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Google’s $500 Million Secret

Published November 2, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged Silicon Valley, startups, Google, tech startup, startup tech companies, disruptive concepts, Series B, technology startup, Magic Leap, early stage funding, disruptive technology, augmented reality technology, Rony Abovitz, Magic Leap's technology, Google invested half a billion dollars in this startup
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I get excited when it comes to startup tech companies with disruptive concepts. These days, that means I’m getting excited a lot - almost every time I get a news alert about the latest major Series B going down somewhere in the world. With that …

What Cloud Computing Means for Startup Financing

Published October 3, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: The Web, StartupsTagged entrepreneurs, startup, innovation, marketing, online business, startups, cloud computing, Instagram, seed round, Kevin Systrom, Amazon Web Services, SaaS solutions, Venture Capitalist Funding, cloud services, guerilla marketing
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Guest post from Andy Barkett, CTO for the Republican National Committee and the CEO of Getexp, Inc. Before Instagram became Facebook’s golden child, it was a small startup, raising only $500,000 in its first seed round. The company operated with 16 employees at its largest, …

India’s World-Class Tech Startups at Rock Bottom Valuations

Published September 30, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged Silicon Valley, innovative, startups, Vinod Khosla, tech startup, India's technology sector, valuations, Bookpad, cheap valuations, tech industry, Impermium, Little Eye, great tech startups, Yuri Milner, cost effective operations, Indian Institute of Technology, tech acquisitions out of India
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If India’s technology sector is not on your radar, it should be. India offers a combination of two economic advantages the rest of the world is unable to. First, its people are extremely innovative and provide unique solutions to current technological and economic challenges. Second, …

What I Learned From A Former Drug Kingpin

Published April 25, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: InfluenceTagged entrepreneurs, opportunities, entrepreneur, innovative, startups, early stage companies, investment opportunities, ex-con, second chances, Brian O’Dea, drug smuggler, Drug Kingpin, The Wolf of Wall Street, Kevin O’Leary, Michael Milken, white collar criminal, securities fraud, criminal activities
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I was recently at a meeting with a group of investors who are all solid people. They are each very successful in their own right and have made vast sums of money investing in early stage companies over the years. We all got together to …

A Scientific Startup Fighting World Hunger

Published April 18, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Culture of CapitalismTagged entrepreneurs, innovation, capitalism, entrepreneurial ventures, startups, Khosla Ventures, Agricultural ventures, economical issues, BioConsortia, biotech company, microbes, crop health, advancing agricultural produce and yield, genetic modification, chemical fertilizers, Otter Capital, seed to table, BioConsortia’s technology, malnutrition, poverty, Andrew Chung, venture capital community, venture capital firm, arable land, microbe technology
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Agricultural ventures are not coming to market fast enough (I’ve written why, here). We have a laborious task ahead of us to get to the point where we can feed a population that will hit 10 billion globally in our lifetime. All these people need …

The Character of an Amazing Entrepreneur

Published April 15, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: MotivationTagged entrepreneur, entrepreneurial skills, Uber, entrepreneurial success, Steve Jobs, entrepreneurship, startups, entrepreneurial journey, passion, being an entrepreneur, Becoming an entrepreneur, Travis Kalanick, great entrepreneurs, disruptive companies, tenacious entrepreneurs, Effectual Reasoning, predictive reasoning, startup gurus, CrowdFlower, Scour, P2P search engine, Red Swoosh, Carnegie
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The idea of being an entrepreneur crashes through almost everyone’s mind at some point or another in their lives. Few people follow the idea through to fruition. For most, it typically ends up becoming a passing fantasy. Becoming an entrepreneur is not the best way …

HealthTap Garners $38 Million for Online Checkup Business

Published March 15, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: The Web, StartupsTagged competition, startups, HealthTap, patient diagnosing, doctors who are online, fee-based model, premium services, health monitoring devices, doctor-patient relationships, unique visitors, medical services, Series B investment, Khosla Ventures, Keith Rabois, Vinod Khosla, Ron Gutman, health issues, medical issues, Health 2.0
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I am not old enough to remember the days of doctor’s house calls, but I can only imagine how convenient that would have been. Falling ill these days has become a major pain, even if it’s just for allergies, or the flu, or for anything …

Titan Aerospace’s Drones Are the Next Facebook Acquisition Target?

Published March 12, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged innovation, Facebook, competition, startups, Mark Zuckerberg, Titan Aerospace, atmospheric satellites, internet connectivity, Titan Aerospace's viability, big audacious goals, Vern Raburn, Eclipse Aviation, product offering, legislation for UAVs, heavy regulation, James Reiner, Nano satellites, multi-billion dollar technology, Legislative risk, liberalizing communications, crowdfunding
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By this point, most of you have probably heard the rumor that Facebook is contemplating the purchase of drone maker Titan Aerospace. Indeed, if true, it is a stroke of genius on the part of the folks at Facebook. After all, according to Mark Zuckerberg‘s …

Reflektion Creates Technology That Predicts What You Will Buy Next

Published March 11, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged technology, innovator, startups, first to market, Internet of Things, Reflektion, Predictive Analytics Platform, Intel Ventures, big data, Sean Moran, SaaS, Series B investors, predictive analytics, behaviour data, Hamid Savoj
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Imagine a world with 9 billion people forming the largest marketplace ever seen. Imagine the Internet of Things being able to identify and locate every product on this planet, in real time - forming the largest inventory of goods. Imagine the potential. However, with that …

Boxbee Business Model Capitalizes on Urbanization

Published February 25, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Real Estate / For the Home, StartupsTagged entrepreneur, startup, startups, Kristoph Mathews, angel funds, Boxbee's unique value proposition, Dropbox, space management, space optimization, Boxbee's signature yellow boxes, growth phase, customer adoption curve, Boxbee’s reputation
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Kristoph Mathews is a jet-set, globe-trotting entrepreneur who is a recent recipient of angel funds to advance the development of his brainchild, Boxbee, Simple Urban Storage. If you think his company’s name says it all, you’re wrong. There is a lot more to Boxbee than …

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