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SXSW Startups: Boost Biomes

Austin Startup

While we are focusing internal efforts on crop production, we have had a number of prospective partners approach us to develop the technology to generate products in other areas. It’s almost inevitable at this point that at some point, our partners’ eyes widen as they come to understand how the technology works.

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Happy 81st Birthday Dad

Feld Thoughts

He loves the color green. of the Foundry Group partners are from Texas?) In the summer of 1968, I was selected to give a paper on acromegaly in Mexico City. Bernie set up a lovely dinner in a restaurant in a park in Mexico City. My dad turns 81 today. He’s one of my best friends.

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Responses: Santa Fe Friends + Cali Friends + +

Scalable Startup

We miss you and look forward to seeing you soon.The NM Green Chamber of Commerce wants a ‘buy local’ app. New Mexico is a weak startup location – missing many parts and move too slowly. Trying to figure out how to schedule a trip to India with my new partner in our social enterprise. Enjoy the urban life.

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Smells Like Money: The Business of Waste Management

Up and Running

In 1999, he and a business partner launched Sunshine Recycling Inc. , The movement continues, with more conscientious consumers taking note of a company’s carbon footprint, and supporting brands that exhibit a concerted effort to “being green.” He now also owns AYD (At Your Disposal) Waste Services in Austin, Texas.

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SXSW Startups: UbiGro

Austin Startup

We can make green, yellow, orange, red, and everything in between, simply by changing the size of these particles. We are focused on agriculture, but if a partner comes to us or if resources are available, we will also work on other exciting use cases like security inks. We get 300-plus days of sunshine. We are actually in the no.

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

Both Sides of the Table

So along come companies like Slide, RockYou & Zynga who wanted to build apps across all the social networks but were green-lighted the hardest by Mark Zuckerberg. It was at that moment that a 22-year-old Mark Zuckerberg completely schooled the 75-year-old Rupert Murdoch.

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Venture Capital in the Rockies Winter 2010 Unveils Promising Growth Companies Ahead of Conference

VC Adventure

The VCIR Winter 2010 conference will be held at the Park Hyatt in Beaver Creek, Colorado, February 23-25, showcasing early-growth companies from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Green Garage is a new kind of garage that makes car s gentler on the planet and easier on the wallet. .