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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

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The practical uses for uBeam technology is limitless. Was there consumer demand? Here is where having Marc Berte and a team out of MIT who have designed systems like this for years gave one confidence we could do something others couldn’t copy and at price points that could make us market leaders over night. Was it safe?

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. NastyGal is just one of a number of fashion-meets-technology startups to emerge in Los Angeles, which. The now-public. Rubicon Project.

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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

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” Bill Gross, who is one of the Godfathers of the Internet, once told me, “ If you don’t design a product that is 10x better than the competition then you’ll never build anything truly big or amazing.” Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures makespace' 10x the experience. Full on burger flipping mode.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

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It’s not clear that there was big customer demand for some of these products yet entrepreneurs were egged on by VCs to “take the money&# and try and push the market. Quora is one of the better designed new products of the past few years in my opinion. We technology leaders also make this mistake.

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Indeed Targets Tech Talent In Los Angeles

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Online job search site Indeed is taking aim at Southern California's high tech market, with the launch of its Indeed Prime in the market. According to Indeed, the service--specifically targeted at technology talent--will give employers access to a "curated pool" of people, based on coding skills, educaiton, and work experience.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

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The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. That is the definition of Disruptive Technology.

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Energica CEO plots her Italian EV company’s reboot from lockdown

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There could be more demand for electric vehicles post COVID-19 crisis, believes Energica founder Livia Cevolini. One of those is greater demand for EVs after the pandemic. Before the health crisis shutdown most of Italy, Energica had already seen larger demand for its high-performance e-motos, with a price range of $17,000 to $23,000.