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Why Your Next Startup Should Be In Insurance

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And then there’s New York-based Lemonade, the most recent insurtech startup to make its way into California. Celina Kirchner is a full-stack attorney at Michelman & Robinson, LLP (M&R), a national law firm with offices in Los Angeles, Orange County (California), San Francisco, Chicago and New York.

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

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The more people that see your brand as the innovator the more “earned media” the company gets and the product becomes synonymous with the category. I am in New York today and several people asked me how Bird actually works. “Do You don’t “Bing” information or “Hulu and chill.” Brand matters. How does the Bird service work?

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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Local Press / Websites / Organizational Tools – New York has an amazing startup scene and the energy and momentum is palpable. It also has a built-in advantage in telling the world how awesome it’s doing – it’s the center of the media world. Every city should have a “BuildIn” program.

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The One Video Every Silicon Valley Investor Should Watch

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From left to right above is Tristan Walker (founder of Walker & Co), Magic Johnson (successful NBA basketball player and successful business man – his two life goals), Beatriz Acevedo (founder of Mitu, the largest Latino digital media company) and Troy Carter (founder of Atom Factory and Cross Culture Ventures). ” Too right.

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5 Companies That Could Become The Next Apple

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It aims to one day expand into a media company; this objective appears more probable as GoPro’s sales continue to increase at a steady rate. Free same-day delivery started out as a pilot program in Los Angeles, where local Amazon couriers delivered products to consumers within the same day of submitting their orders over $35.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

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when to build out our offices in Silicon Valley, New York & Los Angeles. As we’ve ramped up direct sales over the last few years our need to have relationships with the major media & advertising companies has become critical. So our board meetings consisted of discussion about.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces.

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