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COVID-19 Resource Compilation

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The following links concerning COVID-19 have been compiled as a (hopefully) efficient collection of useful and actionable resources. No claim is made as to their accuracy but suffice to say nothing is included that is not deemed credible and reliable.

Global Map of Active Cases
Drill-Down by Country to See Active / Recovered / Deaths:

Credit: Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE)
at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

Coniv-19 Resource List
There’s a Ton of Great Information Here:

Credit: Sonal Chokshi and a16z Editorial

Home COVID-19 Testing – Everlywell
COVID-19 Test Launches March 23rd:

Credit: Everlywell.com

Liz Specht’s Now Famous 34 Tweet Thread

Source: Twitter and Tr (Thread reader)
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Theranos Revisited: How the Truth Died

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In this week’s case study we revisit Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes to discuss how a $9 billion dollar startup was vaporized in the face of an 11 count indictment. Until it’s pending demise, Theranos was a privately held health technology company known for its false claims to have devised revolutionary blood tests using very small amounts of blood. The truth is they never achieved what they claimed.

Buy the book!
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou (Wall Street Journal Reporter)
https://amzn.to/2tGFUAq

Watch Theranos Part 1:

Biz Doc Case Studies on Uber:
Part 1: https://youtu.be/5NlILBs_5Fc

Part 2: https://youtu.be/yu2pPFnyYeI

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Netflix: Worth $150B+ BUT Losing Disney!

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Netflix, Inc., the legendary international OTT – over-the-top – media services provider, headquartered in Silicon Valley out in California has enjoyed an incredible 10-year run culminating in a valuation of over $150 billion. But there is trouble on the horizon: industry consolidation, cable wars, satellite losing subscribers, and Disney threatening to pull all of its content in 2019.

What will happen to Netflix?

The link mentioned in this case study:
LB Advanced Media (BAMTECH): The $Billion Media Company You’ve Never Heard Of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNC_H…

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Grubhub – Will the $9B Leader get Bullied by Uber Eats?

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Grubhub – Will the $9B Leader get Bullied by Uber Eats?This history of GrubHub – The Chicago – based company that acquired companies on the road to leading the industry.

The Biz Doc covers its history, growth, the IPO, and the major acquisitions that led to the current $9 billion valuation.

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GitHub – Why Microsoft Paid $7.5B for the Future of Software!

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GitHub – Why Microsoft Paid $7.5B for the Future of Software! – A Case Study for Entrepreneurs.

GitHub Inc. is a web-based hosting service for version control using Git. It is mostly used for computer code. It offers all of the distributed version control and source code management functionality of Git as well as adding its own features.

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How Flipkart Beat Amazon and Was Acquired for $16B

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This amazing story of Flipkart – “the Amazon of India”! This week the Biz Doc dives into Flipkart and its history, fundraising, growth, boardroom drama and finally – the bidding war between Amazon and Walmart. See how two classmates at IIT (India Institute of Technology) in India left jobs at Amazon and shocked the world by building one of the largest commerce companies in history!

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