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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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Anybody who has studied the VC industry knows that it works by “power law” returns in which a few key deals return the majority of a fund. Nick is an alum of UC Berkeley and Wharton, worked at Warby Parker and then most recently at the venerable LA-based Seed Fund, Crosscut. How Does the Industry Really Work?

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Science37: Using Technology To Enable Remote, Clinical Trials, with Belinda Tan

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What we are doing has the potential to allow companies to develop more, novel treatments, for conditions, more effectively. It's really hard to do the study which requires you to drive weekly to a clinic, find parking, deal with traffic, and wait in a waiting room. Belinda Tan: Most of our trials are Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies.

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How to Make Sure Professional Services Don’t Take Over Your Software Company

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Importantly, make sure that you retain IP rights to your custom work which needs to be part of the engagement contract. At a minimum co-ownership of the IP. If not specified in contract you might find yourself with future litigation over IP. Integrate PS Work Into Sales & Marketing Processes. So how much PS is too much?

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Interview with Michael Witz, Mob Science

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Tell us a little bit about Mob Science, games that you develop? We have one, major original IP game in development, and a couple of weeks ago we announced a publishing deal with Zynga to publish our new game on Facebook and Zynga's own platform. So, when Facebook became friendly to developers, there was a great opportunity.

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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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"The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. Mark noted that even if an entrepreneur does not become a master developer, by simply understanding the software development process, they will be a more effective startup leader. Banana IP. "Intellectual

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Interview with Costin Tuculescu, Freebinar

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Freebinar gives them a solution that includes screen sharing, voice over IP audio, broadcast, conference calling, and allow you to meet with as many as 150 people at the same time. Costin Tuculescu: I cam out of UC Irvine as a software engineer, studying computer science. What's your background, and how did you get into this?

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

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So if you want to be a content producer and want to make money you can develop content for global “niches” of watchers who might like: Japanese Anime, South Korean drama, Bollywood productions, reality TV on any topic – fashion, cooking, travel. Study the video game industry. And the show develops like this.

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