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What I Learned In 2015: Lawrence Ng, OnRamp Fund

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Based in Los Angeles and Taipei, Taiwan, it's a $10 million incubator that invests in early stage startups. Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? Lawrence Ng: Mobile Browser usage vs. Mobile App usage � We think this is an important topic to watch for years to come.

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Interview with Jason Reid, Giftagram

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funding round this week for its mobile gifting app. Jason Reid: Giftagram is a mobile first company, that really redefines the way people gift. What is unique about our mobile app, is you can send a physical gift without actually having a physical address to send it to. How does Giftagram work?

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Realistic Strategies For Funding Product Development

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Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. It’s still considered high risk for investment, since manufacturing and quality issues are likely. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/3/2015. Commercial product prototypes.

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How Classy Is Helping Nonprofits To Attract and Retain Supporters

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We looked around, and decided to throw our hat into the ring, and went through the CONNECT incubator here, Nonprofits are not known to have much money to spend on technology, how does that affect you as you approach them about what you can offer? Scott Chisolm: We have raised $23M, $18M from our Series B, which we did in early to mid 2015.

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Xconomy Special Report: 12 San Diego Tech Startup to Watch in 2017

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million in a Series D round of investment capital, according to founder and chairman Tony Farwell. Longtime tech entrepreneur and angel investor Marco Thompson, who is closely associated with San Diego’s EvoNexus incubator, contributed a number of companies to the list. I widened my net this year.

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10 Reasons For Joining The New Startup Wave Now

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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. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Large corporations have lost their ability to innovate.

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