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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

Gust

Band of Angels (Silicon Valley). New Mexico Angels. Sand Hill Angels (Silicon Valley). The distribution of groups in the survey includes a relatively representative sampling of angel groups across the US and Canada. Wilmington Investor Network (NC). Desert Angels (Tucson). Launchpad Angels (Boston).

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Boulder Shouldn’t Municipalize Its Energy Utility System

Feld Thoughts

While Boulder is currently building a strong reputation as an entrepreneurial ecosystem to rival Silicon Valley and is consistently voted among the top cities to live in the country , there is almost nothing more fundamental to quality of life and competitive business than affordable energy.

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Five Questions for Alec Ross: Secretary Clinton’s Senior Advisor for Innovation

Hunter Walker

HW: I don’t mean to reveal book spoilers, but how does Silicon Valley fare? Without getting into too many specifics here, we helped take down narcotics cartels in Mexico. If there were one thing I’d flag, it’s my belief that the robots of the cartoons and movies of the 1970s will be the reality of the 2020s.

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Why the Navy Needs Disruption Now (part 1 of 2)

Steve Blank

The future is here it’s just distributed unevenly – Silicon Valley view of tech adoption. The threat is here it’s just distributed unevenly – A2/AD and the aircraft carrier. I just spent two days a hundred miles off the coast of Mexico aboard the U.S.S. Taking off and landing is a great metaphor for the carrier.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. They controlled distribution to the masses. The conventional wisdom at Fox’s headquarters is that MySpace had “made&# both YouTube & Photobucket by allowing them distribution. AOL was closed, the Internet was open. provides you.

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Is This Mic On?: Capital Factory Members at #SXSW2018

Austin Startup

Finalists addressing issues such as storage, distribution, packaging, waste, and more, will compete for up to $50,000 in prizes. Casa Mexico is Mexico Tourism & the Mexican Government’s SXSW hub. Date: Tues March 13, 2018 Time: 9:30 AM?—?10:30 10:30 AM Location: Hilton Austin Downtown?—?Salon

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

He worked at an education startup here in Silicon Valley. Tomas Pueyo : Yeah, I started figuring out it was going to happen around the middle of February, and I was waiting for the cases to really start appearing in Silicon Valley. You have a day job here in Silicon Valley at an education technology company.