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7 Government Small Business Grants to Apply For in May 2024

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We also offer some advice for writing your application, to make sure your proposal is as competitive as possible. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) 🔎 Want to browse the web privately? Learn more about the 8(a) business development program, and how to apply here.

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Interview with Scot Lawrie and John Rhodes, Coverfly

socalTECH

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Scot Lawrie , the President and technical Co-founder of Los Angeles-based Coverfly (www.coverfly.com), and John Rhodes , Coverfly's head of Marketing and Business Development, to learn a bit more about the early stage, bootstrapped startup focused on Hollywood script writers. What is Coverfly?

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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

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As drivers we look out for them, as pedestrians we might be annoyed if they steer in our way but the riders themselves have developed better norms as happens in all forms of transportation. They also were exclusive to Bird so they gave the company a competitive advantage. They’re not new. They’re not novel. They’re invisible.

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Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror

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We went through the euphoria of massive exposure at the time of our launch due to an article that ran in the Financial Times. Our software wasn’t fully baked. We had one of the largest US software companies talk about buying us. Our business development discussions took longer than planned. We were unprepared.

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Echo Labs Wins “Quick Pitch” Contest with Digital Hybrid Microscope

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By popular acclaim, San Diego-based Echo Laboratories founder Eugene Cho claimed top honors, and a $15,000 check, for his two-minute presentation last week in the 10th annual “Quick Pitch” competition, hosted by San Diego’s Tech Coast Angels. Crowd Gathers for San Diego Tech Coast Angels “Quick Pitch” Competition.

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5 Tips to Becoming a More Customer Centric Organization

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We spent time out in the marketplace talking with customers, looking at their solutions, comparing ourselves with our competition and then squirreling ourselves away in our offices designing our next set of features. But it seemed strange to me that we would openly talk about stuff rather than waiting for a big announcement to the press.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

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As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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