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Southern California Leads In Green Businesses, Says Report

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billion invested in cleantech venture capital in the state since 2006. In an assessment of the "green economy" jobs in California, the Next 10 report said that the Bay Area had 9,607 green jobs in 2008, compared with 9,370 green jobs in Los Angeles.

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H2O Audio is Learning to Swim

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Providing a patented way to successfully waterproof music for divers, it then moved into action water sports. By 2006, when it first presented at the MIT Enterprise Forum, it was heading into another phase of funding and growth with new products and marketing. By 2008, H2O Audio had hit the wall.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

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► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► October (1) New Video! ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Tear Down Your Firewalls

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► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Sure, you need to take the proper precautions to protect your idea first (patents, copyrights, etc.),

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. ► October (1) New Video! ▼ March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

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Interview: Venture Capitalists On Pitching

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Between 2005 and 2008, there were lots of companies raising half a million, and selling for 15 million. At GRP, we don't care about patents--they're nice to have, but not required--but we're looking for defensible IP in an area with an interesting, and big, idea. Mark Suster: I would say we were hesitant in 2008.

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How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague

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Hardcore SEO Porn Harrys explicit SEO Dojo Peeping Geeking with Greg Bills search patent close-ups Tomorrows Free SEO Porn Edwards SEO TGP FAQ Sexy T-Shirts. Sebastians picked gems A new approach to China ( The Official Google Blog ) A new approach to China ( The Official Google Blog ) Evil Found in Google Sidewiki Patent ( !