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Silicon Beach Report July 5: Snapchat Lets Users Add Links to Web Content

L.A. Business Journal

Snapchat lets users add links to web content, SpaceX launch scrapped twice but scheduled for attempt tonight, and Virgin Galactic aims for commercial flights in 2018, and more.

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SpaceX Plans Another Launch Today For EUTELSAT, ABS

SoCal Tech Calendar

Space launches by Hawthorne-based SpaceX are almost becoming as regular as scheduled service at the local bus stop, as the company is planning yet, another satellite launch today, this time for satellite operators Eutelsat and ABS. According to SpaceX, the launch window for its Eutelsat/ABS mission opens today at 10:29 a.m.

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Silicon Beach Report Oct. 11: SpaceX to Launch Another Used Rocket

L.A. Business Journal

SpaceX to launch another used rocket; SpringRole, professional reputation management network, rolls out of Science Inc. incubator; and Hulu adds channel guide to live TV web user interface.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 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. dot-com bonanza.

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Tesla To Launch Model M3 In Los Angeles On March 31st

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Tesla maintains a small office in Hawthorne, right next to SpaceX, the space rocket company which is also headed by Elon Musk. Tesla has reportedly been inviting Tesla owners and the press to the launch event, which Tesla will also be webcasting live from its web site. The new Model 3 is expected to cost around $35,000. READ MORE>>.

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Elon Musk Backs Billion Dollar Artificial Intelligence Effort

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Elon Musk , the billionaire technology mogul behind SpaceX, has put some money behind--surprisingly--an effort to help developer artificial intelligence research. OpenAI says its goal is to advance digital intelligence in a way that "is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return."

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How To Build A Great Startup In The Age Of Disruption

Startup Professionals Musings

Anyone can build a new web site, or publish a smartphone app for a few thousand dollars, but getting market penetration requires a lot more. Take a hard look at SpaceX or HyperLoop. The cost of entry to the entrepreneur lifestyle is at an all-time low, but the challenge of winning and success is at an all-time high.