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Why You Should Put Yourself Out There and Try New Products

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In 2006 I started using Facebook and most of my friends & colleagues thought I was strange. In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. In 2008 I started VC blogging. In 2011 I started using Instagram. By now I’m used to the haters.

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This is the Dumbest Op Ed I’ve Read in a While

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Having read his latest op-ed on email I know why I erred towards the side of of not loving his book as much as some did. Apparently he’s an “organizational psychologist professor and thinks that it’s rude not to answer email. I also surmise that perhaps organizational psychologists don’t get as much unsolicited emails as some of us do.

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Doppels Is the Birthday Matching App You’re Going to Love

Tech.Co

And while this has been the standard for years, one startup is hoping to personalize the birthday wishes even more. Initially Hagger wasn’t sure this concept would take off, but then Doppels started experiencing early success and ended up catching the eye of the 17-25 year-old demographic. During some early pop up events in L.A.,

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Interview with Derek Norton, Watertower Ventures

socalTECH

We are going to write checks of between $100,000 and $500,000, and we are going to invest in what we are calling first institutional capital. You've been an angel investor here for awhile, why did you decide to open up a fund this time to external LPs? We'll also do some light ad-tech. Derek Norton: There were two specific things.

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Interview with Jordan Glazier, Wildfire Systems

socalTECH

San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging. How was it you ended up in San Diego? Wildlink is backed by Mucker Capital.

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From Nothing to Something with Howard Marks & Nanxi Liu

Tech Zulu Event

We live in a generation of startups,” Marks began. He described why the time is so ripe for innovation and why this was a great time to build startups. Marks continued to talk about his past and then talked about the startup landscape in Los Angeles. I built up credibility.”. The Time Is Now. “We

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Here’s a 10-Tip Action Plan for Optimizing Performance When You Have ADD

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Why ADD Might Actually Benefit Startup Entrepreneurs. From the stresses of being a startup founder I began to have pain in my chest that I became worried was heart trouble. My brain ends up on the roof, bouncing around and my concentration goes from 100 to 0. I’ve written about Attention Deficit Disorder a couple of times.

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