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

TechCrunch LA

Pitching app developers with a new way to convert app browsers into actual customers, AppOnboard has raised $15 million in a new round of funding, the company said. Now Zweig is back again… this time pitching app developers a tool that can help convert browsers into buyers for new applications in app stores around the world.

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Reflections on 2020: Brian Mac Mahon, Expert Dojo

socalTECH

We now invest in more companies, include better trainers and involve 3 times more investors in the demo days. Their patented 12 step accelerator is unlike any other program available and gives direct access to specialists in branding, design, business planning, product fit, strategic planning, web development, growth hacking and so much more.

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10 Marketing Strategies To Drive Exponential Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Elon Musk and Tesla made their battery patents available to anyone, to clear the path for market infrastructure growth and compatibility, which of course benefits Tesla. Be sure to involve real people and real customers, such as GoPro cameras , with user generated demos and amazing aspirational videos.

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

They demoed the electricity transfer with a physical device that looked like something that would never be allowed on an airplane. 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. But it seemed to work.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Winter | Recap, Videos, and Thank You!

Tech Zulu Event

After some pre-game mingling, we began our evening with demos from companies that had been picked from months of company submissions. Next was Mobile Web America ‘s ultra impressive display of their patent-pending web application that converts most websites into a mobile friendly format.

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Coloft Hackfest And Your Chance At $4K In Cash! All Thanks to BetterWorks

Tech Zulu Event

8 patents pending, and world programming finalist. Demos and awards start at 5:30pm. Co-creator of the Lotus Share platform, which powers the new Lotus Connections Files and Wikis components at IBM. We can have teams of 2-5 people comprised of engineers and UI designers. There will be technical and product mentors there to help.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

The first attention we started getting was after we launched the company publicly at Demo on September 25th of this year. A number of VC’s stopped by our booth or watched our demo on the DEMO website and we had about 5 proactive inquiries. The first VC I met with came from attending DEMO. After Office 2.0