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Tech Companies Are Hiring Staff… Then Rescinding the Offers

Tech.Co

A number of tech companies have made the headlines this week for hiring new members of staff, only to rescind such offers before they start. Get all the latest tech news straight to your inbox. The Wall Street Journal reports that Twitter, for instance, has refused to take on new staff it previously offered jobs to. “My

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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

socalTECH

Marc Friedmann: SciVee serves the STM - Science, Technical, Medical - market. However, it's a very large market--we peg it at around $11 billion a year, and some estimate it to be as big as $20 billion a year, including scientific journals, academic journals, scientific societies, and conferences.

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The Perfect Pithy And Productive Investor Pitch

InfoChachkie

In a recent Wall Street Journal article , Brad Keywell noted that, while the average New York city elevator ride is 118seconds, most adults non-task focused attention span is closer to 8seconds. Google x Facebook x Amazon) + (Universal Reviews). To what extent are such positioning statements important? AngelList Differentiation.

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Entrepreneurs Love Celebrity Investors While VCs (Usually) Hate Them

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. However, such alignment is missing at most tech startups, and thus there is little causality between a celeb’s investment and their ability to drive meaningful product adoption. What’s the cause of this incongruence? Share and Enjoy.

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How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest?

Both Sides of the Table

Every tech or major news journal in the country is preparing to write their Snap, Inc (creators of Snapchat, Spectacles, etc) stories and many of them seem to want a “How does it feel to have missed this investment story.” I hear tons of ideas for early-stage apps. Another firm funded them. That’s a benefit for us as a local VC.

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7 Reasons That Investors Won’t Fund Inventions Alone

Startup Professionals Musings

According to an old Harvard Business Review article, many people in history, famous for their inventions, like Thomas Edison, were entrepreneurs who only later were remembered as inventors of the products they commercialized. Of course it helps to have innovative technologies before you start building a business.

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Assignmint: Freelance Work Available | Founder Interview, The Future of Journalism & The LA Startup Scene

Tech Zulu Event

I have been on every end of the business in terms of journalism and publishing. For all those who want to talk about the fragmentation of media and the models for journalism is in trouble; it’s actually not. Journalism is stronger than ever, but the outlets are fragmented. Jeff Koyen: Assignmint comes from my own experience.

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