UpstartToday: LendingClub IPO scores; Microsoft joins bitcoin club; & Gawker changes

Microsoft now accepts bitcoin, joins elite 11 Lending Club blows the doors off in first day of trading How do we fight 21st century monopolies like Amazon, Google and Uber? Mark Cuban and Tim Draper want you to join their club — if you're a disruptor Chinese eatery gets love as Harvard prof apologizes for $4 food fight Gawker's Nick Denton: 'We were slaves to the Facebook algorithm' The Pipeline: Chicago wants to compete with Uber, Box improves bottom line, and Huddle scores big round Throwback Thursday: Remember the Pets.com sock puppet? Startup aims to reduce the pain of flying coach Porch.com CEO scores new honor: USA Today's first entrepreneur of the year Want to succeed like Tim Berners-Lee? Set 20 percent of your time aside to be random People must be watching porn in the darndest places CONNECT WITH US MORE FROM THE BUSINESS JOURNALS St. Pete businesses embrace bitcoin despite troubles, BitPay banks on bowl exposure - Tampa Bay Business Journal App delivery startup Avi Networks emerges from stealth with $33M in funding - Silicon Valley Business Journal First-of-its-kind pop-up shop brings Cincinnati startups' goods to local shoppers - Cincinnati Business Courier Is the deck stacked against modular housing, the Bay Area's latest construction trend? - San Francisco Business Times Will Gen Z be the startup generation that never retires? - The Business Journals FEATURED JOBS Charlotte Market Sales Leader - Delve Interiors Certified Public Accountant - Shelley L. Denney, LLC Talent Acquisition Business Partner - WESTMED Practice Partners 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.