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What Startup Advisors Do I Need?

SoCal CTO

A large part of this conversation is what kinds of advisors startups should be looking for. A little while ago, I suggested that Every Web/Mobile Startup Should Have a Technical Advisor. The conversation with Bob was about what the composition of advisors should look like. Connected Advisors?

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Founder of RYSE UP, NearWoo Jason Crilly Passes Away

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One of Southern California's promising startup entrepreneurs, Jason G. Crilly --the co-founder of RYSE UP and co-founder of NearWoo--has passed away, according to friends and families. Mental health of startup founders--once a taboo subject--has been boosted by efforts by such startup community mentors as Brad Feld of Techstars.

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Interview with Michael Wong, MergeLocal

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Are users willing to check into local businesses with another, mobile check-in product? That's what Los Angeles-based MergeLocal (www.mergelocal.com) is looking to find out, by offering up points which can be converted to real cash, when users check into local businesses. There's an awful lot of check-in sites out there.

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

Both Sides of the Table

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. In the same year they won Business Insider’s Startup competition.

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How Beatshare Is Tackling Music And Messaging

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Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. Photo: Barry Lieberman, President and COO; Eli Aizenstat, Founder & CEO; and Rob Patrick, CTO).

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Why Solving Big Food & Healthcare Problems Will Yield Spectacular Companies

Both Sides of the Table

We believe that it is incrementally harder to differentiate on simple Internet products or mobile apps and while great companies are built doing this, our goal as a fund is to try and fund things that can be 100x returns if they work. We’re not Pollyannaish about this. In short, we’re after venture returns.

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

Tech Zulu Event

Coming hot off the coat tail of earlier this year’s Startup Weekend LA where Zaarly launched, this LASW was nothing less than amazing and as someone put, one of the best tech events in LA they had ever been to.