Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

If you watch the short video below you’ll have a great sense on what is uniquely LA in 2017 — hearing from Mayor Garcetti, Kobe Bryant, Tyra Banks, Baron Davis and so many great advocates for the uniqueness of our city and some of our key stats. link] There’s no doubt in my mind that “LA is having a moment” and both VCs and LPs realize it.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 24, 2020

In 2017, the company was recast as an electric performance brand aimed at producing exciting and fun-to-drive electric vehicles — a niche that Tesla was the first to fill and has dominated ever since. It’s also the first all-electric car under a brand that was relaunched just three years ago with a new mission.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 9, 2016

The company might be planning something splashy for 2017, the 10th anniversary of the original iPhone. According to the same PFWTMs, Apple designer Jony Ive wants to get rid of the iPhone’s bezels and use an edge-to-edge OLED screen to make the device look and act like a single sheet of smart glass. That sounds cool, but tricky.

Software Review

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Look to the movie screen to see what you won’t soon forget. Marty Zwilling Published by Xerox Small Business Solutions on 01/30/2017. Your brand is a story; tell it. Accentuate the personalizable, own-able, and sharable. Viral is an outcome, not a strategy. Make people passionate or emotional and they will buy. Want control?

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Xconomy

JANUARY 11, 2018

We asked people around the Xconomy network whether their personal patterns of technology usage changed much in response to something that happened in 2017, as part of our series of perspectives and predictions marking the start of a new year.

Mobile

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 15, 2012

The voice technology enables a driver to dictate a phone call, an email or SMS, edit it or read (listen) and respond to emails and SMS texts received without the touch of a button or touch screen. Users can also get directions for local businesses, search the web or ‘play’ a song from a particular artist. Mobile office assistant.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2017

Being transparent in 2010 felt like more of an anomaly but being transparent in 2017 feels like more of a requirement to me. link] And it seems that South Asian comedians are getting some well deserved screen time and recognition these days because amongst my favorite series on television this past year was “Master of None” with Aziz Ansari.

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