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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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Americas new business model: Sharing. Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Game Hunters.

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Startup Resources

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Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Tools for Hackathons – added Dec 2012. Social networking. Social/Sharing.

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

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If you are interested in sponsoring the course, would love to hear from you as being part of a state institution in California provides its own special challenges. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM. ► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Post a Comment.

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ProfessorVC: 4 Lessons of Entrepreneurship

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Upon graduation, he knew he wanted to open a German brewery restaurant in California and the passion and determination drove a lot of the early success. ► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Labels: entrepreneurial lessons , entrepreneurship. Newer Post.

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Silicon Beach emerges as a tech hotbed

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He has hired engineers from Loyola Marymount University , CalTech, University of Southern California and UCLA , he says. Nick Smoot just leased offices in Venice for his social-networking app for businesses, Here On Biz, based on all the activity in the area. "I Americas new business model: Sharing.

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ProfessorVC: Buyer's Remorse

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Now, back to that house in Mountain View, California. ► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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ProfessorVC: Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine

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Note: Finders fees are illegal in California for non broker-dealers, not sure about other states) Do you have any service provider members? ► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Here is a list of questions Id ask: How much is the fee? What do we get?