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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

Meredith came to see me along with the CTO Marc Berte. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? I seldom hire patent attorneys during due diligence but this was too important. The more we dug the more confident we became (and so did every advisor we used). We grilled their IP attorneys.

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MuckerLab Unveils Second Graduating Class to Investors

Tech Zulu Event

Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Okuno said, “I have invested in over 40 startups almost always in the six-figure range.” He is looking to find more. He has watched Silicon Beach grow, but wonders if the valuations are too high and if a bubble may come.

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