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Announcing our investment in DemandStar, a marketplace for government procurement  

Version One Ventures

The Seattle-based company provides an online marketplace for business-to-government commerce – it connects local and national suppliers with government procurement officers. . It should come as no surprise that government procurement is riddled with inefficiency. DemandStar opens up this market to a modern process.

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Why the Gig Economy is Coming for Architects, Engineers

ReadWriteStart

The standard was set that suited the government or the client, either due to the lack of a government-enforced standard or due to the inadequacies and shortcomings of local ones. There are designs to be done, and these designs are simply an aggregation of tasks by different engineers and architects on the project team.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

Both Sides of the Table

Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. They called themselves a “social OS.&# Essentially I see it as two things: 1) an aggregator of social content from multiple places including Twitter, Facebook and soon even Gmail. Team Pip.io

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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

Although they focus on initiatives that leverage technology, they engage in a wide spectrum of cross-sector collaborations with for-profit, government, and non-profit institutions. They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. Give to the Max” days.

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Jan McBarron Shares Her Guide for Effectively Building Your Social Media Brand in the Digital Age

The Startup Magazine

Social media has pushed into every area of our lives, governing how we read the news, communicate with our families and friends and how we express ourselves to the world. Aggregation tools including Sprout, Hootsuite, and Buffer will allow you to make cross-platform posts to attract your entire audience base.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month.

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