UpstartToday: Sterling and the 'moron' index, Porch's big deal, PhD startups

The 'moron' index: Besides Sterling, 4 execs blasted for their views and attitudes There's a funny story behind Porch.com's huge new deal with Lowe's Escape from the Ivory Tower: Ph.D.s ditch campus for startups and beyond Jeff Bezos cuts Apple out of revenue with wily comic book maneuver Beating the Kickstarter clock: 4 lessons to reach a crowdfunding goal The Pipeline: Jerry Brown's spacey decision, Jeff Weiner's payday, and New Relic's big bucks Four things to know about new Nokia boss Rajeev Suri, plus a video Has Nod created a magic ring to control your world? Listmania! CNBC crowns its top 25 'rebels, icons and leaders' NFL tight end Vernon Davis pops in first-ever athlete IPO How the pressure built to dismiss Gurbaksh Chahal from the company he started Back 9 Links: Taco Bell spills its guts CONNECT WITH US MORE FROM THE BUSINESS JOURNALS MedStar Health experts to set up shop at 1776 incubator in new partnership - Washington Business Journal Out of money, this Cincinnati startup stopped trying to buy users and started courting them instead - Cincinnati Business Courier CardioDX brings new leaders on board as it revives stalled IPO plans - Silicon Valley Business Journal MongoDB, Cloudera ink big pact on big data - New York Business Journal What Doximity will do with an extra $54 million - San Francisco Business Times FEATURED JOBS Experienced Sales Account Executive - Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc SEC Manager - S&T Bank President of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta and Faculty Position - Georgia State University- Robinson College of Business Search Jobs Post a Job View as a web page Cancel Email Subscription You may change your email address, your preferences, or unsubscribe from this email at any time by visiting bizjournals.com: https://www.bizjournals.com/account/bizjournals/ If you need other assistance, please let us know or contact: bizjournals.com customer service, bizjournals 120 W. Morehead St., Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 © 2014 American City Business Journals, Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. The material on this may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the written permission of bizjournals.