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

TechCrunch LA

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.” A post shared by Collab Studios (@collabstudiosatl). Image Credits: Robiiiworld (Brandy Merriweather via BStarPR).

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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

socalTECH

Sam Teller ,LaunchpadLA (Los Angeles, incubator). Evan Spiegel , SnapChat (Los Angeles, mobile app). Ashish Soni , USC (Los Angeles, incubator/university). event socaltech50 awards entrepreneur entrepreneurship feature dfr2013' There are also many movers and shakers here in the industry -- Jason Nazar at.

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Snap’s Yellow accelerator debuts its third batch of investments

TechCrunch LA

Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. Earlier Yellow bets skewed more toward content investments as Snapchat was scaling Discover. Charli Cohen : a “next-gen” streetwear fashion brand. Hardworkers : a professional network for blue-collar workers. ”

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Be Great Fest | Celebrating Los Angeles’ Startup Ecosystem

Tech Zulu Event

17, entrepreneurs, investors, civic leaders and other key players in the tech industry will gather at the historic Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Calif. s tech scene by the city’s own incubator-accelerator Be Great Partners. Meet the next generation of startup success stories at Be Great Fest in Los Angeles.

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From Nothing to Something with Howard Marks & Nanxi Liu

Tech Zulu Event

Wednesday November 20 th , 2013 was a special day for the technology entrepreneurs at the University of Southern California. The USC Entrepreneur Club and the Kairos Society brought Howard Marks , a successful entrepreneur and founder and CEO of StartEngine , on campus to speak about his past experiences. The Time Is Now. “We

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. SEO marketing vs. social marketing. FourSquare. Everywhere.

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How ZEFR Is Helping Hollywood And Brands Understand YouTube

socalTECH

But, what that really did, is it allowed us to use that network to incubate the software we are building now for YouTube. They came to LA, and they''ve invested in companies like Honest Company and Snapchat, and a few others, hosted dinners for Los Angeles entrepreneurs, and they''ve made a serious investment in the community.

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