Top Stories of the Day // August 10, 2015

Y Combinator’s L. Condoms Provides Safe Sex, On-Demand | A Conversation With Y Combinator’s President Sam Altman | Bigger Isn't Always Better: How A Big Round Can Hurt Your Startup | Virtual Assistant Startup Zirtual Is “Pausing All Operations” | Korea’s Daum Kakao Brings In 34-Year-Old CEO To Grow Its Messaging Business Overseas | Xiaomi Is Now Making Smartphones In India | This Is My Jam Shuts Down Without Screwing Users |

DAILY MONDAY, AUGUST 10 2015 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE Y Combinator’s L. Condoms Provides Safe Sex, On-Demand I don’t know what kind of a situation one needs to be in to need a pack of condoms delivered in under an hour when there’s likely a fully-stocked... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK A Conversation With Y Combinator’s President Sam Altman Since taking over YC, Altman has not only increased the number of startups in each batch, but he has also ventured into hardware and biotech, started a growth... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Gagan Biyani, CEO Of Sprig, Will Bring Kale And Quinoa To Disrupt SF 2015 Biyani will be chatting with us about what it's like to scale a business of Sprig's popularity so quickly. Where will you be? Get tickets for 30% off here! Learn More… CRUNCH NETWORK Bigger Isn't Always Better: How A Big Round Can Hurt Your Startup When you're a struggling team eating away at your meager savings and trying to get your startup profitable, venture capital funding seems like the holy grail.... Read More… Virtual Assistant Startup Zirtual Is “Pausing All Operations” Zirtual is hitting the pause button. The personal assistant startup sent an email to customers saying that it's "pausing all operations," starting today:... Read More… Only two weeks left to save $1000 off your Disrupt San Francisco tickets! September 21-23 at Pier 70.  Korea’s Daum Kakao Brings In 34-Year-Old CEO To Grow Its Messaging Business Overseas Daum Kakao, the $3 billion dollar internet company that owns messaging app Kakao Talk and recently bought Path, has turned to youth after hiring a new CEO to... Read More… Xiaomi Is Now Making Smartphones In India Xiaomi, the company that topped China's smartphone market in the last quarter, has begun manufacturing devices in India in another move to localize its brand in... Read More… This Is My Jam Shuts Down Without Screwing Users “We’re deleting everything in a week because we got acquired/ran out of money”. This is a familiar scene when a startup shuts down. It’s... 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