Weekend Reading

A company that profits as it pampers workers: http://wapo.st/12kgesX {The Washington Post}
Off Grid Electric Raises $16M To Let Africans Pre-Pay For Solar Energy Just Like Phones: http://tcrn.ch/12kk3hS {TechCrunch}
Techstars helps startups get a little more corporate: http://for.tn/1D56nIc
Skycatch Makes History with Exemption from FAA: http://bit.ly/12MYWod
Facebook Envisions AI That Keeps You From Uploading Embarrassing Pics: http://wrd.cm/1wD5aVK {WIRED}
Cisco Adds Big Data to Its ’Internet of Everything’ Push: http://bloom.bg/12zLF2B {Bloomberg}

Uber, But For Dinner: http://bit.ly/12kjiFv {Fast Company}
How Design Thinking Transformed Airbnb from a Failing Startup to a Billion Dollar Business http://bit.ly/1w75t93
Amazon’s big changes: bike messengers and price bidding: http://cnb.cx/1uhsLnn {CNBC}
Revenue Multiples And Growth: http://bit.ly/12RoIHZ {AVC}
How to run a corporation like a start-up: http://for.tn/1zJxOnd {Forbes}

Nigerian Billionaire Tony Elumelu Commits $100 Million To Create 10,000 African Entrepreneurs In 10 Years: http://onforb.es/1uhgFe2
Blood billionaire talks about Theranos’ growth: http://for.tn/1uhjkV4 {Forbes}
HBO CTO resigns as company outsources its streaming technology: http://bit.ly/1z7F6A0 {The Verge}
Apple’s first employee: The remarkable odyssey of Bill Fernandez: http://tek.io/1z7VFM8 {TechRepublic}
Yammer Founder David Sacks Joins Cloud HR Startup Zenefits As COO: http://tcrn.ch/1z80cOB {TechCrunch}
Are All Payments Becoming Invisible? A Conversation With Square’s Jack Dorsey http://nyti.ms/12zMhW7 {NYTimes}

IBM Watson Analytics: http://ibm.co/1AEiszo {IBM}
Direct Indexing: The Next Step in Index Investing: http://bit.ly/1z82aOW {Wealthfront}
Hinge Has A Mission: Turn Tinder Into The Myspace Of Online Dating: http://bzfd.it/1wCZnzm {BuzzFeed}
Instagram hits 300M monthly active users, plans verified profiles: http://bit.ly/12RoIaV {GigaOm}

A startup wants to build a trading platform for sensor data: http://bit.ly/1AE9zFU {GigaOm}
Mesosphere Announces First Data Center OS And $36M In Funding: http://tcrn.ch/1vwCtTr {TechCrunch}
Telegram Claims 50M Monthly Active Users, Seems To Be Attracting Teams: http://tcrn.ch/12kh2xT {TechCrunch}
Doximity — the ‘LinkedIn for doctors’ — has signed up more than half of U.S. physicians: http://bit.ly/1uhqHvS {VentureBeat}
Postmates Is Launching An API To Let Third-Party Sellers Offer Local Delivery: http://tcrn.ch/12MzQ8Z {TechCrunch}
Bitcoin slump belied by Circle’s hire of JP Morgan alum: http://bit.ly/1wD2aIW

Ev Williams’ Obvious Ventures Is A Fund For Investing In ‘World-Positive’ Startups: http://tcrn.ch/1vwBoe8 {TechCrunch}
SoundCloud’s Valuation Could Top $1.2 Billion With New Fundraising: http://on.wsj.com/12MA0x6 {WSJ}
Meet Uber’s hedge-fund-like, Bermuda-based insurer: http://for.tn/1wD0wqR {Forbes}
China’s Baidu Set To Partner With Uber And Reportedly Invest Up To $600M: http://tcrn.ch/1zJtJPT {TechCrunch}
Fast Growing DigitalOcean Receives $50 Million to Expand in Every Direction: http://bit.ly/1zJuAjr {Business Wire}

American Airlines investing $2 billion in renovations: http://bit.ly/12kkyIC {Circa News}
28 Months on Mars: http://nyti.ms/1uhmyYM {NYTimes}
Incredible Wingsuit High-Five Video: http://read.bi/12Myo6K {Business Insider}
Calculated Risk: One of the most insane ski lines EVER: http://bit.ly/12MyV8J {Unofficial Networks}
This Is The World’s Most Expensive Photograph: http://bzfd.it/1z7QQ5j {BuzzFeed News}