Author: Matthew Lynley

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Why Snap would lowball its IPO valuation

February 16, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 The short answer for why Snap lowballed its initial valuation for its initial public offering is that…

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Playment gives companies on-demand workers to analyze data using mobile devices

February 13, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 Pretty much every company, to some extent, has to power their algorithms with data and machine…

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Twitter says product changes are main growth driver, not just the President’s usage

February 9, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 Twitter’s advertising business is stalling, but the company is trying to focus on some flashes of…

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Jack Dorsey says he’ll continue running both Square and Twitter

February 9, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 As Twitter’s growth continues to stall and increasingly become an issue, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s double-time…

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Twitter’s ad business may be becoming another one of its biggest problems

February 9, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 Twitter may have re-oriented itself and laid off part of its workforce to streamline its business,…

Mobile Pinterest Social Startups TC

Pinterest users can now jump to other products within an image

February 8, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 Pinterest is looking to continually decrease the friction from finding something they’re interested in and drilling…

Mobile Pinterest Social Startups TC

Pinterest adds visual search for elements in images and through your camera

February 8, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 Pinterest said today it’s launching three new products today that will point out specific elements in…

Startups TC

Here’s the 20th batch of 500 Startups companies

February 8, 2017
Matthew Lynley

 500 Startups’ last class will be presenting next week, which means the firm is already underway…