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From Startup Week San Diego: The World According to Jason Calacanis

Xconomy

In a keynote talk Tuesday night that was a headliner event for Startup Week San Diego, Calacanis observed that it doesn’t feel like the millennial generation is doing as well financially as their parents’ generation. Silicon Valley angel investor Jason Calacanis has some advice for the millennial generation: Get your name on a cap table.

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Repare Nabs $68M To Find Synthetic Lethal Cancer Targets Beyond PARP

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The concept of synthetic lethality has been around for decades, but only recently has it been exploited for cancer therapy. The idea is to hit cancer cells in at least two places at once; the trick is to find the right combination of genetic mutations that make the cells vulnerable.

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Introducing Xconomy Voices (Podcast), Episode 1: Mary Lou Jepsen

Xconomy

It’s always been Xconomy’s mission to reach audiences—both here on our website, and at our many live events around the country—with deep insights into the innovation process, divined from experts embedded in the world’s most important hubs of high-tech entrepreneurship. And now we’re doing that in one more medium: podcasting.

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Mary Lou Jepsen: The Full Xconomy Voices Interview

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She leads a startup called Openwater , which is developing a new kind of wearable imaging device that might one day enable communication by thoughts alone. For the inaugural episode of our new podcast, Xconomy Voices , we chose to speak with Bay Area entrepreneur and executive Mary Lou Jepsen.

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Cloudbeds Raises $9M to Expand its Technology, Brand Awareness

Xconomy

The San Diego company describes the financing as its first institutional round, and said it brings total funding for the five-year-old startup to $20 million.