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Interview with Brian McKelvey, Worlize

socalTECH

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based startup Worlize (www.worlize.com) announced it had received a seed round of funding, and launched a firm to focus on social gaming and chat. Brian McKelvey: For the last ten years, I've worked in software engineering, ranging from building social viral games for Paramount, Lionsgate, and GSN.

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Beyond the Demo: 2018 Could Be Year for Longer, Profitable VR Content

Xconomy

That year the couple, both trained in design, founded a startup in San Francisco, then called KaleidoscopeVR. René Pinnell says he and his wife Selena Pinnell were “blown away” by the virtual reality projects their friends were creating in 2014, so they looked for an entrepreneurial niche that would allow them to support such artists.

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Next Gen CrowdInvesting | Chance Barnett (CEO) of Crowdfunder

Tech Zulu Event

A quick glance at Crowdfunder provides a peek into an impressively large portfolio of funded startups and small businesses; to the tune of ~8,800 companies, 45,000 investors, and over $66M in deal flow across Startups, Social Enterprise, and Small Business. Our goal is to design something that can help people craft their stories.”

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

Both Sides of the Table

I now observes the fund raising process as a profession. This is the fund raising perspective from both sides of the table. Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. Every company is different so it’s hard to listen to advice from the uber-successful fund raisers. Executive Summary.

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Interview with Kevin Kent, Inspired Instruments

socalTECH

Last week, Irvine-based Inspired Instruments (www.yourockguitar.com) announced a round of funding, saying that it has developed an electronic guitar which combines the game controller functionality for popular videogames like Rock Band and Guitar Hero with actual musical functionality. So how do you get over that challenge?

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Startup Children – How To Parent An Entrepreneur (Part III) - Board Games Can Teach Children Negotiating And Risk Taking Skills

InfoChachkie

Even though the game is hypercompetitive by design, your child will likely play with the same basic group of family and friends. Thus, as is true with any startup, survival is paramount. These funds often sustain a player and allow them to remain in the game when they would otherwise go bankrupt.