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Pokemon or Tech Product?
100
The founders had initially limited the website's membership to Harvard students, but later expanded it to colleges in the Boston area, the Ivy League, and Stanford University
What is Facebook?
100
This man is credited as an executive producer on the first Toy Story (1995)
Who is Steve Jobs? (Apple)
100
The trend of apps moving away from the desktop and into the browser, allowing users to take advantage of the storage and computing power of massive data centers
What is the cloud?
100
Gorebyss
Gorebyss is a Pokemon! His body is durable enough to withstand high-pressure levels in the deep sea.
200
This app first launched in July 2011 under the name Picaboo in Spiegel's father's living room, though the application was later renamed and relaunched under a different name.
What is Snapchat?
200
He receives a one-dollar salary as CEO of his company.
Who is Mark Zuckerberg? (Facebook)
200
Refers to any tech startup company that reaches a $1 billion dollar market value as determined by private or public investment
What is a unicorn?
200
Tokutek
Tokutek is a tech product! Tokutek claims to improve MongoDB performance 20x.
300
The founders of this startup got their initial funding by selling their own brand of cereal.
What is AirBNB?
300
As a teenager, he was a computer hacker under the pseudonym "Lord Flathead," and prompted a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raid after he cracked the security of Chase Manhattan Bank. He was not arrested because of his young age.
Who is Tom Anderson? (Myspace Tom)
300
To displacs an established technology and shake up the industry
What is disrupting?
300
Hekaton
Hekaton is a tech product! Refer to lock-free architecture for SQL Server 2014.
400
On April 3, 2012, this startup announced that Bono and The Edge, two members of the Irish rock band U2, were individual investors in the company.
What is Dropbox?
400
While at the University of Pennsylvania, he and a fellow Penn student bought a 10-bedroom fraternity house and used it as an unofficial nightclub.
Who is Elon Musk? (SpaceX, Tesla)
400
An independent individual who invests his or her own capital in companies.
What is an angel investor?
400
Feebas
Feebas is a Pokemon! Feebas requires Swift Swim to get marvel scale.
500
This company tried to patent the "heart hand" gesture. http://is.gd/hearthand
What is Google?
500
At one point, he suggested taking goats as payment from customers in Uzbekistan. The reason for this was that Uzbekistan did not accept credit cards as a form of payment.
Who is Larry Page? (Google)
500
The amount of money a company is worth.
What is a valuation?
500
Vulpix
Vulpix is a Pokemon! Vulpix is able to take four Fire Blasts from the Life Orb set and hit back hard with Earthquake or STAB Return.