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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

socalTECH

They've acquired CAPTCHA security tools originally developed by Vidoop, and looking to market that technology to e-commerce web sites, social networking sites, and others looking to reduce spam and fraud. The firm has backing from such investors as Google Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, and OReilly AlphaTech Ventures.

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Five Regions That Could Draw Amazon’s Next Headquarters

Xconomy

Amazon sent cities across North America into a frenzy Thursday after announcing plans to build a second headquarters outside of Seattle, bringing with it tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic development benefits. Amazon will pick the city in 2018.

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myfab5 Wanst to Reinvent The Way You Find Food | Interview With Co-Founder Calvin Schemanski

Tech Zulu Event

Omeid Seirafi-Pour is the CEO and Domain Expertise, John Gulbronson is the CTO or Software Developer and I am Calvin Schemanski, the CMO or 2-Time Entrepreneur. To summarize, business owners will be able to use our platform to increase their revenue in a way that is not possible on platforms like Yelp, Google or Facebook.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

Tech Zulu Event

Everybody is Selling Something: The Arrival of "Me-Commerce". The "old school" models of e-commerce, as dominated by bulky hosted storefron. Entrepreneurism / Monetization e-commerce, monetization, Selling. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization design, Recruiting, Software development. . A revolution is afoot.

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Autonomic CEO Gavin Sherry on Mobility, China, and Data Privacy

Xconomy

In a tech culture that looks toward self-driving cars as the pinnacle of mobility innovation, we’re still debating whether fully autonomous vehicles are an imminent reality for our roads or an ever-receding Shangri-La.

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