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Twiistup 6 Highlights

Both Sides of the Table

We had an excellent opening panel on early-stage investing with Dave McClure (Founders Fund – NorCal), Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder) and Andy Sack (Founders Co-Op, Seattle). He obviously believes this since he has become CEO of TopSpin Media – a firm designed to do just that.

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Millennial CEO Disrupts Bottled Water Industry

Hearpreneur

When live in Hawaii and you don’t stay at a resort, you can’t help but ignore the unemployment and poverty in some areas that is directly relevant to education. Every premium water was differentiated solely through an exotic source origination story and design. Tell us about your business and what you do. . .

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What negotiation tactics does Dave Mcclure use? #500strong

Scalable Startup

My Answer to Quora Qeustion: I’ve advised several founders from 500 su and they’ve all said Dave is fair, honest, easy going, and lets you know when you’re cheating yourself. By design his operation is humble (I know, I’ve lived on Castro Street twice!). Remember, this thing didn’t exist a few years ago.

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Walmart’s Been On A Buying Spree. Which Company Could It Acquire Next?

Up and Running

Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. The company offers a tech-enabled full service pharmacy currently available in every state except Hawaii. Walmart’s $3.3B Canvas Technology.

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Silicon Valley Uber Alles? I think so… Some of their Secret Weapons.

Scalable Startup

There was no other part of the planet where anything close in innovation, design manufacturing, equipment, marketing and sale of semiconductors has emanated from. Silicon Valley launched and was launched by the mainstreaming of the Silicon chip over 50 years ago, which is now part of everything.

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Austin and Virginia Beach ranked most business-friendly cities

entrepreMusings

In contrast, small business owners gave Hawaii, Maine and Rhode Island an “F,” while California and Illinois rounded out the bottom five, both earning a “D” grade. Need a DJ , interior designer , wedding photographer , or house cleaner ? The top performing cities were Austin, Virginia Beach and Houston. What is Thumbtack.com ?

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 42: Tina Fitch and Alice Brooks

Steve Blank

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Tina Fitch , co-founder of Hobnob , an app that lets users send and manage event invitations via text message. Alice Brooks is the co-founder of Roominate.

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