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SpaceX Shows Off Crew Capsule Chute Testing

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According to SpaceX, the recent test was held at the Naval Air Facility El Centro in Southern California, verifying the system's ability to slow Crew Dragon and ensure a safe landing in the unlikely event of a low altitude abort.

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Chromatik Takes Twiistup Top Showoff Prize

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Los Angeles-based Chromatik , which is developing a web-based, music learning products, took the top honors at the Twiistup Showoff event Thursday night. The startup, headed by Matt Sandler, was voted tops out of eight total companies who pitched their startups to attendees and judges at the Los Angeles area technology event.

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LA Startup Weekend Spawns Funding For Zaarly

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Zaarly , a new startup looking to provide a way to connect buyers and sellers of items via a real-time exchange, has spawned out of LA Startup Weekend , the startup launch event held at Santa Monica coworking space Coloft last month. The firm is set to launch at SXSW this week. Zaarly is based out of Seattle, and is headed by Eric Koester.

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Zaarly, Started From LA Startup Weekend, Goes Live

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Zaarly , a startup founded by Bo Fishback and Eric Koester at the event, has opened up its mobile marketplace, which helps connects buyers and sellers using mobile phones. The firm is backed by Ashton Kutcher, Aydin Senkut Ron Conway, Naval Ravikant, the fouders of Groupon, and others.

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The Magic Midnight Mind Meld

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As you may know I outlined my rules for maximum impact at events / conferences before SXSW began. I can’t imagine having been at a better event. A band was saying, “I can’t believe that at one event you could get access to the band managers of Lady Gaga, FooFighters, etc. Want to debate Naval about AngelList?

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Three Factors Which Intoxicate Venture Capitalists - Why Your Startup Will (Probably) Not Raise Venture Capital Funding

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Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder of AngelList and Venture Hacks, details a variety of factors that influence your chances of raising venture funding in this informative interview. Naval Ravikant describes how Silicon Valley’s dominance over the venture capital landscape will evolve over time in the previously mentioned interview.

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend Live! | Get Your Dose of Startup Awesome

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If we take a look back Zaarly was one of the most successful startups to come out of February’s LASW with over $1M in funding from Felicis Ventures, Lightbank, Ashton Kutcher, Paul Buchheit, Bill Lee, Naval Ravikant, and Michael Arrington. Its going to be really fun seeing what grows and becomes the reigning champ this time around.