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Some Perspective on Twitter vs. Meerkat

Both Sides of the Table

I ran a VC AMA (ask me anything) last Monday on Meerkat and had > 1,000 simultaneous people asking me questions. Yet someone the raw nature of filming & consuming on mobile is new. I built it on a platform given to me for free by a company that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars of which I receive value.

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Bionic Hands, Mind Control, and AI Oh My! | Techstars Disney Accelerator Class of 2015

Tech Zulu Event

Audio AMA’s (Ask Me Anything) Via Twitter. Pundit lets creators host audio Ask Me Anything (AMAs) with their Twitter network, transforming the talk radio experience for the social media age. The participants will receive up to $120,000 in investment from Disney to develop their ideas, along with mentoring from executives.

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7 Guidelines For Funding New Research & Development

Startup Professionals Musings

People who know you, trust you, and believe in you above all else are always candidates for requesting an investment. It’s still considered high risk for investment, since manufacturing and quality issues are likely. Here are the guidelines I recommend: Recruit friends and family at any stage.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in. While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is attacking their core - Chris Dixon , May 22, 2010 Google is fighting battles on almost every front: social networking, mobile operating systems, web browsers, office apps, and so on. Here’s why. Your Process Doesn’t Work.

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Let’s Get Weird, a SXSW Interactive Recap (2014)

Tech Zulu Event

TZ’s SXSW A-team, Efren Toscano and Justin Sewell, were invited to join the momentous ride alongside other tech innovators and influencers from the Socal reach to participate with Amtrak’s first ever #AmtrakLive live-tweet and AMA thread – to discuss the highly anticipated Amtrak Residency Program.