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500 Startups Presents Bitcoinference

Tech Zulu Event

Bitcoin has had a rough start to the year (to say the least) – with a never-ending news feed consisting of massive bankruptcy , scandal stories, and car chase media fiascos. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. A snapshot of some of the projects mentioned: International remittance services.

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TechZulu Recaps: The Annual Startup Forecast

Tech Zulu Event

This year’s TZ #startupforecast (Jan 28, 2014) was no exception. In a short, densley packed timeline, our panel of industry experts discussed the fine line topics of wearables technology, bitcoin, SaaS, cloud, mobile gaming, and social markets. 2014 looks to be the year of emerging technologies (wearables, bitcoin, etc.)

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10 Reasons For Joining The New Startup Wave Now

Startup Professionals Musings

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

Now you can create a web site for almost nothing - and be on your way with your latest invention or personal services. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Business incubators were all the rage before the dot-com bubble (700 for profit, many more non-profit). It’s not too late to start. Marty Zwilling.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. And just like any other business, you need capital to grow faster, services to make you more money, tools to manage it all.”. With new followers — today her account, @weworewhat , has 2.2

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. Talent agencies CAA and WME are incubating start-ups. Back to Top « Customer Service. areas are growing at a faster rate. than in other parts of the city. FourSquare.