Summary: Namebrand startups are raising huge rounds of financing this week: $250m for Lyft and $40m for photo-hosting site imgur. Jason goes on a full-tilt rant against homophobia in corporations as panelists Liz Gannes of Re/code and author James Altucher discuss the ouster of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich. Eich donated $1,000 to the Prop 8 campaign in 2008, angering many employees and fans of the Firefox browser. Is Mozilla's community more sensitive to political statements given its unique structure? Or should tech workers be prepared to espouse particular political beliefs? Plus, in the LAUNCH of the Week, Amazon's Fire TV hopes to compete with Apple and Roku. Khosla Ventures' Keith Rabois is preparing an eBay-for-homes, which will likely launch this summer. And Indiegogo campaign iHear wants sophisticated hearing aids to be more affordable.
