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7 Technology Entrepreneur Examples You Should Emulate

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some recognizable entrepreneurial examples I like, just from the technology space: Driven by an epic ambition. All of them have created massive new capital, be it financial or technological, social or spiritual. All of them have transformed the condition of mankind – for the better.

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New Matter Donates 3D Printers To STEM Program

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Pasadena-based 3D printer manufacturer New Matter announced this morning that it is donating five of its MOD-t 3D printers to a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education organization program in Downey, called the Challenger Center. The center says it is just down the road from such companies as Virgin Orbit and SpaceX.

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Closing on $103M, MaC VC is changing the face of venture capital

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Their unified understanding of technology, media, entertainment, and government, along with a successful track record of investing, give them deep insights into burgeoning shifts in culture and behavior.”. “We look at all verticals.

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8 Ways New Venture Founders Create Whole New Markets

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a statement that they are willing and able (and successful) at projecting market and technology turns, not just straight-line innovations. Entrepreneurs who depend on the ‘traditional’ learning process (schools, formal classes, practice problems, and risk-free iterations) are doomed in breaking the paradigm.

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7 Characteristics Of People Who Drive Global Change

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are some recognizable entrepreneurial examples I like, just from the technology space: Driven by an epic ambition. All of them have created massive new capital, be it financial or technological, social or spiritual. All of them have transformed the condition of mankind – for the better.

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We Need Entrepreneurs Who Think Like Revolutionaries

Startup Professionals Musings

I was impressed with his many insights into what makes a world-class revolutionary entrepreneur, including the following: Never be afraid to think big – or to think young. Elon Musk , for example, not only runs Tesla and SpaceX, but has several seemingly unrelated other initiatives, including OpenAI, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.

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Creating A Culture Of DIY Hacking, with Tara Tiger Brown and LA MakerSpace

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We caught up with Tara--who some might know from her efforts on RepresentLA--on what LA Makerspace is all about--and how places like LA Makerspace are key to bringing the technology and technical community together. You can learn from others in the space, or take a class. What is LA Makerspace? There are tons.

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