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Zachary Bogue And Matt Ocko Launch Data Collective, An Early Stage Fund For Big Data Startups

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Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. The partners are currently in the middle of successfully raising their second fund. Alexia Tsotsis.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

Forget the Hypertext idea and come on back to California. Unlike Intel chips, MIPS chip architecture also made it possible to plug in a math co-processor. Some of the other founders had sold minicomputers to scientists and engineers, but no one knew or understood the unique class of applications and customers of supercomputers.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. Are These Your Slides? I quickly leafed through them and replied, “Sure they’re our original slides.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

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the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.

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SXSW Startups: AirPop Makes Healthy Air

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Co-located in Shanghai and San Francisco, the AirPop product brand is a line of sensing, high-efficiency air pollution accessories for 4 billion+ people breathing pervasive ambient air pollution. AirPop’s co-founder Chris Hosmer (pictured above) answered our questions for this interview. I attended in 2007.

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Going to Trade Shows Like it Matters – Part 1 « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Partners Booths While your booth may be small, some of your potential or existing partners may have much larger ones, in much more visible locations. Is the company hosting/co-sponsoring some event? For a small company this is like throwing your tradeshow money on the floor. Plus tips on overall trade show strategy.

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Elephants Can Dance – Reinventing HP « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Hewlett’s partner Dave Packard wanted to get into the computer business.) Cultural Revolution at Large Corporations – the Founders Return Of the companies that do reinvent themselves it’s interesting that often its the founder or an outsider that has the insight and makes the radical changes.