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JumpStartFund Takes On Crowdfunding, Advice For Research Startups

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JumpStartFund , which is based in El Segundo, opened up its service this morning to help use the wisdom of the crowd to move ideas, patents, and research from individuals, federal research labs, universities, and research organizations to the market. The site combines the crowd-voting aspect with crowd-funding elements, as well.

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Street-Smart Entrepreneurs Need High-Tech Partners

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Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. On the other hand, there are many technology companies successfully started and run by non-technologists. Are you there?

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How Phyn Is Bringing The World Of High Tech To Water Conservation, With Ryan Kim

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The world of plumbing is not known for its high tech products. We talked with Ryan Kim , the company's CEO, to learn more about the company, how it spun out of Belkin's WeMo efforts, and how water usage is a huge area ripe for innovation. However, that makes it an area ripe for technology innovation.

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SPONSOR MESSAGE: Tap Into Southern California's High Tech Economy with socalTECH

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Dear readers: Like keeping up to date on Southern California's latest venture funding, high tech deals, and more? Looking to better track your clients, customers, partners, and local companies? Find your next job - One of the hardest parts of finding a job is knowing what companies are in the area. Interested in joining?

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High Tech Fitness: How it’s Changing the Game

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The fitness industry is a huge market that is worth over $24 billion so it comes as no surprise that tech companies have entered the picture. The rise of high-tech fitness has taken the industry by storm with everything from wearable fitness trackers to smart jump ropes. High tech fitness is here to stay.

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Disney Invents Spray Painting Drone

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Disney Research , the arm of the Walt Disney Company which works on developing high-tech "building blocks" for the rest of Disney, has invented an autonomous, spray-painting drone called the PaintCopter , the company described in a paper this week.

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8 Tactics For Every Entrepreneur To Manage Technology

Startup Professionals Musings

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. On the other hand, there are many technology companies successfully started and run by non-technologists. Are you there? Martin Zwilling