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The Changing Venture Landscape

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I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. 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. By definition?—?I’m

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

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The startup was listed in TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2023 too, alongside industry heavyweights like Nvidia and SpaceX. Writesonic Writesonic is an AI writing tool designed to help writers overcome writers block and level up their skills. Writesonic Library screenshot. million in 2022 to $5 million in 2023.

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Creating A Culture Of DIY Hacking, with Tara Tiger Brown and LA MakerSpace

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The idea is a community space where people can come together, learn something from one another, build that electronics project, software, or even arts and crafts, in a supported environment. Tara Tiger Brown: My background is in software. I have been leading software projects for my entire career. There are tons. READ MORE>>.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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There is a battle between entrepreneurs who try to change the world and solve a meaningful problem and those who write take-down pieces with no apparent personal benefit other than attention. . “A lie travels around the globe while the truth is putting on its shoes.” ” **. And that is what we’ll do.”

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

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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.