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The eCommerce Game Goes to Austin

Tech Zulu Event

Leave it to me to spend 14 hours in Dallas on the very day that three of my favorite industries crush capital… * Social marketing, with $14M through Bessemer Venture Partners and Harrison Metal Capital to Main Street Hub. Home of the review Bazaarvoice. Coupon King RetailMeNot. Two of the top 5, perhaps the top 3 (?0,

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BloomNation's Goal To Empower Your Local Florist, And Improve Flower Delivery

socalTECH

It''s very similar to flowers, in that sense that I was working on a deal selling a flower company, and got lots of background information and understanding of the industry as part of our due diligence. I have such respect for other platforms and technology. They have to pay for placement. Farbod Shoraka: We''re really excited.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Market Structure. No, thanks.

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Indianapolis is the “It Place” to Start a Startup?

Tech Zulu Event

“We are in a different age now where technology is so important and I wanted to be connected with people along the way.” From left to right: Mike Coffey (DeveloperTown), Manpreet Singh (Seva Call), Jonathon Perrelli (Fortify.vc), Frank Gruber (Tech Cocktail). vc , Liam Martin with Staff. Word of mouth travels far.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

VentureBeat | News About Tech, Money and Innovation. Venture capital. I assumed that the people of Los Angeles were disingenuous attention whores and didn’t know anything about technology.”. MYTH 3: SoCal lacks Fortune 500 Tech Leadership. Not only does Southern California have leaders in technology, we have innovators.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

We have been using LinkedIn for both sourcing recruits and reviewing backgrounds for recruits. Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound. Its been great to zero in on very specific skillsets.

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Interview with Matthew Graczyk, Zubican

socalTECH

You can link profiles together, rate and review companies, and reach outside companies with links. We've also got SEO feed pages. Because we have a large, structured database, we are using SEO to feed content to the search engines. When we thought we had the right mix, we went to look for angel capital, and raised $1.3M

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