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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. When Ethan was considering leaving Google we talked about it. He was seeking $500k.

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Why Solving Big Food & Healthcare Problems Will Yield Spectacular Companies

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I’ve spoken before about our desire at Upfront Ventures to fund really big ideas that solve hard problems, are science led and if successful will both have a positive effect on people’s lives as well as make great financial returns. We’re not Pollyannaish about this. We can’t wait to see what the next few years bring.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

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How Amavitae Wants To Help Youth Find A Career They'll Love

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To help fix that, the startup has created a mobile app to guide people through their strengths, interests, key skills, and more to guide them along the way to a career they'll love. We came together with the idea of designing something that specifically addresses the skills and opportunity gap in our country. How did this start?

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Gabi Sorts & Ranks What’s Important to You | Interview With CEO Stefanie Hoffmann

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The idea was getting mature and by end of June we had the first version. I was the CEO of aki-aki and Gabriel Palomino was the CTO. Palomino has 12 years experience in the mobile industry and the firm’s’ creative mind. At Ioui Apps we believe in the idea of creating a new interaction system for social networks.

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

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We also had awesome group of mentors that included: David Waxman (Co-founder of PeoplePC, Spot Runner and Firefly Network), Paige Craig (CEO of BetterWorks ), Josh MacAdam (Co-founder/CTO at Ming.ly We had over 30 pitches and classic SUW team voting that followed, resulting in the final 12 most popular ideas. Rob Maigret.

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Miigle Revisited | A SoCal Startup With a Global Mission

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Can you explain in greater detail how the platform’s algorithm works to make it easier for entrepreneurs to find the right partner/advisor and to extend assistance to one another? For example, take someone who is developing a travel solution as a mobile application. We know that Miigle is a platform for entrepreneurs to share ideas.

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