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Connect, San Diego Venture Group Announce Plan to Merge Operations

Xconomy

Connect, which runs the San Diego region’s longest-standing accelerator program for early-stage startups, is combining its operations with that of the San Diego Venture Group to form an organization that will be better equipped to support young ventures, the two companies said this week.

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To Help Boost Female-led Startups, More Women Join Investor Ranks

Xconomy

Katelyn O’Shaughnessy already had a solid track record, selling TripScope , a travel startup she co-founded in 2013, to Travefy two years ago. Women, finding themselves outside of the club, are now creating their own networks to do the same.

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SPECIAL REPORT: 2019 Blockchain Outlook — Reality Check

Xconomy

After a breakout year in 2017, the blockchain sector suffered a series of blows in 2018, from crashing cryptocurrency prices to increased regulatory scrutiny of crypto ventures and deepening skepticism about whether the technology was actually useful.

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Bio Roundup: Biogen’s Strategy, Drug Price Convo, NASH News & More

Xconomy

The road to every new drug approval is littered with the remains of earlier failures. Biopharmaceutical companies don’t like to talk about the failures. But it’s earnings season now, so some of them don’t have much choice.

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Join Xconomy for Our 8th Annual Napa Summit, June 13-14

Xconomy

Those are some of the companies you’ll hear from at this year’s Napa Summit , the Xconomy Retreat on Technology, Jobs, and Growth. This is our most special event of the year—the eighth year we’ve held it—and it’s limited to about 100 VIP guests.

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Announcing Net@50: The Roots and Future of the Internet

Xconomy

The first short message went out over Arpanet, the precursor to the internet, 50 years ago this year—and it changed everything. Much of the change has been wonderful—as the internet has revolutionized communication, commerce, and access to information, in the process transforming and improving the lives of billions of people.

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Roswell, Organovo & More: Xconomy Awards Innovation at the Intersection Finalists

Xconomy

[ Corie Lok and Frank Vinluan co-authored this article.