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How DogVacay Literally Saved my Thanksgiving

Both Sides of the Table

Every year my family meets in San Diego for Thanksgiving. Panic ensued as we couldn’t bring the dogs to San Diego and my brother’s three kids look forward to this great trip all year. ” She arrived late that night in San Diego. The Background. “Oh s**t.” Thank you.

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5 Ideal Locations For Young Startups

YoungUpstarts

San Diego is a hotbed for biotech companies, but they’ve also got their share of those in telecom and other tech industries. Corporate housing in San Diego is on the rise, which in turn helps the area’s startup scene flourish. London is taking top position as the best place for startups in Europe.

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If you Can’t Make Time, MakeSpace

Both Sides of the Table

It was in San Diego and I had space in my apartment but I had a lot of extra stuff that was easier stored in a facility. He thought he’d want to get some of his stuff back once the post trauma of the storage had passed. He wanted an Uber experience. But with storage. I was ecstatic. It resonated. I used storage.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve had this conversation with several communities such as in San Diego where I believe there are way more qualified and talented engineers than available local capital to support them. Actually, there is tons of wealth in San Diego but it isn’t organized well to support them. San Diego has Qualcomm.

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Avalon Ventures Raises A New $200 Million Fund And Gets A New Website

Feld Thoughts

I’ve gotten to know several of Rich’s partners over the past few years and recently had a wonderful Do More Faster book tour dinner hosted at Avalon’s San Diego office by Kevin Kinsella (a fellow MIT-grad turned VC.). In conjunction with their financing, Avalon just rolled out a new website designed by Slice of Lime.

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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

Both Sides of the Table

Examples: There is a company called GreenLink Networks based in San Diego and Philadelphia. When I first met the team in San Diego they had only been working on their software for 5 months. I’m not sure why you’d do that unless you had to. Another example. version of their product was.

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San Diego Startup Spotlight: Breadcrumbs

Business Plan Blog

The San Diego startup ecosystem is growing, along with the resources available to entrepreneurs. Breadcrumbs was conceived in June 2012 at Startup Weekend in San Diego as a self-tracking mobile application. Soon thereafter, Breadcrumbs was accepted into San Diego’s tech incubator, EvoNexus.