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Los Angeles Technology Connector – Kurt Daradics

SoCal CTO

I'm also still busy working with Baron Miller to produce MOTM (Meeting of the Minds) , which is a curated, invite only conversation we produce in SoCal. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Besides Tony Karrer for technology, who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles?

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How Early-Stage Startups Can Utilize the SVB Collapse as a Wake-Up Call

The Startup Magazine

If the answers are no, have an honest conversation with your VCs today. Ten back and forth emails can often be resolved in a 30-second phone conversation. About the Authors: Troy Lester Troy Lester is a Los Angeles based entrepreneur and the co-founder and president of WARP.

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Why Meg Whitman is Betting on Quibi as“The Da Vinci Code of Content”

Both Sides of the Table

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) This is an entirely new way of filming Personalization ?—?to

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Out of the Crisis #12: Curative founder Fred Turner and Celine Halioua on diagnostic supply chains, scaling up testing, and partnering with government

Startup Lessons Learned

When none came to light, he followed a lead to Los Angeles and by Wednesday he was signing a contract with a lab there that usually does anti-doping testing. You can listen to our conversation on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. In one weekend, his assumption was proved correct. I am Eric Ries.

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How to Out Amazon, Amazon

Both Sides of the Table

Curation There are really multiple forms of “curation” that I think can build sustainable differentiation in products vs. the retailer that is selling them. In the simplest form curation is the selection of similar products in terms of function, quality, design aesthetic and perhaps brand.

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Succeeding in Venture Capital as an Introvert

Hunter Walker

I can’t say that Covid-19 has made me rethink the personal utility of the really big conferences (I don’t attend many), but it does make me miss the curation of smaller groups. Going forward, I think virtual events will continue to evolve beyond the Zoom room and into formats like Icebreaker.

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The Austinpreneur’s Guide to SXSW 2018 Panels & Parties

Austin Startup

It’s stocked with free food, drinks and wifi but the real reason you want to be there is because we’ve curated all of the top entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators at SXSW and invited them to stop by. The 16th floor kitchen and coworking area will be buzzing with even more energy and excitement than normal. Leave it in the comments!