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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Guide To Uncovering Awesome Startup Ideas

InfoChachkie

Seth Epstein, Founder and CEO SocialStay , former Founder and CEO of FUEL (acquired by Razorfish) and Emmy Award winner for his work on the X-Games, recently spoke at UC Santa Barbara as part of the Technology Management Program’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Competition – which competitors will prove to be the most formidable?

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

Many questioned whether it could survive under the fail whale, inevitable competition from Facebook, founder fighting, fights with 3rd-party developers let alone become a revolutionary business that could make money. When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. Far from it.

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10 Step Checklist To Rank Your Startup Ideas

InfoChachkie

Modern-day entrepreneurs use Evernote, Google Keep, etc. Seth Epstein, former Founder and CEO of FUEL (acquired by Razorfish) and Emmy Award winner for his work on the X-Games, graciously spoke at UC Santa Barbara’s Innovator Stories Series. Competition – which competitors will prove to be the most formidable?

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Interview with Scott Lenet, DFJ Frontier

socalTECH

We've opened an office in Los Angeles, and continue to maintain one in Santa Barbara. We can tell whether they'll have a competitive advantage before we fund then. If someone needs an introduction to a company--say one of our CEOs needs an introduction to Google--there's someone in the network who can make that intro.