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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch LA

These are industries where structural impediments to technology adoption have only recently been broken down by the advent of incredibly powerful mobile devices. Specifically, the proposal calls for funding for community-based small business incubators and innovation hubs to support growth in communities of color and underserved communites.

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How Serviz Plans To Conquer The Home Services Industry

socalTECH

In a world awash with on-demand startups, Los Angeles-based Serviz (www.serviz.com) stands out--not because of the market segment it is tackling, but because it was founded by two, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Zorik Gordon and Michael Kline. Zorik Gordon: We incubated this at ReachLocal, and spun it out in February of last year.

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Tilofy: Making Sense Of The World Around You Using Location Data

socalTECH

If you''re familiar with Shszam, the mobile app which scans and tells you who an artist is, we''ve created something like Shazam for the real world. Ali Khoshgozaran: Before we started the company, me and my partner had participated in the USC Viterbi startup competition. How did Tilofy come about?

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Ted Dhanik | Engage:BDR, LA Tech & the Marketing Scene

Tech Zulu Event

As the demands and supplies grew for advertising, we built a stable capital to create Engage:BDR. To progress and be LA tech-focused, we started incubating ideas. Are incubating companies one of the main focuses of Engage:BDR? We are constantly incubating projects since Engage:BDR started. How much did Engage:BDR grow?

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

It’s insanely competitive to get into our industry so most have degrees from institutions like Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and University of Chicago (blatant plug ;-). Think of web vs. mobile. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) and I realized that without years of experience it is tough to answer this question.

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Launching An International Tech Startup: The Challenges And Benefits

Tech Zulu Event

What’s more, strategic locations can benefit from varying global legislation: influencing competitor clauses, user privacy data collection, and tax laws amongst other factors that can give a company a powerful competitive edge. There are so many startups, and a great demand for talent as a result of this. Our key markets are the U.S.

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TenHands HD Video Collaboration I Founders Interview

Tech Zulu Event

where he led the incubated startup to $300m in revenues as the fastest growing Service Provider for Collaboration services to include video, web, and audio. How unique are you from the competition if you have any? Co-founder and COO Jack Blaeser was President of BT Conferencing Inc. Future plans? Any user stats at the moment?