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Jessica Lessin is the founder and CEO of The Information, the publication known for original, in-depth reporting about technology and business. In eight years, Lessin has grown The Information into one of the largest subscription journalism communities in the world, attracting an influential audience of business leaders globally. Lessin has covered Silicon Valley and the technology industry for almost two decades and was previously a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal. She lives in the Bay Area, with her husband and three boys. When not trying to keep up with her children, she enjoys surfing and skiing.
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The news, without the price, was confirmed by Elon Musk in a press release posted to SpaceX’s website Monday. 

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The call comes as some SpaceX investors are concerned about having their shares of the rocket maker diluted through a potential acquisition.
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What Will Get the VC Market Humming Again
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I've been thinking a lot about what will get VC deals humming again. Kate's piece today and the dry powder arsenal certainly suggests that private tech investors have money to spend. I think sometimes people chalk up the slowdown in investing to the stoppage of exits. No exits. No deals. But VCs just need the exit market to return EVENTUALLY—not right away. What the...
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Red, Green, Yellow?
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As a little window behind the scenes here, our reporters were working on this awesome list internally to prepare their reporting for the IPO floodgates to come. I saw it and said "Let's publish that puppy!" So we did. What did we miss?
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Google has killed the team offsite!
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From Mark and Amir's latest: "Social functions, full-team offsites and employee travel to in-person events that have a virtual option shouldn’t be approved by Google managers." I sort of wonder if Google is taking the opportunity here just to clean up practices that got loose and sloppy versus truly being worried about performance in upcoming quarters. Tho...
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Are you following what's happening in China?
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For the last decade-plus, the tech and internet sectors were so deeply aspirational. And now, Juro documents the massive shift. Incredible and important.
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Feedback Request: How do you use org charts?
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As we continue to update and expand our org charts, would love to know how YOU use them. Here's the latest.
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