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Heliogen’s new tech could unlock renewable energy for industrial manufacturing

TechCrunch LA

Last Monday a group of millionaires and billionaires took a trip to an industrial site in Lancaster, Calif. For Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab and brains behind the excursion, the unveiling was simply the latest in a string of demonstrations for new technologies commercialized by his nearly three-decade old startup company incubator.

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Women Entrepreneurs Surge But Fight Their Demons

Startup Professionals Musings

Women entrepreneurs are starting small businesses at approximately twice the national average for all startups. In most cases, the lifestyle questions asked and the answers given are essentially the same for all entrepreneurs, whether they be men or women. Create specific goals and deadlines for everyone in the company.

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Mate Fertility is aiming to create a franchise of fertility clinics open to everyone

TechCrunch LA

Founded by serial entrepreneur Oliver Bogner and his brother Gabriel, Mate was born from both brothers’ struggles with trying to start a family. ” Given the fact that the company estimates roughly 18% of the U.S. Lancaster, Pa., An earlier version of this story cited the company’s IVF price as $8,000.

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