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How Eusoh Wants To Fix Insurance With Technology, With Allen Kamrava

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The idea of Eusoh, is we are still collecting from the crowd, but because of technology, we no longer have to keep those funds captive. I worked in the medical field for the Kaiser HMO, and had my own surgical practice in the uber-competitive West Los Angeles market. We collect for the cost only when things happen.

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Interview Dan Dato and Bruce Brown, Upstart.LA

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Those programs--epitomized by YCombinator in the Bay Area, and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado--attract newly minted entrepreneurs with a mixture of cash and mentoring, and a program which rapidly takes ideas and turns them into viable, executing businesses. And then, in 2003 I retired, and I became an angel investor.

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Interview with Nick Warnock, Atiz

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Nick Warnock: I used to sell copiers for Xerox--hardware and software. Plus, our system never becomes obsolete, if there are newer and better cameras, you can upgrade your camera without changing the scanning platform or software package. I was selling door to door and making phone calls, with a real good niche there in West LA.

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