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Why an Atlanta-based Black influencer collective swapped their collab house for a studio

TechCrunch LA

What if an influencer collective could be truly collaborative, rather than fodder for a depressing Netflix reality show ? A few minutes away from downtown Atlanta, Collab Studio ATL describes itself as “a tech-based one-stop shop for content creators, HBCU students and young entrepreneurs to achieve their business goals.”

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Data Elite | First Venture Lab for Big Data Launched by Andreessen Horowitz, Formation8, Ron Conway & Others

Tech Zulu Event

Data Elite launches at a time when most needed as most big data companies lack the much required funding and incubation. Limited big data funding & incubation. “There are many funds, incubators, and accelerators out there that entrepreneurs can turn to today for general business advice. .

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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

socalTECH

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace.

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Silicon Beach at USC 2013 | Entrepreneurial Inspiration

Tech Zulu Event

Big crowd of entrepreneurs, professors, students, and established professionals. I wanted to connect LA’s incredible entrepreneurs with the larger business community and with the resources of USC.”. Over $50,000 in prize money. Filled with innovation. Bigelow stated, “AIM was a very similar contest.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. It is Blockbuster video in the dawn of Netflix. Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. How much ad revenue does TripAdvisor make?

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 5.0 – I’m just going to chill out for a bit… (OK, for a month…)

Frank Addante

– Digital Messaging Infrastructure Company (incubated by Addante and Associates, LLC) Age: 25 - 29 (present) Time Period: 2002 - present My Role: Founder High Point: TBD Here is a summary of my experiences to-date with StrongMail: 1. Incubation 3. Additionally, entrepreneurs get tired. StrongMail Systems, Inc. Relaxing 2.

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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

Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. Andrew Frame, a 30-something entrepreneur who founded Internet-telephone company Ooma, bought a contemporary four bedroom in Bel Air for $5.5 Talent agencies CAA and WME are incubating start-ups.