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Zuma Ventures: Creating A New Technology Startup Model

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David Carter and Allen Hurff are two startup veterans, who believe they have a new formula to help create early stage, technology companies, through their new "startup studio", Zuma Ventures (www.zumavc.com). How is this different than accelerator or incubator? What''s your background, and how did you get into this?

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Elementary Robotics raises cash to expand in Los Angeles’ growing robotics hub

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With lead investors like Fika Ventures and Fathom Capital, and co-investors, including Toyota AI Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures, Riot.vc, Osage University Partners and Stage Venture Partners, Elementary Robotics is readying itself for commercial pilots with a few undisclosed customers as it proves out its technology.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Danish VOIP technology company founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Tanveer Sharif. Competitors: Google (Invite Media) , MediaMath , X+1.

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Your Product Needs to be 10x Better than the Competition to Win. Here’s Why:

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I thing I’ve learned over the years is that technology purists hate advertising even when it is that revenue stream that truthfully drives much of our industry. Google was clear that they WOULD NOT go into this business. They were a juggernaut and Google was a small company. But obviously Google won the war.

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The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns

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There are five prominent ones in town, Launchpad, Amplify, MuckerLab, StartEngine, and IdeaLab. VuPad – VuPad allows consumers to visualize furniture in a pleasing and simple manner using augmented reality technology with state-of-the-art object reconstruction techniques. Share on Google+. Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter.

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