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Take this test to predict your success:

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The dominant player in any niche controls pricing for all those under it, and often sets the risk profile for new entrants into the niche if the dominant player’s products or services fill the needs of customers at reasonable prices and quality. Do you have a world-class management team? Can you dominate that market?

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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

TechCrunch LA

With its third class of startups, Yellow, Snap’s in-house startup accelerator that launched in 2018, brought investors and founders together in private slack channels after a live-streamed presentation. Wabisabi Design : an augmented reality game studio focused on bit-sized titles. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API.

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Using Generative AI to Drive Corporate Impact

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Key Functions with High Impact Generative AI is revolutionizing sales by enabling dynamic pricing and personalized customer interactions, boosting conversion rates and customer satisfaction. Focusing on generative AI applications in a select few corporate functions can contribute to a significant portion of the technology's overall impact.

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Virtium Launches New Solid State Drives

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Virtium said its new, StorFly XE Class SSDs are aimed at industrial system designers, and use multi-level cell (iMLC) technology, and can handle industrial temperatures of between -40C to 85C. Pricing on the drives were not announced by the company. The new dries range from 30Gb to 480GB, and support M.2, form factors.

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Maestro nets $15 million for its interactive commerce, community and engagement tools for livestreams

TechCrunch LA

But what started in the gaming world quickly spun out as the company slashed prices to $500 per month for its services. The next step, and a big part of what Evans and his team of 55 employees will work on building will be a developer ecosystem, so software designers can start building out new tools to sell through the Maestro platform.

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In SF, tech crumbled the American dream — LA can do better

TechCrunch LA

Damian Bradfield is the president, CMO and founding partner of WeTransfer , the company that designs tools for the creative process. The majority of this displacement is attributed directly to the surge in rental prices brought on by gentrification. Damian Bradfield. Contributor. They try to just bring up solutions to the community.

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United Dwelling is one startup building something to solve California’s housing crisis

TechCrunch LA

The problem with other companies building pre-fabricated or modular homes for what are called accessory dwelling units on California properties is that they’re not being built for middle-class homeowners. ” Instead, Dietz and the architecture firm Modative collaborated on a new design for a pre-fabricated house.