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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

Tech.Co

“The Disney Accelerator has provided The Walt Disney Company incredible opportunities to connect with and be inspired by many talented entrepreneurs from all over the world,” said Michael Abrams, Senior Vice President, Innovation, The Walt Disney Company. Meet the 11 startups for 2017: Ambidio.

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Fika Ventures raises $76M to fund the growing LA tech ecosystem

TechCrunch LA

The firm was launched in 2017 by general partners Eva Ho and TX Zhuo, formerly of Susa Ventures and Karlin Ventures, respectively. “We feel over the next couple of years, we’ll start to see repeat entrepreneurs come out of these LA companies. The timing is ripe for a fund like ours to capitalize on the opportunity.”

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Reflections on 2016: Louise Wannier, True Roses

socalTECH

Wannier is a longtime Southern California entrepreneur, having founded MyShape, Enfish, and co-founding Gemstar, the maker of VCR Plus. With respect to technology, it has been having the opportunity to help a few entrepreneurs realize the next stage of their dream by working through key strategic choices together. In 2006, Ms.

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Interview with Anthony Citrano, Acquicent

socalTECH

Our interview this morning with an entrepreneur is with Anthony Citrano , the founder of Los Angeles-based Acquicent (www.acquicent.com), a startup which wants to make it as easy for you to invest in museum-grade collectibles such as classic cars and art, without having to invest millions of dollars in those assets. READ MORE>>.

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5 Steps To A Compelling Story For Business Proposals

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, if I don’t know you, and you didn’t sell your last company for $800 million, your story needs to educate me on why anyone would bet on you to succeed, and how you would reward me for success. Mark Zuckerberg was not the first to build a social media platform, so he had to find investors who believed in him.

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How Liferay Grew To More Than $100M After Starting In A Church Basement

socalTECH

Bryan Cheung: What we're specifically doing, is a product called the LifeRay digital experience platform. They are solved by people investing time and energy, by people giving other opportunities, by creating jobs, educating people, and pushing the envelope in terms of what's possible with human potential.