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Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups

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What’s your role in the Coachella Valley area startup ecosystem? Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. What makes the Coachella Valley an ideal place to start a company? Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at CVEP.

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Why Coachella Valley Is a Hub for Renewable Energy Startups

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What’s your role in the Coachella Valley area startup ecosystem? Joe: I came to the Coachella Valley in January of 2012 to serve as the Founder and Managing Director of the Palm Springs iHub. What makes the Coachella Valley an ideal place to start a company? Joe Wallace, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer at CVEP.

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How PolarPro's Photo Filters Are Riding The GoPro Wave

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We caught up with Jeff Overall , the founder of PolarPro, to better understand the company--plus the popularity of accessories specifically for GoPro cameras. Jeff Overall: It all started back in 2011, when I was going to the University of Santa Barbara. This was when GoPro was just getting started, and becoming real popular.

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How to Give Your Startup Idea The Sniff Test

Startup Professionals Musings

I’m going to start a website to offer this service!” I’m sure you all realize that there could be quite a distance between a great idea and a great startup. A search argument like “recipes from the ingredients you have on hand” might be the place to start. No known patents filed. Real customer pain and money.

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MuckerLab Unveils Second Graduating Class to Investors

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A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Okuno said, “I have invested in over 40 startups almost always in the six-figure range.”

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Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!

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Always looking to provide the very best for our community so that you may learn and grow as a startup or entrepreneur, Bill Gross is one of the best experts we could provide. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. After graduating from college, Bill and his brother Larry started GNP Development, Inc.,

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10 Top Reasons For First-time Entrepreneur Failure

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Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Statistics show that the failure rate for new startups within the first 5 years is as high as 50 percent. No intellectual property.