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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

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plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. He’s behind IdeaLab and has created many interesting companies including innovating in solar energy ( eSolar ) and electric cars ( Aptera ). Google had huge destination traffic. It kicked Google Video’s ass. billion to Yahoo!

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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Google was clear that they WOULD NOT go into this business. They were a juggernaut and Google was a small company. But obviously Google won the war. Mostly, Google just had way better organic results (“the loss leader&# ) so it was always preferred by consumers. That gave Google a huge cost advantage.

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Startup Weekend LA | Recap February 2012

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Startup Weekend LA wouldn’t be possible without our amazing sponsors and supporters that include: Hulu, Spire.io, EdgeCast, Idealab, Originate, Factual, Cybercoders, Start Engine, Flow Tab, The Honest Co, Docstoc, Launchpad.la, Trinet, Fortis and Dan Wu along with the Kauffman Foundation and Coloft.

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