Startups: This Week’s Top Stories // November 29, 2015

Here’s What Cards Against Humanity Is Doing With The $71,145 They Made On Black Friday | The 20 Best Unicorn Companies For Paying Software Engineers Top Dollar | GoTenna Keeps Your Cell Phone Connected, Even When You Don't Have Cell Service | How Tech Titans Know To Pull The Plug On Projects | The Platform Paradox | Uber Chases The Perfect Ride With Back-To-Back Trips | 7 On-Demand Delivery Startups In London |

STARTUPS WEEK IN REVIEW SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 2015 THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Drew Olanoff Here’s What Cards Against Humanity Is Doing With The $71,145 They Made On Black Friday While a lot of the US was out and about shopping for themselves or others for the holidays, Cards Against Humanity ran their own Black Friday campaign, asking... Read More… Sarah Buhr, Anna Escher The 20 Best Unicorn Companies For Paying Software Engineers Top Dollar Last week we brought you the 20 highest paying unicorns, based on median annual salary for all employees. This time around, we centered our search on the... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Get a Virtual Phone: System ROM for Nexus 5 with Hidden Space support Use separate accounts, apps and data for work, play, banking, kids and use a hidden virtual space for your most private data. Read more Learn More… Anthony Ha GoTenna Keeps Your Cell Phone Connected, Even When You Don't Have Cell Service GoTenna co-founder Daniela Perdomo knows that her startup has been “quiet for a long time,” but she said it’s for a good reason — the... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Tony Scherba How Tech Titans Know To Pull The Plug On Projects Not every new idea is destined to be great. Sometimes even the most promising concepts end up in the scrap pile. You probably never heard about Google Here, but... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Eric Paley The Platform Paradox I often hear VCs say that they don't back products, they back platforms. I find that logic backwards and in many ways dangerous for founders. Platforms can... Read More… Josh Constine Uber Chases The Perfect Ride With Back-To-Back Trips There's a secret equation Uber is constantly trying to optimize, where Uber and the driver earn the most money possible while the passenger pays the least.... Read More… Steve O'Hear 7 On-Demand Delivery Startups In London We count 7 on-demand delivery startups currently battling it out in London (although there are doubtless more) as entrepreneurs and VCs make big bets on... 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