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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

When should you start a company? What company should you start? When should you join a company? Anyone who has worked in a large company further knows that timing a product launch or a new marketing strategy has more to do with internal politics than reading market forces. When should a VC invest?

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Simplifying Startup Investments: Ryan Feit (CEO) of SeedInvest

Tech Zulu Event

On one end, entrepreneurs who have (at minimum) built something customers love and are willing to pay for, and the other hand, investors who are looking for the very companies who fit that profile. What companies like SeedInvest and its peers are doing to help connect investors to startups. Introducing SeedInvest.

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Journey Platform To Build Data Gathering Mobile Apps | Co-founder Interview Conrad Hofmeyr

Tech Zulu Event

Journey is especially useful for companies that want to streamline their internal business processes. Journey was created by our company, Embark Mobile (or “Embark” for short). As an example, Banking Machine Services is a company that maintains thousands of ATMs across Southern Africa. Why the name?

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Source13 Gathers the Biggest Names in Mobile

Tech Zulu Event

The company recently closed an impressive $19 million in Series B funding led by Sequoia Capital to build out the engineering teams. For example, Waze tapped into its community during Hurricane Sandy to help the White House and FEMA identify which gas stations had power. What are companies doing RIGHT to maintain users?

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Big Data is Getting Bigger as a Startup Opportunity

Startup Professionals Musings

According to IBM , companies have captured more data in the last two years than in the previous 2000 years. By any definition, the opportunities from Big Data have the potential to create a next wave of successful technology companies that could change the way we all live and work. Big data can mean big profits.

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