Arts & Entertainment 'Unicorn Startup Simulator' Lets You Get Valued Or Die Trying Over And Over Again In the large field of startup send-up and parody, a new entry, Unicorn Startup Simulator feels like a rare breed, in that it's so bizarre and fun. The goal of the game, naturally,
SF News Forbes: Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Net Worth Now Zero Dollars Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of blood testing startup Theranos, has had a rough year. News broke in April that the company, which she founded, was under criminal investigation and an SEC probe for
SF News Uber CEO: IPO Currently Planned For Never Because Market Is 'Irrational' Marc Benioff, billionaire philanthropist and noted unicorn skeptic, said last year that “The unicorn mania that’s going on, that’s dangerous for our Silicon Valley economy." As opposed to crazytalk private investments
SF News For Success, Startups Look To Crazy New Metric: Profitability In a survey of 929 tech and healthcare startup executives, Silicon Valley Bank has made a shocking discovery. Just 64 percent felt business conditions would improve this year, writes Wired, representing an 18
Arts & Entertainment Look Out, Uber: SF's Hottest New Unicorn Has Priceless Valuation Even those who subscribe to tech luminary Marc Benioff's view that “unicorn mania.. [is] dangerous for our Silicon Valley economy," a warning he issued in a recent interview, are sure to marvel at
SF News Marc Benioff: 'Unicorn Mania' Is 'Dangerous For Our Silicon Valley Economy' Salesforce CEO and billionaire philanthropist Marc Benioff isn't showing a lot of charity to privately funded startups valued at $1 billion or more before being taken public, a group colloquially named unicorns. “The
SF News Square's Dismal IPO Perceived As Referendum On Unicorn Brethren Jack Dorsey developed Square's signature card reader and made waves in the mobile payments world after he was removed from Twitter in 2008. It's been a rocky ride since, but as the Verge
Arts & Entertainment 'The Hunt For The Unicorn Company' As Told In Medieval Tapestries Hanging today in The Cloisters of New York, The Hunt for the Unicorn Company is perhaps the most famous series of tapestries in human history, numbering seven in total, six of which survive
Arts & Entertainment Behold the Uncensored Castro Street Fair Poster This year's Castro Street Fair poster features a cartoon unicorn, blue skies, and rainbows. However, the original poster had a unicorn sporting a penis and testicles. Delightful! It has since been censored. Alas.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mr. Toots, The Unicorn Who Farts Deadly Rainbows This made our morning. Allow it to make your afternoon. [Freddie Wong via Laughing Squid]
SF News New Oakland Bishop Named Magic-believing crazy person Pope Benedict XVI announced today a brand spanking new Bishop. Salvatore Joseph Cordileone has officially been announced as America's Next Top Bishop of Oakland, "making him the principal voice of
