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Challenge of Predicting Winners

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At the same time, when I saw an old colleague at an event at UCLA a few weeks back, we both were discussing how hard we felt it was to predict success in this kind of venture. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. The poor guy. What a bad $200M decision.

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Innovation and Geography

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Some events, like a recent Tech Coast Angel event at UCLA are really worth it. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 It has to be a pretty good event for it to be worth attending.

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Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller

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On the SEO side of things, I'll definitely want to get your feedback on Browse My Stuff. Of course, you should monitor social media such as Twitter, the social news sites, Facebook, etc. The Startonomics conference at UCLA Anderson business school, hosted by DealMaker Media, was a great event for the talks as well as the networking.

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