Startups: This Week’s Top Stories // November 15, 2015

Review: Brilliant Bicycle, A Bike That Thinks Outside The Box | 2016 Will Be The Year Of The Sales Stack | What To Do If Your Lead Investor Asks For ESOP | With CodinGame, Learning To Code Becomes A Game | Tinder Ditches Moments | The Tech Talent Shortage Is a Lie | Tech Infrastructure In The Developing World |

STARTUPS WEEK IN REVIEW SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 2015 THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Jordan Crook Review: Brilliant Bicycle, A Bike That Thinks Outside The Box When my Brilliant Bicycle arrived in the mail last week, I had a minor epiphany: I’ve never actually purchased a bike on my own before. When I was young... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Falon Fatemi, Rebecca Hinds 2016 Will Be The Year Of The Sales Stack Selling is a competitive sport, and quota-seeking salespeople are the athletes of that sport: They are scored and compared, there are frontrunners and underdogs... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Sir Alex Ferguson And Sequoia's Mike Moritz To Speak At Disrupt London This will be the first time Sir Mike Moritz, the renowned tech investor, has interviewed Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary coach of Manchester United, in the UK. As Harvard Business Review put it, if "Steve Jobs was Apple" then "Sir Alex Ferguson is Manchester United." Don't miss your chance to see this. Learn More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Jonathan Friedman What To Do If Your Lead Investor Asks For ESOP As valuations continue to rise, early stage VCs are getting more "creative" with their deal structuring. In particular, I've seen a rise in requests for... Read More… Romain Dillet With CodinGame, Learning To Code Becomes A Game French startup CodinGame just raised $1.6 million from Isai for its innovative code learning platform. As the name suggests, CodinGame is all about games -- not... Read More… Jordan Crook Tinder Ditches Moments Just yesterday, Tinder launched an update that adds employment/education information into the user’s profile as well as a revamped inbox, placing new... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Baron Schwartz The Tech Talent Shortage Is a Lie Everybody knows hiring is difficult for tech companies. The Huffington Post called the shortage "devastating," and the Obama administration's Council of... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Ben Fischberg Tech Infrastructure In The Developing World More than a billion people do not have access to cellular networks, three billion people live without phones and five billion people do without Internet access.... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2015 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service