Boku President Ron Hirson is leaving the mobile payments provider he co-founded about four years ago to start working on his next gig. Hirson has signed on with Khosla Ventures and Mayfield Fund as an entrepreneur in residence, where he’ll...
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Ron Hirson at the Fortune Brainstorm TECH 2012
Boku Co-Founder Hirson Eyes Next Mobile Startup
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Nora Abousteit founded Kollabora, which sells patterns and material for knitting and sewing projects.
DIY Site Draws Investors as It Expands From Sewing to Soldering
Knitting, sewing and jewelry-making may not seem like the height of geekdom, but that hasn’t stopped one e-commerce site from attracting the attention of some influential technology investors. New York-based Kollabora, a website that sells patterns and supplies to help hobbyists create...
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Axio's Arye Barnehama, left, demonstrates his headband that measures the user's focus at an event held by the HAXLR8R incubator.
New Incubators Focus on Hardware
Arye Barnehama had an idea for a headband that could measure a person’s level of focus. So last year, he recruited people with the know-how to design software and arrange circuit boards to help build it. “We had a really great foundation...
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