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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech

TechCrunch LA

On Lafayette Street in SoHo, young, fashionable women lined up around the block to enter a minimalist, millennial oasis, the most perfect Instagram feed brought to life. Glossier affirmed our inherent beauty, then reminded us that we can be even more beautiful if we buy their “Boy Brow” pomade, which sold one tube every 32 seconds by 2018.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. Of course we can’t. I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. Hot, Flat & Crowded.” By definition?—?I’m

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Reflections On 2019: Andy Wilson, Alliance for SoCal Innovation

socalTECH

The Alliance is following the classic start-up trajectory: transition from the big idea to your beachhead product offering. While 2018 was all about better understanding the SoCal opportunity, 2019 was about honing our focus and defining our core programs. We'll be featuring contributions all through the holiday season.

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

An Insider’s Perspective “Bird Zero” that are custom designed by the company There is a story arc of the electric scooter market that took the world by storm in 2018, was second-guessed late in the year and has quietly re-emerged as a powerful force of growth where few really appreciate the speed and scale of what has happened. Simply put?—?there

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WhiteFox Defense: Solving The Drone Incursion Problem, with Luke Fox

socalTECH

Those airport drone incursions shut down Gatwick over the course of three days, which caused major delays at Heathrow and Newark. How did the company start? Luke Fox: We started out a few years back, as a high-performance drone manufacturer. Our competitors tend to take the whole day to set up and prepare.

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7 Steps To A Winning Social Media Marketing Campaign

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Pixabay Most startups, and many big businesses, still don’t have a clue on how to use social media productively for marketing their business. Of course, with social media marketing, trial and error is not the only way to fail. See some recent examples in the The 10 Best Social Media Campaigns of 2018.

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9 Innovation Practices For Long-Term Business Health

Startup Professionals Musings

A guiding principle for startup success, as well as the long-term health of a mature business, is a liberal dose of innovation at the beginning, with additions of the same on a regular basis. Executives should solicit new ideas from everyone at every level, both inside the organization and outside, top down and bottoms up.