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This Hollywood Star Proves Entrepreneurs Should Be Clueless

InfoChachkie

This was certainly the case with Hollywood star turned inventor, Hedy Lamarr. Lamarr abandoned a successful European film career to become a Hollywood star. Unsatisfied with the intellectual limitations of Hollywood, Ms. In 1945, Hedy and Antheil codified their invention by filing a patent claim. In 1937, Ms.

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This Immigrant Entrepreneur Launched Her Billion Dollar Empire, Despite Speaking No English

InfoChachkie

Rather than selling dresses for $25, Ida’s designs were now selling for over $300. If Ida had been a prima donna designer, she might have rejected this request out of hand. Products such as the Symington Side Lacer were designed to flattened women’s breasts. In contrast, Ida’s designs accentuated women’s feminity.

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Interview with Krisztina Holly, Good Growth Capital

socalTECH

A good example of that is Skyhawk Therapeutics, which has built a small molecule platform that enables rational design of small molecules that target specific binding pocket regions of RNA. If you want to become a screenwriter, you can't just move to Hollywood and network your way into the industry now. We discovered them very early.

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Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups

Tech.Co

Our “everything water” web service, called the HydraCommunity, is designed to allow collaboration between water agencies, water customers, water use equipment, and other water related services. Can you tell us more about your company. Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water.

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Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups

Tech.Co

Our “everything water” web service, called the HydraCommunity, is designed to allow collaboration between water agencies, water customers, water use equipment, and other water related services. Can you tell us more about your company. Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 2

Both Sides of the Table

plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. The reason is that like Hollywood these seem to require large up-front investments and seem to be hit driven. Quirky - Platform facilitating collaborative design of consumer products through an online community. Overture sold for $1.6

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

SoCal Delicious

If a person from outside Los Angeles is a fan of the city, dig a little and you’ll probably find that they like it for the celebrities, Hollywood not LA. In total, Demand Media owns 20 media networks in the US alone and is one of the best reasons why Paul Graham believes Hollywood is dead. It also won a number of key patents bit.ly/RiJCFI