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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 Yes, Google won.

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Catching Up With Joanne Bradford, Demand Media

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The company went from a venture backed high tech startup to an IPO as a publicly traded firm, and over its time has battled the perception of being a "content farm", suffered through Google and its Panda update, and now has emerged as a major content partner for Google, via YouTube. Can you explain that process?

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Grant Applications Often Provide Early-Stage Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Specifically, I often point to the NSF or the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for high-tech startups. Another alternative is to find an inexpensive class on grant writing. through Grants.gov , an online directory of more than 1,000 federal grant programs that don’t look for equity or payback.

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Productivity Hacks: Voicemail, Folders & To-Do’s

Both Sides of the Table

They taught us to write down questions when they came up and batch them together in point sheets. Of course if I’m not ensconced in deep, thoughtful work then by all means I answer the call. Getting Rid of Folders - A friend of mine, Dmitry Shapiro (founder of Veoh), teaches a course called WeekendU.

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For a Startup, Two Heads are Always Better Than One

Startup Professionals Musings

If you live in the middle of nowhere, your chances of finding the right co-founder for your new high-tech startup are poor. Get this in writing as a standard pre-nuptial. Of course, if you’re the next Google, you may only need one. Watch out for non-compete clauses, and conflicts of interest with the current employer.

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Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company

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Unlike an unregistered copyright, which you gain automatically by expressing an idea in written form, you cannot gain intellectual property protection by simply being the first person to describe an idea in writing. Most US high-tech companies begin the utility patent process by filing a provisional patent application.

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Ten Steps in Choosing the Right Startup Partner

Startup Professionals Musings

If you live in the middle of nowhere, your chances of finding the right co-founder for your new high-tech startup are poor. Get this in writing as a standard pre-nuptial. Of course, if you’re the next Facebook, you only need one. Watch out for non-compete clauses, and conflicts of interest with the current employer.

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