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

Both Sides of the Table

Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words.

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Zero Marginal Cost Energy

Version One Ventures

The crux of the piece was simple: decades of compounding 10-20% cost reductions present us with a world where it’s now cheaper to build new DERs than it is to operate existing coal or natural gas plants. A surplus of DERs already presents a massive challenge for grids from Texas to Germany, a problem colloquially known as the duck curve.

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

That’s a big fundamental change seeing that since the start of the internet and sites like broadcast.com and YouTube, we, the users, have always had a public text chat. We have also been selected to be part of the official Hamburg Startups Delegation to SXSW (though our headquarters are in London, one of our investors is from Germany).

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Dalhousie University Commencement Speech – 2017

Steve Blank

I was present at the creation of the first microprocessors, participated in the PC revolution, built video games, and shipped software on the first Internet browsers. Our better angels soared as printed books became the Internet of the Renaissance. I don’t have to explain the Internet to you. The same is true for the Internet.

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From Berlin To Boston: Which City Is Best For Your Startup?

YoungUpstarts

One of the best things about setting up a startup these days is that nothing is out of bounds thanks to the Internet. Berlin, Germany. If you can handle the cold, you might want to consider setting up your operations in the Finnish capital, Helsinki! You can now trade with clients in other continents. Helsinki, Finland.

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Divalicious Puts A Shopping Mall In Your Hand

YoungUpstarts

Serial entrepreneur Weyrich has started three Internet companies and three mobile app companies since the age of 22, and recently sold a Catholic Dating service he owned and operated in 2007 to a competitor.

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Learn Strategies for Tapping into Foreign Markets

Startup Professionals Musings

The internet can provide a whole host of innovative strategies for businesses of any size to break into foreign markets. www.yourcompany.de) and reside on servers within Germany. Apart from the large global affiliate networks, there are many others operating solely within regional markets. In fact, this isn't the case.

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