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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

In fact, in the 70’s and 80’s, the distinction was almost entirely semantic, as the military and aerospace industry invested ungodly amounts of capital to create technology breakthroughs that eventually saw wide commercial adoption in the personal computing industry.

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Should a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name?

David Teten

Other non-semantic variables are important as well. A well-named site can thus easily rank 10-20% higher than a poorly named one on a purely non-semantic basis. Names with homophones will cause needless confusion. The best names tend to be short, to use dictionary words, to be devoid of hyphens, and/or to include a numeral.

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How Digital Assistants Could Evolve in the Future

The Startup Magazine

Semantic Recognition and Conversation. Chances are, we’ll see assistants better capable of semantic and conversational recognition; they may be better at predicting and following patterns of speech, and better capable of recognizing human emotions. So where does it go from here? Habit Learning and Adaptation.

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VC Firms Don’t Back You, VC Partners Do

Hunter Walker

” “Semantics” you might say and “b t” I’d definitely reply. That is to say, COMPANIES ARE NOT PEOPLE. So it always surprises me when founders say “I raised money from [VC firm name]” and not “I raised money from [person] at [VC firm name].”

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

Both Sides of the Table

Eric Paley , managing partner at Founder Collective , told me that they had implemented a city-wide program in Boston to help local university students get internships at local tech startups. The key is to be able to keep the best ones local.

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Paid Subscriptions Aren’t Enough. Why Substack Should Build An App Store

Hunter Walker

Substack should partner with a broad set of 3rd party products to enable deep integrations inside of their newsletters. In return, Substack should take a percentage of the revenue produced by that app (from the app provider side, not the author’s cut, even though yes, I realize that it’s kinda semantics if you’re talking about one pool).

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7 Barriers To Communication In Business Relationships

Startup Professionals Musings

Founders have to communicate their ideas and products to investors, business partners, and the rest of the team. Technical semantics and jargon. Fortunately these skills can be learned, and the barriers to communication can be overcome one by one. Jargon only has meaning if the symbols are already understood.

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