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Max Q: A SpaceX spin-out sounds great

TechCrunch LA

Starliner, the crew spacecraft developed by Boeing for NASA’s Commercial Crew program, encountered not one, but two major software flaws during its most recent demonstration mission that would’ve been very bad had they not been corrected. SpaceX launches online rocket rideshare booking tool.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

On the other hand, the biggest winners will turn out to be much larger than the prices people paid for them and this will happen faster than at any time in human history. They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

Tech.Co

The startup was listed in TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023 too, alongside industry heavyweights like Nvidia and SpaceX. Source: gumroad.com Gumroad really started to take off in 2023, smashing revenue records for three months straight, a feat that was attributed to a price hike it carried out at the start of the year.

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5 Strategies For Business Growth Many People Forget

Startup Professionals Musings

Competitors tend to focus on price and other variations to existing offerings. Apple did this with the introduction of the smartphone, which altered the value chain for computers, video, and software, which were already staples that they knew well. Too many businesses only think of new products when in crisis mode.

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Reflections On 2017: Krisztina 'Z' Holly, MAKE IT IN LA

socalTECH

Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that particularly caught your eye in 2017? 2017 was the year SpaceX demonstrated their premise of reusability to bring down the cost of satellite launches and space travel, with multiple Falcon rockets and a reused capsule giving repeat performances.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. We don’t seem to get credit as a community for SpaceX or recognition as one of the fastest growing communities for commerce: Honest Company & JustFab.