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How did Atlanta become a top breeding ground for billion-dollar startups in the Southeast? Over the past five years, the Southeastern region, led by Atlanta, has gone from being “one of the best kept secrets” in tech, to a vibrant ecosystem teeming with a herd of the billion dollar tech businesses that are referred to in the investment world as “unicorns” (thanks to their supposed rarity). In those five years venture capital investments surged to $2.1 billion in the region, with $1 billion invested in the last year alone, according to Lisa Calhoun, a partner with the Atlanta based investment firm, Valor Ventures. ....
Cassell’s Book of Birds makes a great Boring Book for Bedtime I love the feeling of drifting off to sleep while listening to a podcast, said Nicholas Alexander in The Guardian. “Sentences swim around you, stripped of their meaning. Words collect in little incoherent groups at the edge of consciousness, as you tiptoe a tightrope on the outskirts of sleep.” In the BBC Sounds “comedy-horror” podcast The Sink: A Sleep Aid, writer Natasha Hodgson, producer Andy Goddard and composer David Cumming recreate that agreeably woozy sensation. Struggling to sleep? Try this nifty good exercise. Listen to The Sink: A Sleep Aid - The brand new comedy-horror from @NatashaHodgson on BBC Sounds https://t.co/RMbshXqIj3pic.twitter.com/cBkKpZrSHa BBC Sounds (@BBCSounds) October 28, 2020 ....
Chosen by Nicholas Alexander Do you ever pop on a podcast to fall asleep to? I do. Every night. If youâre anything like me, youâll be familiar with that feeling of drifting off while listening. Sentences swim around you, stripped of their meaning. Words collect in little incoherent groups at the edge of consciousness, as you tip-toe a tightrope on the outskirts of sleep. In BBC Soundsâ comedy-horror âsleep-aidâ The Sink, writer Natasha Hodgson, producer Andy Goddard, and composer David Cumming, have somehow managed â through alchemy of language and sound â to recreate that exact feeling. Even while trying to remember certain scenes to write this piece, I find them slipping away like dreams. I think itâs something to do with their lack of internal logic â shapes shift, locations lurch, characters change â but I canât be sure. What I do remember is that there are birds, scarecrows, fires, swimming pools, other things ....
Last modified on Tue 6 Apr 2021 14.03 EDT About 400 Deliveroo riders are expected to strike over pay and conditions as the company faces increasing pressure over its employment practices. The Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union said it planned to stage socially distanced protests in five towns and cities across England on Wednesday. “I’m going on strike for my basic rights and those of all the other riders struggling to get by and support families on Deliveroo poverty pay,” said Greg Howard, a Deliveroo rider and the chair of the IWGB’s couriers and logistics branch. He added: “I’ve seen conditions decline for years and then working through lockdown I contracted Covid-19 and got very little support from Deliveroo. After the pandemic, more people than ever understand this exploitation is no way to treat anyone, let alone key workers. The turning of the tide is clear. It’s time for rights for riders.” ....
Goldman Sachs, a key adviser on Deliveroo s car crash market debut last week, is brushing aside a storm of protest and is already preparing to unleash its second giant tech listing this year. Sources last night said Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley were on track to sell shares in financial technology giant Wise next month with a valuation of up to £5billion. Wise, which counts Virgin s Sir Richard Branson as an investor, is one of the tech stars that Chancellor Rishi Sunak hopes will make London a prime venue for Initial Public Offerings – the public sale of shares on the stock market. ....