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StartItUp Aims To Bring Startup Support To Small Businesses

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Los Angeles-based StartItUp said this week that it has launched a new, mobile platform which aims to bring "Silicon Valley" style incubation and entrepreneurial support to small businesses. Co-founder Brad King has been involved in such companies as Net Effect, iChange, and URB-E.

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TechStar Co-Founder @BFeld: Are We Experiencing A Startup Accelerator Bubble?

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In the past year, the number of startup accelerators and incubators across the US has grown faster than expansion league baseball. ” I recently discussed the explosion of seed accelerators and incubators with Brad Feld, who, as the Co-Founder of acclaimed startup accelerator TechStars , is uniquely qualified to opine upon the subject.

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iChange Finds $500K More

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Co-founders of the site include Rich Rygg, who was VP of GeoCities, and GM of AOL's Digital City Los Angeles and Brad King, co-founder of Net Effect (acquired by Ask Jeeves), as well as psychologist Jay Wagener. iChange has previously raised funding from business mentoring firm and incubator Momentum Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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Omkar Kulkarni On The Cedars-Sinai, Techstars Health Accelerator

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Omkar Kulkarni: We're deliberately casting a wide net. The program is an accelerator, but not necessarily an incubator. It's often tough to get certain meetings with some of these people outside an accelerator. Suddenly, you're surrounded by those people on a daily basis. Are there specific kinds of startups you are looking for?

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Omkar Kulkarni On The Cedar Sinai-Techstars Health Accelerator

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Omkar Kulkarni: We're deliberately casting a wide net. The program is an accelerator, but not necessarily an incubator. It's often tough to get certain meetings with some of these people outside an accelerator. Suddenly, you're surrounded by those people on a daily basis. Are there specific kinds of startups you are looking for?

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Interview with Sam Rogoway, Near Networks

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Every business can benefit from video, whether they're a law firm, a restaurant, a hotel, or a plumber--we're casting a wide net on the kinds of businesses we work with. We actually incubated Near Networks out of Serious Business, and because we were excited about the video space, we decided to put lots of energy and time into it.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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