Eat the rich, but let them build rockets in the meantime

Eat the rich, but let them build rockets in the meantime

Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic went to space (or the vicinity of space) in a PR-suffused event over the weekend. It was all rather twee, packed with maudlin riffs about childhood dreams and riddled with hero worship. And the stream kept stuttering while some of the...
Beyond Pride: The fight against tech’s brogrammer culture

Beyond Pride: The fight against tech’s brogrammer culture

Phil Schraeder Contributor Share on Twitter Phil Schraeder is CEO of GumGum, the global technology and media company specializing in contextual intelligence. I was 4 years old when I started playing what I’ve come to think of as “the game.” It was dressing-up time at...
Gembah raises $11M to ‘democratize product innovation’

Gembah raises $11M to ‘democratize product innovation’

Gembah’s mission statement is a deceptively simple one. The Austin-based company says it’s looking to “democratize product innovation by drastically lowering barriers to entry for creation of new products.” In that respect, at least, it’s not so dissimilar from...