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What I Learned In 2015: Richard Wolpert

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Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? 2015 marks the worst year for tech IPO's since '09 with only 28 vs 62 in '14 and half the companies that did go public are trading beneath their IPO price; wait didn�t I say don�t worry too much about broader markets ;-).

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. Until we weren’t.

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What I Learned In 2015: Richard Wolpert, HelloTech

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Who or what do you think had the biggest impact on the technology industry in 2015? 2015 marks the worst year for tech IPO's since '09 with only 28 vs 62 in '14 and half the companies that did go public are trading beneath their IPO price; wait didn�t I say don�t worry too much about broader markets ;-).

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How Halla Is Using AI To Personalize Food, With Spencer Price

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We spoke with CEO and co-founder Spencer Price to learn more about the company. Spencer Price: Halla is the only software company to dynamically profile human tastes so we can help people make better choices. Spencer Price: That's a fair question. Spencer Price: It's a bit of a circuitous route. What is Halla?

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Elon Musk says Tesla Model Y will be revealed at its LA design studio on March 14

TechCrunch LA

Musk has been teasing the car’s release since 2015, and in a January letter to shareholders said that high volume production would begin by the end of 2020. Tesla said that to achieve this lower price it will shift all sales globally to online only, meaning the company will be closing many of its stores over the next few months.

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Business 2015 - Optimism, But Upgrade Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

This approach will help you diversify and broaden your business’s product lines and services. A healthy manufacturing sector, likely to gain even more strength in 2015, is creating an impetus to invest. Recent drops in gas prices are now extending to diesel and even home heating oil. Marty Zwilling.

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Cruise hires PG&E board chairman Jeff Bleich as chief legal officer

TechCrunch LA

Rowe Price & Associates, is turning to a heavy hitter to head up its legal team. After leaving Munger in 2015, Bleich became partner at Dentons and led the firm’s global consulting group. Cruise, the subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, automaker Honda and T. ambassador to Australia.

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