UpstartToday: Amazon empire building; Kickstarter goes to the dogs; Gates and guns

Sponsored by: Amazon chief Jeff Bezos builds empire with Twitch, adds to rival list Kickstarter goes to the dogs: 5 petpreneur projects in honor of Dog Appreciation Day This college dropout/Thiel fellow gets $1.5M for hush-hush shopping startup At Burning Man, tech wealth still can't buy some things The Pipeline: Bill Gates and gun control, the Twitch deal, and Netflix takes on Comcast A word from the investor behind the date-rape drug detecting nail polish Shark Tank takes bite out of Undercover Boss, snags Emmy Seth Godin basically came up with the idea behind Twitch... in 1989 From under-the-radar to over-the-top for this football equipment company The next big startup idea starts with you – here's how to seize it These guys are betting you can still get noticed online without ads Uplinks: Workplace profanity, SlideShare's giveaway and John Oliver destroys a piñata CONNECT WITH US MORE FROM THE BUSINESS JOURNALS Eleven people who left HubSpot to pursue other ventures (slide show) - Boston Business Journal Schafer Condon Carter's stock guru talks of Twitter's predictive power - Chicago Business Journal Here's how you are killing your staff's creativity - The Business Journals The new numbers behind Koch Industries - Wichita Business Journal Idea Foundry, Pitt's Innovation Institute looking to speed up innovation - Pittsburgh Business Times FEATURED JOBS ​Audience Development Sales Professional - The Denver Business Journal Senior Analyst - Contract and Rate Implementation - Verizon Legal Secretary - Cohen & Lombardo P.C. 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.