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How Beatshare Is Tackling Music And Messaging

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Eli Aizenstat: I entered into the Design Accelerator, which is an accelerator run in conjunction with the Art Center College of Design and Caltech, in the summer of 2014. We have a massive music catalog, because we've enabled users to access their own, on-demand streaming services. How did you two connect? All are separate.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech. He built & IPOd Demand Media. acquired Overture for $1.63 billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer).

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. They would launch quickly and test whether or not there is any demand. We talked about patents. It’s still there 30 years later!