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HipGeo Adds Video Support To Mobile App

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Fullerton-based HipGeo , the location-based application developer co-founded by Scott Daniel, Jeff Kunzleman and Richard Rygg, has debuted a new mobile app, the company said this morning, which now supports video in its location-based streams. HipGeo is backed by Mora Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

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Many platforms, such as IndieGoGo , allow startups to solicit funding commitments from non-professional investors in exchange for a pre-defined reward or perk, such as a T-shirt or other recognition, but no ownership in the company. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.

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5 Crowdfunding Approaches To Tempt Every Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Many platforms, such as IndieGoGo , allow startups to solicit funding commitments from non-professional investors in exchange for a pre-defined reward or perk, such as a T-shirt or other recognition, but no ownership in the company. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.

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Interview with Andrew Humphries, UK's Tech City

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What is the Tech City Investment Organization? Andrew Humphries: The Tech City Investment Organization or TCIO is the result of an initiative announced by David Cameron, the Prime Minister in November of 2010. Second thing that we do is encourage large organizations, companies like Google, Intel and Facebook, to invest in Tech City.

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How Kazuhm Is Reconnecting The Enterprise Cloud, With Tim O'Neal

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If you're a large, enterprise company, in recent years, cloud computing has become an increasingly large--and expensive--piece of your information technology (IT) mix. Enterprise cloud budgets are growing astronomically as companies adopt many cloud techniques. How did the idea for the company come about? What's your background?

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Will Crowdfunding Replace Angel And VC Investors?

Startup Professionals Musings

Many platforms, such as IndieGoGo , allow startups to solicit funding commitments from non-professional investors in exchange for a pre-defined reward or perk, such as a T-shirt or other recognition, but no ownership in the company. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return.

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Interview with Hamilton Chan, PaperLinks

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We seem to talk to lots of companies recently generating QR codes -- how is this different, and how do you get above that noise? Was it difficult going from print to mobile application development? It breathed new life into our organization, because everyone wants to feel like they're working on the latest and greatest.

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