenced to prison. According to Motherboard, Thomas White, also known as Dread Pirate Roberts 2 (DPR2) plead guilty to drug trafficking, money laund...

A fifth of startup founders think sexism reports are ‘overblown’

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Despite the pervasive issue of sexism and harassment in Silicon Valley gaining prominence in recent times, it seems the industry still has a long way to go in acknowledging the problem. A survey by venture firm First Round Capital polled 800 startup...

Top 50 Online Marketing Influencers Of 2014

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It’s getting more and more difficult to know which sources to trust online. I think this helps explain why lists like this one are consistently some of the most read and shared: people want (no, need...

GitHub Starts Investigations After Julie Horvath’s Departure, Puts One Founder on Leave

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Julie Horvath faced some very negative conditions at GitHub. A co-worker made romantic overtures to her after she refused to date him. Then one of the co-founders snubbed her for dating another co-...