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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

Tech.Co

Fortunately, for those headed to SXSW, Startup Night SXSW 2018 , presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo, will be filled with investors from a multitude of industries who are looking to discover and fund startups building the latest solutions and tech innovations. Blackwell, iTech Program Executive & OCT Innovation Liaison, NASA.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). But the biggest changes in our industry have been driven by technical changes themselves to which we are just observers and fortunate beneficiaries. The iPhone was released.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Total raised: $83mm; Series B round (July 2009 for $43mm) valued company at $400mm.

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Interview with Al Eisaian, IconApps

socalTECH

For our interview today, we caught up with Al Eisaian , CEO of Pasadena-based IconApps (www.iconapps.com), which is developing mobile applications for the iPhone market. Al Eisaian: IconApps is built around simplifying people's lives through mobile technology. We built that and put it on the App Store on December 24 of 2009.

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PayDivvy to Launch at Finovate Conference

Tech Zulu Event

To examine disruptive technology and prognosticate on the effects on society as a whole is fascinating. PayDivvy provides a smarter way to manage bills by allowing you to pay, send and share bills…simply and socially…via web or mobile. What makes this even more exciting is I am out of the echo chamber of Silicon Valley.

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Productivity Hacks: Voicemail, Folders & To-Do’s

Both Sides of the Table

I’d like to offer you two “life hacks&# that I implemented in 2009 and one that I’m test driving in 2010. It made me laugh because the technical world has this exact phrase to talk in computing sense about the need to block out interruptions in order to complete a task. I found this a killer so I hacked it.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. One out of ten of Americans are out of work.