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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. In those years I learned to properly build product, price products, sell products and serve customers. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. There was no money train. It was 1991.

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Smartest Motorcycle Helmet Raises over $900K in One Day | Skully AR-1

Tech Zulu Event

For those who may not be familiar with the Skully AR-1, its a motorcycle helmet with heads up display, review camera and GPS navigation. Skully is doing an introductory price of$1,399 if you should be one of the first to get the helmet when it ships in May 2015. Open SDK – develop your own apps for SKULLY Synapse(TM).

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Interview with Andrew Schydlowsky, TrackStreet: Brand Protection Using AI

socalTECH

Andrew spoke to us about TrackStreet's brand protection software and artificial intelligence efforts. Andrew Schydlowsky: We entered this market in 2015, and we are backed by a combination of institutional investors, and some family offices, as well as some very experienced and successful angels and operators. What is TrackStreet?

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. Tech Diligence - Consider The Source. Rather, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners. Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial.

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6 Top Trends For The Digital World In 2016

Tech Zulu Event

In 2015 an additional 237 thousand joined the online community. As online viewership and behaviors grew in 2015 – the average U.S. In 2015, issues of online security and data privacy consumed headlines. In 2016, the price of mobile data will remain relatively stable. One of the stars of 2015 was undoubtedly Slack.

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5 Companies Millennials Avoid – And What It Means For Your Brand

Inverted Software

Millennials are more educated about healthy choices, are price sensitive and environmentally friendly. decline from 2015. liquid softener sales to fall 15% overall between 2007 and 2015, and sales of Procter & Gamble’s leading Downy brand have dropped 26% in the same time period. billion in fiscal 2016, a 1.8% Applebee’s.

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Interview with Brett Crosby and Brew Johnson, PeerStreet

socalTECH

We sat down with Brett Crosby (who founded Urchin Software, the company which became Google Analytics) and Brew Johnson , the co-founders of the company, to learn more about the company and what it's working on. Those loans are very mis-priced, in our opinion. in a funding round. Photo: Brew Johnson on left, Brett Crosby on right.