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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

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Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace. We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. Don't bet on any one platform.

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

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To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. Don’t think about starting an incubator until you have real operating experience otherwise you don’t really have anything to offer startups. We talked about patents. His impact has even helped a small country gain admission to the United Nations.

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Tilofy: Making Sense Of The World Around You Using Location Data

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Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator. We''re also using web articles and other data sources, and cross referencing those with location information. From there, we raised $600,000 plus to date, and recently revealed our app on the app store.

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6 Drivers For Aspiring Entrepreneurs To Finish School

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They provide peer group organizations, usually called incubators, with free resources, practice environments, and outside mentoring that can help you learn and pivot with minimal cost. Build a web site and incorporate while in school. Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors.

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How To Make The Most Of Your DNA As An Entrepreneur

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A few years ago, I first saw an interesting step in that direction via the classic book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site. Too many Innovators are like Dean Kamen , still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter , while holding over 1000 other device patents. Internal forces (your startup team).

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Spotlight: LA Tech Winter | Recap, Videos, and Thank You!

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and web plug-in capabilities (Yelp), Storitz definitely gave the biggest eye opener of the evening with their revelation that Storage Units is astonishingly, a $20 billion/yr industry. With a scale-able platform ready to expand to different industries (utilities and maintenance services, etc.)