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Friday Tech Video Roundup for November 16th, 2012

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Peter Pham, of Los Angeles technology studio/incubator Science Inc., An explanation of PublishThis and its content curation software. Los Angeles MiniTime debuted its service this week to help families find reviews and information for their family vacation. with Mario Andretti. SpaceX Grasshopper.

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What You Missed On Your Holiday Vacation, SoCal Technology Edition

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Independa ($5M, San Diego, software for senior independence). Surf Air ($2.6M, Los Angeles, subscription aircraft service). Southern California's Most Popular Tech Stories. LaunchpadLA Opens Up Spring Applications. Solarflare ($22M, San Diego, high speed networking). Ignyta ($6M, San Diego, personalized medicine).

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Angel Funding Advice

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I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. At an angel round you can get away with no market validation.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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Or, as always, summary notes available below. My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. Brad on blogging.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Sam began drawing out plans for a new way to provide storage after he had horrific experiences with traditional storage after the storm.

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Interview: Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder AngelList and Co-Maintainer Venture Hacks

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I recommend you first review Dharmesh’s article and then listen to Naval’s thoughts. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Naval’s responses. These days, thanks to code and community, we can productize almost any process done by humans. You can watch my interview with Naval below or on YouTube here: [link].

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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Reviewing financial & operational performance. By now you have many smart people around your board but probably people who don’t totally understand the nuances of your employees, customers, sales reps, marketing messages, technology challenges, competitors and strategic choices. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.

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