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How Epoxy Is Helping Content Creators Make Their Video More Social

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Juan Bruce: My background is in design engineering. I spent a lot of time in Silicon Valley, working for BMW''s technology office, and design firm Ideo. I then went back to Stanford for business school, and ended up coming down here to Southern California to run a design studio for an Ideo competitor, Continuum.

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Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. If you have deep pockets, these ultimately can be very lucrative.

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TechZulu Live from NAB at the NMX New Media Lounge!

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That’s right folks TechZulu is heading to NAB with our old pals NMX to report and entertain live from the New Media Lounge. Of course we will have complimentary wi-fi allowing you to post to your social networks from the NMX New Media Lounge. Business Entertainment Entrepreneurship Events NAB NMX Hive Lighting'

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As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more. Beyond entertainment, ad tech is huge with Rubicon''s IPO and the TrueX $200M acquisition by Fox. What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? I like events.

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Speaking up is an obligation in a democracy and of course it’s the powerful who have the loudest voice TO speak up. He went to college to study art and design. He looked at Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Vogue, etc. It is the duty of the visible to fight invisibility. He started living out of his car?—?too

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We came together with the idea of designing something that specifically addresses the skills and opportunity gap in our country. Deborah Ramo: It's interesting, but my background is actually in the entertainment world. Eventually, the idea was that the entertainment industry's workforce would reflect our audience.

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