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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

And in the tragic events of Virgin Galactic’s crash this week Richard Branson didn’t say, “yeah, it’s too risky, we were wrong” he said “Space is hard – but worth it. And not enough capital embracing these moonshots. We checked patents. What about competing patents. Working on it.

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Decoding Signal From Noise For Wall Street, With Bitvore

socalTECH

What companies are looking for, and what they care about, are material events. Alan Chaney is our Chief Architect, and ran Olivetti Resaerch in the UK. That''s the unique nature of this technology. We talked to venture capitalists, but being here in Orange County, there''s not that much venture capital here right now.

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Attorney and Startup Business Advisor – Aaron Shechet

SoCal CTO

A few years ago “venture capital” was a revenue model. Today, there is still seed capital to be found, but you have to show the investors (especially very early stage investors) that you have a viable business. It also helps if there is a reason that other people can’t compete with you, either because of some trade secret or patent.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. Capsule is an event planning and group sharing platform built to help anyone who is planning, attending, or organizing a trip, party, or event.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 4. Build a SWAT team

Frank Addante

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? ► October (1) New Video! . Zondigo, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 3.0: Internet advertising is good. No, it’s bad. Oh wait… it IS good!

Frank Addante

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Patent Lawsuit 6. Zondigo, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Venture Capital Funding 7. Zondigo, Inc.

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