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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

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Moneyball,” of course, refers of to the 2003 book by Michael Lewis (and the 2011 film starring Brad Pitt) about the Oakland A’s baseball team—and how general manager Billy Beane began using obscure baseball statistics and a new kind of computer-generated analysis to find under-appreciated talent and build a winning team on a shoestring budget.

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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

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They've brought together a group of passionate volunteers across engineering, data science, content strategy, design, logistics and supply chain and disaster response to assist with open source solutions. So what do you do if you go to your local claim website and the site was designed to handle 10,000 claims over the past three years.

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Real Estate Developer Danny Haber Of oWOW Reinvigorates Bay Area

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The housing crisis has resulted from an inability to meet this demand, leading to higher rental prices across the board. oWOW’s work is supported by many high-profile individuals like the former vice mayor of Oakland, California, Annie Campbell Washington, and Elaine Brown of the Black Panther Party.

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

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Until recently Showplace Square’s post-quake red-brick warehouses were home to furniture and interior design showrooms, but soon, if the real estate developers have their way and the tech economy continues to expand, they will be converted to offices filled with even more “techies.” The Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989 registered a mere 6.9