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Changing the Face of Digital Signage: Nanxi Liu of Enplug

Tech Zulu Event

” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Instead of advertising, their large, colorful screens are a direct result of these core values. With apps like the social media feed (which draws data from Twitter, Foursquare, etc.) We started small, but wanted more innovation.

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Crowd-Funding Success Usually Brings New Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

Professionals maintain that there is plenty of money and equity for qualified startups, and funding marginal startups via any source will only make more people unhappy. But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined.

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Changing the Face of Digital Signage: Nanxi Liu of Enplug

Tech Zulu Event

” The large social media screen is Enplug, five iterations later. Instead of advertising, their large, colorful screens are a direct result of these core values. With apps like the social media feed (which draws data from Twitter, Foursquare, etc.) We started small, but wanted more innovation.

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Is Crowd-Funding the Answer When Investors Decline?

Startup Professionals Musings

Professionals maintain that there is plenty of money for equity in qualified startups, and funding marginal startups via any source will only make more people unhappy. But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

TechCrunch LA

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. The startup has already secured a seed investment from Maveron and CRV, TechCrunch has learned, and will receive another $150,000 in exchange for 7% equity upon entering YC next year. Rethinking value.

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Why John Frankel Leaned in Early on Klout and Cornerstone OnDemand and What He Sees Next

Both Sides of the Table

I almost don’t want to tell you because I love the product and would love for them to stay under the radar screen from investors. 10:30 Question from the chat: How do you define the difference between traditional VC and private equity? 23:00 Discussion of California’s social media privacy laws.