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Reflections On 2017: Anna Barber, Techstars LA

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Techstars has grown tremendously around the world in 2017, establishing a new venture in India and launching vertical accelerators focused on things like smart cities (in Dubai), energy (in Norway), defense (in Boston) and insurtech (North Carolina). What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017? Find her @annawbarber.

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Reflections on 2017: Michael Terpin, Transform Group International

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What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017? Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017? Biggest personal lesson was to stay steadfast in your beliefs, even when the world thinks you're crazy. CryptoKitties!

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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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Our team has an eye for identifying legacy industries and nascent trends, and creating platforms for innovation. What was the biggest personal lesson you learned from 2017? Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017. in exits.

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AvantStay, a platform for kitting out — and then renting out — high-end vacation rental homes, raises $160M

TechCrunch LA

AvantStay — which has built a platform where it decorates and then lists properties owned by others for people to rent out for vacations or other short-term stays — has raised $160 million in a Series B round of funding. Los Angeles-based AvantStay has been around since 2017 and had only raised $25 million in the last four years.

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How to Promote School Network Scalability

Southern California Edison Blog

School network scalability is essential for ensuring that schools have a reliable network. The education sector tends to have limited resources dedicated to IT investments which can make it challenging for schools to integrate the network technologies and keep up with the latest advancements.

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Snap is channeling Asia’s messaging giants with its move into gaming

TechCrunch LA

The company unveiled a series of new strategies that are aimed at breathing fresh life into the service which has been ruthlessly cloned by Facebook across Instagram, WhatsApp, and even its primary social network. Snap has consistently lost users since going public in 2017. The result?

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Inseego Names CTO

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Picker previously was Head of Wireless Platforms, CDMA Operations at Nokia, and also served as CTO of PureWave Networks. Inseego has been undergoing a major restructuring since 2017, after an abortive attempt to sell its MiFi division to a Chinese company. READ MORE>>.