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In a week when Uber got Dara Khosrowshahi to take the wheel, this also happened:
After Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer created Witchsy, an online marketplace for unusual art, they ran into a lot of sexism — sometimes condescending, sometimes blatant. Fast Company reported that they added a third founder, Keith Mann, whose emails got great results. And he was truly a silent partner: completely fictional, made up simply to thwart the sexists. Which proves that sometimes the best man for the job is nonexistent.
Call this one the Netflix of sports jerseys. ESPN reported that Rep The Squad sells subscriptions that lets fans rent jerseys instead of buying them. When you mail back a jersey in the prepaid envelope, the next one in your queue is sent out. The monthly cost: $19.95 for adults, $16.95 for children. Get your buns in court: In-N-Out Burger is suing Smashburger, alleging that the Smashburger Triple Double’s name is too similar to In-N-Out’s Double Double, according to the Orange County Register. “Hamilton” is so popular that even the Library of Congress is getting into the act. TheaterMania reported that the library has digitized about 12,000 documents from Alexander Hamilton, including a draft of George Washington’s 1796 farewell address, and the letter Hamilton wrote to wife Eliza the day before his duel with Aaron Burr. Critics called Kevin Durant a “cupcake” for leaving the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Warriors, and his latest move is guaranteed to make them see red — or at least red velvet. He and Nike just released the latest KDX Red Velvet shoe, perfect for newspaper fans: black and white and red all over. If you’re not much of a fan of Amazon buying Whole Foods, you’ll hate a photo tweeted by USA Today’s Zlati Meyer. It’s a Los Angeles-area Whole Foods with an Amazon logo, sculpted out of ground beef. A Prime cut, no doubt.