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Reflections on 2016: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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Silicon Valley Bank is big supporter and has been a sponsor of socaltech for many, many years. I studied East Asian religions in college and was intrigued to hear that a Buddhist monk was delivering meditation and mindfulness via a mobile app. Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen of Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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Interview with Jonathan LaCour, Playzon

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How do you come up with a compelling, mobile videogame title? We thought it would be interesting to hear the story behind Jonathan's startup efforts and where he hopes his mobile gaming startup will go. Now that we have the technology for mobile phones and tablets, to put out a game like Infinity Blade, that's what we are going to do.

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Interview with Brad Stewart, Fair

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As we studied that Gen 1 and Gen 2 of the company, a few things popped out at us. When I studied the landscape, it's clear that for our consumers, they are very price conscious. When you have a big, multi-hundred thousand dollar sales engines like Honda, it's tough to do that, whereas we are smaller, and newer, and innovative.

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Sponsor post: Discount to tomorrow's DFR, and win a ticket to digiday:APPS

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Toyota, Pizza Hut, NBA, Fandango, and More Share Their Success Stories with Mobile and Social Apps. The event will dive deeply into the challenges and success stories of the explosive mobile and social app market. Use discount code: DFR30 to receive $30 price. Win a ticket to digiday:APPS. This is an event you can't afford to miss!

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Creating the 21st-Century Fashion Brand, with Brett Markinson, Sole Society

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Hautelook was able to help define--and conquer--the online flash sales category, in record time. I went to school at Babson, back East, and majored in finance and entrepreneurial studies. I've never had a proper job, and have been on one gear, building businesses, for a very long time. I moved out to California to build businesses.