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Andrew Chen of a16z on how startups get past a ‘cold start’ to survive, then thrive

Andrew Chen has long been a student, and teacher, of how startups engage their users while managing to amass a slew of new ones. Today, he espouses his learnings — as a founder and a former Uber

NerdWallet, Gen Z and the value of the written word

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, the time of the week when we niche down t

‘Several People Are Typing’ is the Slack workspace of your worst nightmares

Now that it’s October, it’s officially spooky season. But debut author Calvin Kasulke’s novel “Several People Are Typing” gives us something new to be afraid of — w

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s new book is more business text than memoir

Any sitting CEO's book about his own company is likely to be a bit of a disappointment. It's no surprise then that Satya Nadella's Hit Refresh, which officially launched at Microsoft's Ignite conferen

Crunch Report | Facebook’s Fake News Problem

Facebook has a fake news problem, Snapchat's Spectacles hype train continues into Tulsa, Oklahoma, Apple releases a coffee table book, Microsoft partners with OpenAI and we have our friend Justin Kan

Even In The Face Of Ebook Hegemony Used Bookstores Are Still Popular

In an article that should bring you and yours a bit of holiday warmth, the Washington Post has found that despite Amazon used bookstores are still thriving – for now. They have found that variou

Oyster Brings Its Netflix For Books To Android

New York-based startup Oyster just released its reading app for Android devices — the app works on both phones and tablets, such as the Nexus 7 or Kindle Fire. As a reminder, Oyster is an unlimi

FarFaria Brings Hundreds Of Children’s Books To Android

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.farfaria.com/">FarFaria</a>, the children's subscription-based e-book service which recently raised <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/04/farfaria-series-a/">$

Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls ‘Haunted Empire’ Nonsense, Says It Fails To Depict Company Or Culture

In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a new book out about Apple by ex-WSJ reporter Yukari Iwatani Kane called Haunted Empire. Kane covered the Apple beat at WSJ for years, and her book deals

Lots Of Hollywood Interest In Making Bilton’s Twitter Book A Movie

Interest is swirling at Sony and several other major Hollywood studios around Nick Bilton’s book “Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal“, TechCrunch has learne

Keen On… Zuck: The Five Business Secrets Of You-Know-Who

Facebook is, of course, built around <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/mark-zuckerberg">Mark Zuckerberg</a>'s <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/18/keen-on-david-kirkpatri

In Startups And Life, You Need Plan A, B, And Z

An entrepreneur receives lots of contradictory advice from really smart, experienced people. For example, you’ve probably been told to be both persistent <em>and</em> flexible; to have a clear visio

Nook Gets Faster Page Turning, Sync Across Devices With 1.5 Firmware Update Next Month

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/nook15.jpg" />Good news for <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/nook/">Nook</a> owners. Barnes & Noble plans to release a hefty fi

Let's Kill "Viral": It's Time For a New Word

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/cp_1257004184_virus-sign-215x193.jpg" width="215" height="193" /><i>This guest post is by Adam L. Penenberg, author of <a HREF="https://techcr

iPod Bible 3.0

Did you recently purchase an iPod? Not to sure what iTunes is all about? I’ll admit that I suck when it comes to using iTunes. It’s OK because not everyone has the time to sit around and tinker wi