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Could Hawaii Be The First State To Offer A Basic Income?

Could Hawaii Be The First State To Offer A Basic Income?

Want A Basic Income? Apply To Be In This Documentary

Want A Basic Income? Apply To Be In This Documentary

The Toddler At Y Combinator

The Toddler At Y Combinator

Quick-Hit Wisdom From Y Combinator’s Female Startup Stories

Quick-Hit Wisdom From Y Combinator’s Female Startup Stories

Y Combinator’s Battle To Redefine The Startup Process

Y Combinator’s Battle To Redefine The Startup Process

Why Gmail Creator Paul Buchheit Gave JavaScript A Second Chance

Why Gmail Creator Paul Buchheit Gave JavaScript A Second Chance

A Psychologist In Y Combinator, And His Controversial Mission To Revolutionize Therapy

A Psychologist In Y Combinator, And His Controversial Mission To Revolutionize Therapy

Startup Failing? You Might Be Asking The Wrong Questions

Startup Failing? You Might Be Asking The Wrong Questions

What It’s Like To Be A Woman In Y Combinator

What It’s Like To Be A Woman In Y Combinator

Y Combinator Opens Up Applications For Nonprofits

Y Combinator Opens Up Applications For Nonprofits

A Tokyo Startup With Something To Prove

A Tokyo Startup With Something To Prove

Today’s Most Innovative Company: Watsi, Y-Combinator’s First Non-Profit

Today’s Most Innovative Company: Watsi, Y-Combinator’s First Non-Profit

Paul Graham And Buster Benson On Why Slogging And Schlepping Are Key Startup Values

Paul Graham And Buster Benson On Why Slogging And Schlepping Are Key Startup Values

Who Needs Y Combinator, Anyway? Not These Two Dropouts

Who Needs Y Combinator, Anyway? Not These Two Dropouts

The Aha! Moments That Made Paul Graham’s Y Combinator Possible

The Aha! Moments That Made Paul Graham’s Y Combinator Possible

Critical Takeaways From Y Combinator’s Startup School

Critical Takeaways From Y Combinator’s Startup School

How Algorithms Rule The World

How Algorithms Rule The World

Seedcamp’s Reshma Sohoni: Bad Accelerators Will Face “Day Of Reckoning”

Seedcamp’s Reshma Sohoni: Bad Accelerators Will Face “Day Of Reckoning”

Beware Of Fake Mentors, And Other Advice On Accelerators From Tech Wildcatters’ Gabriella Draney

Beware Of Fake Mentors, And Other Advice On Accelerators From Tech Wildcatters’ Gabriella Draney

For Stripe Cofounders, Y Combinator Supplies Far More Than Mentoring

For Stripe Cofounders, Y Combinator Supplies Far More Than Mentoring

Ideas

You Can Now Sign Your Emails By Encouraging People To Donate To Charity

Nike’s New Recycled Leather Shoes Look Like They Were Made From The Real Thing

Bold Conservation Ideas Go From Concept To Reality On This New Collaboration Platform

Entertainment

Ikea’s New AR App Lets You See What Furniture Looks Like In Your Place

How Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig Turned His Anime Fandom Into A New Netflix Show

This Cinematic Twitter Account Offers Hilariously Inaccurate Title Lines

Co.Design

Nest Wants To Disrupt The Doorbell

Would You Let This Flying Alexa-Powered Droid Into Your House?

A Wikipedia For Data Visualizations Is Here

Fast Company

Mexico City earthquake: 6 ways to help victims, from Airbnb to GoFundMe

You Can Now Sign Your Emails By Encouraging People To Donate To Charity

Facebook use has plummeted in the Middle East, survey says