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Oregon AI Accelerator reveals inaugural cohort
I’ve been nudging folks to see if anyone had any details about who was selected for the new Oregon AI Accelerator. And all of that nudging finally paid off. Curious — like I was — about who they selected…? Here’s the list of the 20 companies they picked.
Field of Bankruptcies
It’s hard out there trying to do something new, which is why we want to look back on some of the notable failed sports leagues.
Let’s Go To The Tape
Why Memorex, Silicon Valley’s first true startup, evolved into something of a ghost kitchen of computing.
Dr. Koop’s Digital Korner
How famed U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, at the age of 82, became an internet entrepreneur, and why his namesake website burned out, fast.
Michael Wolff’s Internet Book Empire
The Trump administration tell-all scribe has a history with digital publishing that goes way back. In fact, he edited one of the first guides to the internet.
Google’s Zombie
Why FeedBurner, a service that Google once bought for $100 million, has become the one service it literally can’t kill. Here's why the service lingers.
All Sock Puppets Go To Heaven
If someone were to create an online store like Pets.com today, it probably would've worked. So why did it fail miserably back in 2000? A few reasons.