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Bio Roundup: Fast “Cures,” Trump In Time, CRISPR In Court & More

Xconomy

President-elect Donald Trump re-stirred the drug-pricing pot with comments in Time Magazine and a reported FDA commissioner candidate who doesn’t seem to think much of the regulatory process. —arguments from both sides of the epic CRISPR patent fight. And a trio of judges met to hear brief—can we say edited?—arguments

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7 Keys to Positioning Your Competitors to Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Both conclusions will kill your credibility, and usually preclude any further funding interest. Being first to offer something is often used to cover the fact that you have no patent or intellectual property. Avoid degrading or demeaning your competitors. Don’t say “Product x is more expensive and hard to use.”

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How You Talk About Competitors Speaks Volumes

Startup Professionals Musings

Both conclusions will kill your credibility, and usually preclude any further funding interest. Being first to offer something is often used to cover the fact that you have no patent or intellectual property. Avoid degrading or demeaning your competitors. Don’t say “Product x is more expensive and hard to use.”

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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Competitor Traps Every Startup Pitch Should Avoid

Startup Professionals Musings

Both conclusions will kill your credibility, and usually preclude any further funding interest. Being first to offer something is often used to cover the fact that you have no patent or intellectual property. Avoid degrading or demeaning your competitors. Don’t say “Product x is more expensive and hard to use.”

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GumGum Makes Images Profitable for Publishers

Tech Zulu Event

Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” million dollars from some of the biggest funds (First Round Capital, NEA and GRP), is precisely because they solved such a huge problem. He began programming courses at UCLA while in high school and went on to earn a B.S.

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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

Tech Zulu Event

.” Founded in 2007 by Ravishanker and a small group of computer science graduates from the University of California, Irvine, the University of Southern California and Harvard University, CallFire has achieved just under $10 million in sales, is profitable and has built that substantial user base–all without venture funding.