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Lyft IPO’d today, Huawei’s profits don’t seem affected by governmental pressures, Stack Overflow is looking for a new CEO, Alexa Business Blueprints allow you to create custom skills for your business and the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Links:

• Lyft pops 20% in trading debut (CNBC)
• In This Tech I.P.O. Wave, Big Investors Grab More of the Gains (NYTimes)
• Huawei tops $100 billion revenue for first time despite political headwinds (CNBC)
• The Next CEO of Stack Overflow (Stack Overflow Blog)
• Amazon’s Alexa for Business Blueprints lets employees make custom voice apps (VentureBeat)

The Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Podcast Suggestion: RunAs Radio
• The danger of 'I already pay for Apple News+' (TechCrunch)
• Europe is splitting the internet into three (The Verge)
• ‘A battle for the top of the funnel’: Pinterest’s long road to becoming a commerce platform (Digiday)
• Forget Brexit and trade wars, Europe’s start-ups are thriving (Financial Times)
• The Enormous Numbers Behind Amazon’s Market Reach (Bloomberg)
• The Elaborate, Dying Art of Hustling for Money at Dave & Buster's (Vice)