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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? The non-technical leadership attributes of excellent communication skills, high integrity, passion and perseverance are critical for the success of the whole team. entrepreneurs high-tech startups street-smart' Are you there?

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Upfront Summit Delayed Due To COVID-19 Surge

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The Upfront Summit, the high tech and venture capital company run by Upfront Ventures, has been delayed, the latest victim of resurging COVID-19 numbers and the Omicron variant. Upfront's last tech conference, in 2020, was held at the Rose Bowl.

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Silicon Beach Fest Expands Event Lineup, Sets Keynotes

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Silicon Beach--the self-appointed name that has been used to describe many parts of Southern California''s tech community, but which has seemed to have centered itself over Santa Monica and surrounding towns--has no shortage of events and conferences. Last year''s event attracted more than 2,000 attendees. READ MORE>>.

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8 Tactics For Every Entrepreneur To Manage Technology

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Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? The non-technical leadership attributes of excellent communication skills, high integrity, passion, and perseverance are critical for the success of the whole team. The right answer for a good business partner today is neither of the above.

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Howard Morgan Steps Down At First Round Capital, Back To Angel Investing

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Morgan has been a regular in Southern California's high tech startup market--spending a significant amount of time at local startup pitch events and venture conferences--and was one of Idealab's very first investors in 1996. According to First Round Capital, the move will become official at the end of the year. READ MORE>>.

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8 Ways To Stay Competitive In Today’s Technical World

Startup Professionals Musings

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? The non-technical leadership attributes of excellent communication skills, high integrity, passion, and perseverance are critical for the success of the whole team. The right answer for a good business partner today is neither of the above.

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socaltech50: Your Mobile Networking Guide To The Winners!

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To that end, another, local high tech startup-- Slipp --created a mobile slideshow which shows a photo and some information on our socalTECH 50--so you might congratulate them in person tomorrow night! socaltech50 socaltech startup founders awards dfr2014 dfr14 event conference slipp' READ MORE>>.

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