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Capturing The Entrepreneurial Energy At StartEngine's Demo Day

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It was standing room only at StartEngine 's Demo Day Wednesday afternoon, held at Santa Monica's Cross Campus , as the startup accelerator launched eight of its latest startups into the world, after a 90 day process of mentoring, honing their business model, and heads down development. READ MORE>>.

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AppOnboard raises $15 million to let Android users try before they buy apps on Google Play

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Play Store shoppers who engage with an app store demo before installing have higher retention and are more likely to become paying customers than those who install directly without playing or using a demo version, the company said. And the company is in talks with other platforms, like the Apple Store, he said.

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StartEngine Debuts Eight New Startups At Demo Day

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StartEngine said that the companies--who have all gone through the 90 day mentorship process at StartEngine--include the BedAbroad (international student housing marketplace); CARBON 38 (online luxury fitness destination for women; Smilu (cross-platform, multiplayer video games); WhereMyDogsAt (mobile social networking for dog owners); Ember (demand (..)

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Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Impact entertainment “accelerator” inks deal with Netflix

TechCrunch LA

. “As Impact continues to evolve the way that global talent is discovered, projects are developed and how the creative industry connects, this partnership demonstrates both companies’ commitment to improving the development system in order to generate more original, quality IP to meet the growing demand.”

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The Big VC Thaw – Why The Market is Moving Again (part 2 of 3)

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There is a lot of pent-up demand. While iPhone is really still the only true game in town for mobile applications investors can see in the near future a world in which multiple mobile applications platforms will likely exist – perhaps with Blackberry, Palm Pre and Google’s Android operating system gather more momentum.

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Interview with Idris Manley, NativeTung

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We've been two years in development, and are excited to provide a revolutionary platform for web sites, blogs, and social sites to create and grow their international business. NativeTung is a cloud-based platform, which includes some software which runs on the web site, which ensures synchronization of the translation at all times.

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Startup Children – How To Parent An Entrepreneur (Part II) - Sales Advice From Dr. Seuss

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There are a number of other children’s books that also serve as good platforms from which you can impart entrepreneurial values and lessons. Sam happily agrees, as he knows he will not have to continue selling, once the demo is completed. Instead, he focuses on the immediate objective – to get his Prospect to demo the product.

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