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Kumbaya Expands Board

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Rancho Palos Verdes-based Kumbaya , which is developing a device to bring solar- and battery- powered Internet connectivity and content to third world communities, said today that it has added a United Airlines IT executive to its board. According to Kumbaya, Silvia Prickel has joined its Board of Directors.

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What Would it Look Like if Elon Musk Pitched a VC Today?

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This week I attended the All Things D Conference in Ranchos Palos Verdes. I’m sure you know, but Elon was the co-founder (and largest shareholder) of PayPal, the most important payment transfer technology of its era and still the most instrumental to date. It is always a stellar event. He is that.0001%

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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

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And as tech founders have skewed younger over the years due to the need to raise less capital and the fact that startups are often more technology-based at their cores – the shifts to areas where younger founders want to live has happened all over the world. So Silicon Valley massively shifted to San Francisco.