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Interview with Jim Belanger, Gamer Doc

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One of those retailers -- Gamer Doc (www.gamerdoc.com) is based in Newport Beach, and we caught up with Jim Belanger, the firm's President, to dig deeper into why video game retailers seem to be doing slightly better than others. Treating them with respect is a big, important part at Gamer Doc. We're a big help to parents.

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TechStar Co-Founder @BFeld: Are We Experiencing A Startup Accelerator Bubble?

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In 2009 Jed created a Google doc to track the seed accelerators. By mid-2011 he noted, “As seed accelerators have exploded in number world-wide, it’s become nearly impossible to keep this (Google Doc) working.” This growth led Jed Christiansen to base his master thesis on the impact and efficacy of the phenomenon.

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How to Make Sense of the PPP Loan Program for VC-Backed Startups

Both Sides of the Table

There are some business people who think this is ethically wrong for a VC-backed business with a highly-educated founder and there are also likely to be some populist outcries that the money should have been reserved for Main Street workers and not tech workers. One thing that is clear. You should discuss it with your investors third.

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Is WebEx “Dead Man Walking?”

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Dig deeper and you see that they do: project management (like 37 Signals), share and store files online (like DropBox and Box.net), create and edit documents online (like Google Docs & Zoho), Wikis (like SocialText) and Discussions (like Yammer). Kevin Epstein, VP Marketing of CloudShare had Skyp’d in to our broadcast.

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Interview with Fariborz Maseeh, Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition

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The outside mentors can then help them in making projections, looking into their marketing and business development plans, and look at sales projections and organization. Tags: startup engineering competition plan business prize scholarship education grant california southern university masseh fariborz. Who can enter the competition?

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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But truthfully both Dana and I are more aligned with the lean startup principles and believe you only go FAT when you’ve really proved out your product / market fit. The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

Approximately 50 executives from the worlds of technology & venture capital piled into the dining hall on June 30th to listen to Dr. Mark Drapeau speak about "innovation" and its sister topic, "STEM education." Innovation – and its sister topic, STEM education, is a topic that easily falls through the cracks. government.