by Adre's IT | 30 June, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, launches
Not all astronauts start off as test pilots. I spoke with David Saint-Jacques, a Canadian astronaut with a medical degree who’s spent 203 days aboard the ISS, and learned some of the career twists and turns one can take on the way into orbit. Most people would...
by Adre's IT | 30 June, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, cloud market share, cross-border, Dragon, Funding Circle, Gilmour Space Technologies, launches, Recent Funding, Startups, TC, tcdisrupt, TechCrunch Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising, Transportation
Australian rocket launch startup Gilmour Space Technologies is betting that bigger isn’t always better. The company has developed a small launch vehicle it calls Eris, a 25-meter (82 foot) rocket that can deliver a payload of up to 215 kilograms (474 pounds) to sun...
by Adre's IT | 30 June, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, daylight, TC
It’s almost go-time for all you early-stage startup founders. That’s right, on July 8-9 thousands of determined entrepreneurs around the world will gather virtually for the best little two-day bootcamp we like to call TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and...
by Adre's IT | 30 June, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Finance, freada kapor klein, Funding, Fundings & Exits, Google-Talk, GoStudent, Recent Funding, Revolut, Startups, TC, Venture Capital
Over the past year, there has been a surge of newly formed digital banks aimed at specific demographics. The banks in nearly all cases are trying to meet the needs of certain populations that they believe are feeling left out or underserved by traditional financial...
by Adre's IT | 30 June, 2021 | Adre's IT Blog, Amazon, deep learning, Kevin Systrom
The workers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, wanted a union. The center opened in March of last year, just as stay-at-home orders for covid-19 went into effect. While much of the world economy tanked, some sectors thrived, including...
