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  Tableau Software Revamps Its Data Engine With Help From A Little German Startup

  Forbes - Alex Konrad

  After fifteen years and $5.7 billion in market capitalization created, data visualization company Tableau Software is hoping to get a major business boost from a new data engine acquired from a little startup in Germany. Tableau announced on Wednesday the general availability of its new data engine, …

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  Delphi acquires self-driving startup NuTonomy for $450 million

  The Verge - Andrew J. Hawkins

  Delphi, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, is acquiring Boston-based self-driving car startup NuTonomy for an upfront purchase price of $400 million as well as $50 million in earn-outs, the companies announced today. Delphi isn’t as well-known in the self-driving space as its much …

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  Stitch Fix, With Nearly $1 Billion In Sales, Files For An IPO

  Forbes - Lauren Debter

  Clothing subscription company Stitch Fix has filed for an IPO, according to paperwork submitted to regulators on Thursday. The San Francisco-based e-commerce startup, which picks clothing for women using a combination of data science and human stylists, listed $100 million as the amount it would …

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  4 valuable tips for building pre-launch hype for your mobile app

  TNW - Pratik Dholakiya

  Launching a mobile app isn’t quite as easy as it was 10 years ago. When smartphones were flooding the market back in the mid 2000’s, there was a distinct “honeymoon phase” when it came to apps. In other words, people were much more open to experimenting and trying out new programs. These days, …

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  The simple formula Jeff Bezos used to turn Amazon into a $480 billion company

  Quartz - Zat Rana

  In the early 1990s, Jeff Bezos noticed something strange. He was nearing 30, and it was at the dawn of the internet revolution. The web was nowhere near what it is today, but the thing that caught Bezos’ attention was that usage was picking up at a rate of 2,300% a year. Not wanting to miss out, he …