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Xconomy Special Report: 12 San Diego Tech Startup to Watch in 2017

Xconomy

Our list was far from definitive, but some noteworthy outcomes from last year’s selection suggest we’re taking the right approach: — Cypher Genomics , founded in 2011 with software to rapidly identify the genetic variations amid billions of gigabases of genome sequencing data, sold last November to San Diego’s Human Longevity.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

LP’s who invest in funds are typically university endowments, public & private pension funds, insurance companies, large corporations and very high net worth individuals called “family offices.&# To give you an indication of how bad, for example, university endowments are suffering check out this chart.

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Are You an Entrepreneur?

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One or both of your parents may have the personality of an entrepreneur, but if their parents were struggling entrepreneurs who put in long¬-hours and netted meager returns, then your parents may have rejected their latent entrepreneurial tendencies. They seemed as surprised by their popularity as the reporters who covered Beatlemania.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

The problem that I’ve seen historically in cities like Los Angeles, San Diego or Seattle is that their historic high-net-worth individuals didn’t come from the tech startup world. If that isn’t the original definition of “angel” money I don’t know what is. CincyTech today has $28.5

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Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, we all have to rely on a few trusted sources to digest and filter information, net out the relevant messages, and steer us with links to accurate details. He definitely has experience on both sides of the ‘entrepreneur versus investor’ table. Both Sides of the Table , by Mark Suster. Lessons Learned , by Eric Ries.