UpstartToday: Sony hack fallout; PetSmart's origin story; & Branson gives up on subs

'Newsroom' creator writes that money-hungry media is worse than the Sony email thieves PetSmart founder's idea became an $8.7B company Richard Branson's sci-fi schemes run into real-world problems Ugly Christmas sweaters, duck boots become 'normcore' fashion Uber gets slapped in Sydney, puts out fires internationally The Pipeline: Wells Fargo wins big with Lending Club, SurveyMonkey scores cash, and Quirky hunts money Airbnb's war with New York defined a year of clashes between regulators, sharing economy As 'unicorn' startups grow common, focus shifts to 'dragons' who bring VCs $1B-plus VC: Startup accelerators are like modeling schools, preying on desperate people Upstarts to watch: The youngest VC recipient, a star from Dreamit Ventures, and a cosmetics queen WATCH: 'Shark Tank' winners, losers and lessons for the holidays 3-D printing startup gets Toys R Us blessing CONNECT WITH US MORE FROM THE BUSINESS JOURNALS Wells Fargo a billion-dollar winner in LendingClub's IPO - Silicon Valley Business Journal Novartis leads $34 million round for Stanford spinout Annexon Bioscience - San Francisco Business Times 3 crowning achievements from Anne Sweeney's time as Hollywood's most powerful woman - The Business Journals Meet the seven Bham startups competing in the 2015 Alabama Launchpad competition - Birmingham Business Journal Daily fantasy sports takes step toward casinos - New York Business Journal FEATURED JOBS Sales Manager - NOVACOPY Vice President of Marketing & Communications - ​Visit Tampa Bay ​Executive Development Center Director - Willamette University - Atkinson Graduate School of Management 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.