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Susan Cooney

Tech.Co

Susan was a co-founder of remote service pioneer PlumChoice, again turning a start-up into a market leader. She’s also an advisor, mentor and investor in several startups. She’s a startup advisor, mentor, investor and was a finalist in Fortune’s 2014 Brainstorm Tech Startup Idol competition.

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Why Solving Big Food & Healthcare Problems Will Yield Spectacular Companies

Both Sides of the Table

We know to do this we need to fund projects that are more difficult in scope, more ambitious in industry transformation, less obvious in market adoption and a higher probability of not working. They have plans to go after they peanut allergies and move on to a host of other food-related illnesses and problems including dairy.

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13 Ecosystem Builders That Are Boosting Startup Growth

Tech.Co

BlackTech Week was created in 2014, and in four short years, they’ve gained over 2700 participants, 150 speakers, and 3 pitch competitions. Indiegogo is a platform for ground breaking technology and where you can find interesting products that haven’t hit the mainstream market. BlackTech Week (Miami, FL).

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

This allowed the curriculum to efficiently find its product / market fit. Apeel Sciences - Founded in 2012, after winning $10,000 at UCSB’s New Venture Competition, the company closed $1.25M in funding during 2013. With over 700 certified iTechs nationwide and abroad, the company''s 2014 revenues are rumored to surpass $30 million.

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

socalTECH

You can find a mentor, a coach, a project, or experience, to help you prepare for the role you are looking for. That was in 2014, and that was our pivot moment. Anne Fulton: I'm actually a Kiwi, a New Zealander, and all of our product and marketing is done out of New Zealand. It all happened in 2014, really fast.

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How Beatshare Is Tackling Music And Messaging

socalTECH

Barry Lieberman: My backgruond is about 35 years in technology, business development, and sales and marketing. I built my own company around marketing services, and have been around business development, marketing, custom service, and sales, and also on the consumer side of technology, a little bit a mix of the two.

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7 Entrepreneur Traits That Let You Soar With Angels

Startup Professionals Musings

As a startup mentor, I’m always amazed that some entrepreneurs seem to be an immediate hit with investors, while others struggle to get any attention at all. From an investor perspective, understanding and acting early to establish a sustainable competitive advantage, and barrier to entry, is the best assurance of a financial return.