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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But we have a great city for building technology companies. You can find very talented technology executives. But we do have great technology developers. You don’t.

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7 New Opportunities Based On Trends And Demographics

Startup Professionals Musings

Since my experience and interests have been primarily with technology, I’ve been watching those trends for a long time, and I see rapid change, but predicting impact is a challenge. First, a quick summary of the major U.S. Technology won’t solve this one. Autos for drivers: Waning market demand. Women: On the move.

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7 Societal Changes That Invite New Venture Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Since my experience and interests have been primarily with technology, I’ve been watching those trends for a long time, and I see rapid change, but predicting impact is a challenge. First, a quick summary of the major U.S. Technology won’t solve this one. Autos for drivers: Waning market demand. Women: On the move.

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Interview: Clark Benson of Founder & CEO of Ranker.com - Dicusses Playing Nice With Google

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Value Prop Twitter Style : “Ranker is a social site/platform for ranking anything, powered by semantic technology that aggregates opinions into ‘wisdom of crowds’ rankings”. What follows is a summary which paraphrases Clark’s responses. Clark Benson is the Founder and CEO of Ranker.com. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

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One such theme was “water conservation” and we morphed it into a broader theme of agriculture technology or “ag tech” for short. in fact we still look at many deals in the media sector whose main objective is to entertain people. Apeel Technologies. 6SensorLabs.

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7 Demographic Shifts Bring Great Business Potential

Startup Professionals Musings

Since my experience and interests have been primarily with technology, I’ve been watching those trends for a long time, and I see rapid change, but predicting impact is a challenge. First, a quick summary of the major U.S. Technology won’t solve this one. Autos for drivers: Waning market demand. Women: On the move.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. TWIVC Summary – Richard de Silva. What’s your point of view on next generation video entertainment? (34:30 They had a great team and interesting technologies. Thank you. (if

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