UpstartToday: Facebook rumors; Music marketing; & Entrepreneurs of the week

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June 17, 2013

What is Facebook up to this week? Place your bets on the new product Facebook will announce Thursday. The smart money seems to be on a video-sharing app to compete with Vine. Either way, Facebook is under pressure to produce. No-rules marketing for Jay-Z, Usher Musicians like Jay-Z, Kanye West and Usher are releasing new albums in convention-defying ways, and that's good news for the upstart brands that work with them. L.A. incubator prays for paparazzi Forget Silicon Beach. Be Great Partners wants to help build 500 startups in urban L.A. near the executives and celebrities the city is known for. Entrepreneurs of the week Our roundup includes a San Francisco company changing how we fill out medical forms, an Austin entrepreneur who pivoted several times before finding success, and more. MORE ON ENTREPRENEURS AND INNOVATION Apple's boring response to spy-fest gets interesting with Verizon gag order How Kenyan startup SOKO built an Etsy for entrepreneurs who don't have Internet Tech-minded wine startups get snobby: They want Millennials Startup CloudOn not intimidated by Microsoft Office app What to do when your kid comes asking for a business loan Startup history lesson: Uber, Hailo and 'upstart four-wheeled tortoises' Add Texas to list of states wanting piece of space tourism pie Back 9 links: The secret to happiness is being grateful

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