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Orange County VCs, Angels, Crypto and ICOs Event

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billion dollars in December 2017 alone according to TokenMarket. ICOs raised a global record 1.1 That's HUGE, but what exactly does that mean? Can anyone do an ICO? Should everyone? See [link] (more)

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FundingPost Los Angeles VCs, Angels, Crypto and ICOs Event

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billion dollars in December 2017 alone according to TokenMarket. Manager, Interstellar Capital Steve Kuh, Group Project Keynote - Patrick Lowry, Iconiq Lab Markus Levin, XYO Network. ICOs raised a global record 1.1 That's HUGE, but what exactly does that mean? Can anyone do an ICO? Should everyone? See [link] (more)

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6 Ways Tech Startups Are Changing in 2019

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Industry analyst Mary Meeker’s 2018 Internet Trends presentation relies on data gathered across 2017. user base jumped a massive 10 million users between the third and fourth quarters of 2017. In 2017, on-demand or “gig” workers grew nearly a quarter — 23 percent — over the previous year. The Amazon Echo’s U.S.

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Tech Startup Culture May Have Changed For Good

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That is, of course, until the small, ambitious startup is acquired by a larger, more traditional company in its sector, or the small startup goes public with angry shareholders and regulators asking difficult questions. Back in 2017, the New York Times opinion section was graced with an article entitled: Jerks and the Start-Ups They Ruin.

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Interview with Cody Simms, Techstars LA

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We spoke earlier with Cody Simms , Executive Director of Techstars America and who leads the program in LA, to hear more about why the startup accelerator operator is opening up its third accelerator here, why Los Angeles has turned out to be one of the leading sources for startups across its network, as well as Cody's advice to entrepreneurs.

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Steereo: Connecting Ride Sharing Drivers, Music Discovery, with Anne Kavanaugh

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Anne Kavanaugh: At a high level, we're a music discovery network powered by ride share driver's. In January of 2017, sitting in a back of a Lyft at CES in Vegas, our driver was actually listening to a Latin track playlist his friend from home had sent him. Explain what Steereo is and how it works? So how far along are you on this now?

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Steereo: Connecting Ride Sharing Drivers, Music Discovery, with Anne Kavanagh

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Anne Kavanagh: At a high level, we're a music discovery network powered by ride share driver's. In January of 2017, sitting in a back of a Lyft at CES in Vegas, our driver was actually listening to a Latin track playlist his friend from home had sent him. Explain what Steereo is and how it works? So how far along are you on this now?

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