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Qualcomm Debuts Reference 5G Drone

socalTECH

San Diego-based Qualcomm has rolled out a reference design for a 5G enabled drone, the Flight RB5 5G platform. The reference design is designed to help manufacturers developed advanced drone systems that support 5G connectivity, which can enable things like drone swarms and drone-to-drone communications.

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How to Make Better Reference Calls

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Reference calls. Ask for at least 5 references. As your candidate for at least 5 references. Ask for at least 5 references. As your candidate for at least 5 references. Don’t worry about the fact that these are the references that the candidate has hand-picked – that’s part of the process.

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Involve.ai Helps Businesses Retain Their Subscribers

L.A. Business Journal

For companies that rely on long-term customers, “churn” — a term that refers to the number of canceled or lapsed subscriptions — is a major challenge.

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Why it’s Critical That you Reference Check Your VC

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How do you then reference check your VC to be sure that you’ve chosen a good firm and partner? Get a reference list - Most entrepreneurs do almost no reference checks or at least do them very informally. Some VC’s will go out of their way to give you all their references as Fred Wilson says in his post.

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How Do You Reference Check a VC?

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How do you then reference check your VC to be sure that you’ve chosen a good firm and partner? First, I would say that most entrepreneurs do almost no reference checks or at least do them very informally. Happy reference checking. I wrote a post linked as follows about how to build relationships with VCs over time.

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myRight Helps Answer Legal Questions, Online

socalTECH

A new, Los Angeles startup, myRight , is hoping to help users with some basic legal questions, through a new service geared around asking users questions-and-answers about their legal questions.

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Helping Startups Understand Salespeople & the Sales Culture

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They like a solid product, well defined pricing, good references to sell against, a clear quota and well defined competitors. Customer also buy social proof because others are acting as strong references. there is a nascent industry to try and help you with this, too. Please call our references. You’re a startup.

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