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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

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seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. But it’s here in the (other) Valley’s southernmost edge that investors have found a startup they consider to be the next potential billion-dollar “unicorn” that will come out of Los Angeles.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. I love how transparently Danielle lives her startup (& encourages other to join in) because it provides much needed transparency to other startups. Let’s set up a framework. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.

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What You Missed On Your Holiday Vacation, SoCal Technology Edition

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LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence). How to find a startup mentor. Broadcom Powering New Mac Wireless. Surf Air Gets First Aircraft. Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine).

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Startup Tips From College Dropouts: Zuckerberg, Jobs, Gates, Dell, Ellison, Branson and Disney

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HIGHEST DEGREE OBTAINED BY AMERICA'S 400 RICHEST PEOPLE Source: Forbes Magazine, Jan 2012. According to a January 2012 Forbes article, nearly 16% of the 400 most affluent Americans do not have a college degree. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong

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The New York Times recently ran an article titled, “ Tech Companies Leave Phone Calls Behind.” But this article missed the real trend. Google, Facebook & Twitter all provide free services to end users and we eat them up. More Calls in the Future: The premise of the article can be summed up in this quote.

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Identifying Pain in the First Step in a Sales Process – Here’s How

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This article initially appeared on Inc. In my first enterprise software company we developed a methodology for sales that we called PUCCKA. Take for example the years 2010-2012 where every brand out there seemed to be buying Facebook “Likes.” Click here. This post is about the “P” or pain. And by brief I mean BRIEF!

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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This article originally ran on PEHub. I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. The number of startups being created has increased by an order of magnitude.