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The Breakthrough Presentation that Stole the Upfront Summit

Both Sides of the Table

We’ve known each other for nearly a decade and he’s been a friend, a co-investor in startups and a mentor to many startups with whom I’ve worked. In creating Convoz, I have watched Cham literally dissect every screen interaction, UX navigation, social integration, etc. It was just announced today on TechCrunch.

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6 Tips For Ramping Up Your Work Culture For Tomorrow

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, Elon Musk says he seeks out innovations from his team by constantly asking them how they can make things better, how often they get out of internal meetings and into customer shops, and actively encouraging them to try new things. Spend more time mentoring and coaching your team.

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How More Women Are Becoming Angel Investors, with Eva Yazhari

socalTECH

The Pipeline Fellowship--founded by Natalia Oberti Noguera--says it has been running angel investing bootcamps for women, looking to active more female angel investors. My participation has been on the impact investing and education side, where I''ve been involved as a mentor. How does that investment process work?

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Reflections on 2016: Cody Simms, Techstars

socalTECH

Today, we have Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars (www.techstars.org), which has been very active this year in the startup accelerator and mentoring area. This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on the year from Southern California's technology community.

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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

Tech.Co

” For startups entering program they receive investment capital, access to coworking space at Disney’s creative campus and mentor support and guidance from top Disney executives, entrepreneurs, investors and other notable business leaders from the entertainment and technology communities, and have a Demo Day at the campus.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

Seth’s interest in helping others grew out of his lack of having a mentor. He was drawn to Stanford by the people ecosystem- access to professors and mentors. Again, he stressed the importance of good mentors. Because you put ads in front of user for a long time and cover the whole screen Meebo click-rates are very high.

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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips

Tech Coast Venture Network

To help you get a jump-start with fundraising, I’ve gathered tips from active early-stage investors and entrepreneurs who managed to beat the odds by raising capital during and after the Great Recession. “Most have a strong desire to mentor and help build companies.” Herewith, in no particular order: 1.

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