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Why Millennial Entrepreneurs Should Never Watch Shark Tank Alone

InfoChachkie

The reality television show Shark Tank makes for entertaining content but many of its underlying messages are potentially detrimental to tech entrepreneurs. I get that Shark Tank is a TV show focused on entertaining its viewers. Experienced entrepreneurs have no issues parsing where reality stops and entertainment begins.

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Please Help Me Congratulate Jordan Hudson as @UpfrontVC’s Newest Investment Principal

Both Sides of the Table

Jordan joined us a couple of years ago from Fox Filmed Entertainment where he worked in corporate strategy and he previously had worked for GCA Savvian in investment banking. So Then WTF is a “Principal” and Why are you Promoting Jordan? And believe me they were vocal about it.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

Tech Zulu Event

Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Docstoc offers a repository of templates, research materials, processes, forms, legal documents, and much more, all designed to help small businesses overcome the many logistical roadblocks along the path to success. Fun Fact: Los Angeles heavy hitters J.J. B2B: Docstoc.

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How to Talk to a Journalist When You Only Have 30 Seconds

Tech Zulu Event

The numerous amount of long template press releases I received was insane. If you do get to the interview, start out sharing who you are because the story of the people behind the company is, most times, more interesting and entertaining than the company itself. That’s a guaranteed shut door to ever robbing my time again.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. than in other parts of the city.

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Interview with Chris Lyman and Corey Brundage, SendLove.to

socalTECH

We've got the name of every politician, entertainer, celebrity, athlete, business person, and brand -- you name it, we have it. Can you maybe give a concrete example of that? Chris Lyman: The way the technology manifests itself, is we have a database of two million names. Back to the product, can you talk more about how voting works?

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Assignmint: Freelance Work Available | Founder Interview, The Future of Journalism & The LA Startup Scene

Tech Zulu Event

I spent more time organizing my tax forms, keeping them safe, getting invoices together, getting invoice templates, then getting them out there and tracking down my payment for writing the article. Publisher can publish an invoice template and say this is the information we want. The entertainment money cannot be overlooked either.

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