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Disney Accelerator Demo Day: Artificial Intelligence, 3D Printing, More

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The Disney Accelerator , held its Demo Day for its second class on Thursday, showing off ten companies to a theater packed full of venture and angel investors. A number of the companies--showing off one huge advantage of being involved in a program run by Disney--announced deals with Disney properties to use their technology and products.

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Nine Startup Tips From Walt Disney

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You must convince dispassionate, objective customers that your value proposition is worthy of their cash. Accomplished entrepreneurs are curious about their customers' desires, competitors' future strategic directions and their industry's technological trends. Friendly constituents will not sustain your startup.

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ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup

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seems like an unlikely place to grow one of the next billion-dollar startups in the booming Los Angeles tech ecosystem. These more basic needs can be solved with seemingly simple technologies—software for billing, scheduling, navigation and many other business workflows. The city of Glendale, Calif.

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5 Strategies To Thrive In Customer-Driven Disruption

Startup Professionals Musings

In my experience as a business consultant, I find than most people still believe that technology drives business disruption. I’m more convinced that technology merely enables disruption, and changing customer interests and needs really causes it. I recommend creating new services and products for existing customers.

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Tech Transforms the Election Experience, From VR to Voter Registration

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I found another name for this low-tech form of long distance TV show sharing in the New York Times: “sync-watching.” Beyond a simple phone call, far-flung friends are using any technical means possible—like Skype and live tweeting—to duplicate that cozy experience of sitting in front of the same TV together. See how it works here.).

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Interview with Deena Varshavskaya, Wanelo

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Who's the ideal customer for this? I started my first startup right out of school, which failed due to a partnership that did not work out. We have designed Nick.com, and worked with Disney, MySpace, back in the day, and other big brands. The next goal is to find advisors, some technology partners, and to seek investment.

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Eight Startup Tips From Mark Zuckerberg

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Richard Branson , Walt Disney and Michael Dell. When enhancing your value proposition, ask the same question a newcomer would ask, "what is the best way for users to interact with the new features, irrespective of the existing customer experience?" 1) Get A Mentor. "I

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