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HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm

Tech Zulu Event

In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. The post HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm appeared first on TechZulu.

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Should Startups Announce Their Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Understanding “The Funding Angle” I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. Is Funding a Worthy Announcement? There are reasons you may delay funding announcement but rarely reasons not to announce. But trust me on this.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

Tech.Co

Still though, when founders are seeking funding, “ 75 percent of the venture capital goes to three states: Massachusetts, New York, and California,” said Steve Case in an interview with Recode. BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions.

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Everything You Need to Know About Hyperloop

Tech.Co

Since 2013, when Elon Musk released his white paper for an emerging mode of transportation using low air pressure within a tube, companies around the world have answered the call to build the next generation of futuristic transportation. million in Series A financing from Sherpa Capital along with three other funds.

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After “Hubris” and Its HCV Collapse, Can Vertex Avoid Same Mistakes?

Xconomy

In three years, Vertex went from having a billion-dollar hepatitis C business to zero—abandoning the research completely. But the drugs aren’t cures, and competition looms. Called sofosbuvir (Sovaldi), the drug won FDA approval in December 2013. Then it exited HCV research entirely. “It Yet it wasn’t a fatal blow.

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Find Out What Tech Is Emerging From the Ozarks

Tech.Co

Personally, I got started with this work as an 2013 when I was a junior at the University of Arkansas and interning for the state’s first accelerator program The Ark Challenge. Hunt – who at the time, had no real regional competitive advantage. It’s the Moneyball approach to economic development, and it’s effective.

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Peering Into The Mobile Games Future With Josh Hartwell of Mobile Deluxe

socalTECH

We're working on bringing our back catalog to the free-to-play model as much as possible, which is one of our strategies for growth in 2013. That said, it's sometimes difficult to compete against better funded competitors. They and Research In Motion just haven't been able to attract developers to their platforms.

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