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Oblong Industries Finds $65M

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Los Angeles-based Oblong Industries , the developer of gesture-enabled user interface technology, has raised $65M in an expansion stage investment, according to the company. Oblong said its customers now include NASA, PwC, and IBM, along other Fortune 500 and Forbes Global 2000 companies.

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6 Funding Resources For Ideas Needing More Validation

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Commercial product prototypes.

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Realistic Strategies For Funding Product Development

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative. Commercial product prototypes. Business commercialization.

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7 Guidelines For Funding New Research & Development

Startup Professionals Musings

As an advisor to new business owners, and an occasional angel investor, I see new business proposals daily, many seeking investors to fund early research and development (R&D) of a new product idea. Funding new product research and development is just too risky, with a large time delay before any return is likely.

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6 Sources of Help For Early Stage Concept Exploration

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. Funding sources for this stage extend from grants to large private fund incubators, such as the IBM Watson initiative a while back. Commercial product prototypes.

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Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

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skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Im part of a CTO group that meets once a month to discuss various topics. in Computer Science.

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7 Key Startup Activities Where Follow-Up Is Critical

Startup Professionals Musings

I was with IBM in the early PC days when Bill worked with us to provide PC DOS and other software. Product development. There’s a reason that many people say that the fortune is in the follow up. Of course there are people who are great at getting things done, but haven’t had an original idea in their life.

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