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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?

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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.

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities???with $15 million to?

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Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with a platform to allow local communities police and manage themselves through in-person events and meetups. Bevy launched in 2017 and quickly helped companies like Atlassian, Duolingo, and Salesforce to scale hundreds of monthly in-person meetups and events.

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

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Snap has consistently lost users since going public in 2017. Snap has taken a three-pronged approach: extending its stories feature (and ads) into third-party apps and building out its camera play with an AR platform , but it is the launch of social games that is the most intriguing.

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India’s Haptik acqui-hires Los Angeles startup Convrg in international expansion push

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Mumbai-based Haptik, which operates a conversational AI platform , has already won several high profile clients in India. Founded in 2017, Convrg has made a name for itself by developing several popular chatbots and voice products. 60% of all software is bought in the U.S.,

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Snap Unloads Placed To Foursquare

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the parent firm of Snapchat , has sold off Placed , a developer of location intelligence and offline attribution software tools. had acquired Placed in 2017, paying $135.2M Foursquare said the acquisition will deepen its location technology platform. Los Angeles-based Snap Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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