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RUN-ONS, FRAGMENTS & COMPLETE SENTENCES
RUN-ONS, FRAGMENTS & COMPLETE SENTENCES
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Snapchat, an instant messaging service with texts and videos that disappear.
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Aileen Lee, came up with the term unicorn to describe the strongest of emerging tech companies.
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Today, there are 125 private unicorn startups, they are worth a total of $472 billion.
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And “superunicorn” for companies valued at more than $100 billion.
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These young, fierce businesses are wielding their influence in the competitive tech industry.
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The commanders of the takeover wars in the 1980s — to white knights, individuals or companies.
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Start-up ventures begin with a person or a small group of people with an innovative idea.
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Uber started in 2009, it is worth $50 billion.
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Descriptions of these tales get creative, this includes everyone such as corporate raiders.
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A fascinating article hit
The New York Times
technology section
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As with business stories, the unicorns’ prospects for success or failure, is like a play.
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The
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Lee plants seed money in startups companies that must have unicorn qualities.
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With the headline: “Upstarts Raid Giants for Talent in Silicon Valley.”
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Lee started her own firm called Cowboy Ventures, she used “unicorn” to describe hot startups.
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Unicorns are high-profile players, they are hot start-up companies valued above one billion.
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Terms like “unicorn” often originate in the press.
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By forces deemed undesirable by company officials.
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Snapchat is said to be worth $16 billion, more than AOL.
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If it sounds like some kind of Jack-and-the-Beanstalk fairy tale featuring ogres.
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Last year, Google’s work force has increasingly been under attack from a herd of unicorns.
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In exchange for equity or an ownership stake.
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A private firm is held by individuals, a public company offers stock to the public.
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Airbnb is a service for renting rooms or house,the firm is valued at $25.5 billion.
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They entice engineers this includes other workers specializing in new technologies.
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Tech gurus use the term “decacorn” for companies valued at more than $10 billion.
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According to a market research company called CB Insights.
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Uber, a private taxi service where anyone can use their own cars to ferry people around.
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The lives of Silicon Valley unfold like dramas, these stories are rich with unique plots.
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In fact, this story involves one of the most mythical of creatures, this is the unicorn.
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