UpstartToday: Dov Charney gets fired; Abstract patents get slammed; & Summer reads

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Sponsored by: American Apparel board votes to fire eccentric founder Dov Charney Nothing abstract here: Supreme Court ruling could impact Apple's rounded corners and Amazon's white background photography 12 juicy business books for summer, from Flash Boys to #GirlBoss 6 stupidly simple ideas to rival Yo app The Pipeline: Elon Musk and our robot overlords, Box's slow march to IPO, and the latest Netflix content play Barely Legal: The long, salacious saga of American Apparel's Dov Charney Matt Levatich charges up an electric Harley-Davidson 5 strangest sponsorships in modern sports Funding is like a bacon cheeseburger. You'll pay for it later Alibaba may be huge, but startups can learn something from its new boutique site 11Main Why this Hubspot marketing vet is going to work for a Mark Cuban-backed startup Back 9 Links: Buttered coffee = yum? CONNECT WITH US MORE FROM THE BUSINESS JOURNALS IPOs and acquisitions need to become part of Arizona's vocabulary - Phoenix Business Journal 'Contagious Innovation': Inspiration from the Business Journal's Innovation Summit - St. Louis Business Journal Crunch time for crowdfunding - and this Raleigh startup - Triangle Business Journal Cincinnati company solves one of 3-D printing's biggest problems: VIDEO - Cincinnati Business Courier Skout, Path and Wut jump on the ephemeral messaging train - San Francisco Business Times FEATURED JOBS Credit Counselor - Progressive Debt Relief Legal Assistant/Paralegal - Cypress Employment Services Mid-Level Accountant - Agora Inc. 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.