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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Take software developers as an example. Coming up with an idea for a new piece of software, developing it, and testing it is expensive. Yet once the software is coded, it can be reproduced millions of times at virtually no cost. This article was first posted in The Financialist.].

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A Review of Skytop Lodge: The Collapse of an Icon

Mike Michalowicz

I provide a full review below. I discovered Skytop in 2000. Her friends came from all over to celebrate with her, including her best friend of forty years from California. It was unforgettable, but sadly due to the collapse of this former icon. But if you want the Cliff Notes version: Don’t go. Sadly, it is not.

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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

This is perhaps the most reliable source of information on angel investor groups across the world, and the software is used by most of the other angel organizations mentioned below for deal flow. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally), and I have a connection there if you need a start. Keiretsu Forum.

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[US] The 10 Best Sectors That Are Boosting The Economy

YoungUpstarts

Some of the success found in the auto industry today is due to recovery in Japan, where a year after the March 11, 2011 earthquakes, top auto makers have once again reached pre-earthquake levels. In 2009 alone, the entertainment software industry added close to $5 billion to the U.S. India-based firms. economy and job growth.

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Open Letter to a New Austinite

Austin Startup

I’m not talking about exploring a new city and feeling like you get to re-invent yourself simply by changing zip codes; everyone loves that. Don’t California my Texas,” “Don’t Dallas My Austin,” “Thanks for coming to SXSW. I have yet to meet a person who loves moving. Austin, in many ways, shows the promise and the problem in America.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available. California Milk Processor Board) – 1993.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Computer Software. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. NAME Comcast.