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“Ben Franklin was instrumental in helping us survive the early years”

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By Cara Aungst and originally published at HappyValley Industry In 2003, DiamondBack Covers was born out of an assignment in an Engineering Entrepreneurship class at Penn State. Ben Franklin is there to help fuel that growth so that the founders can focus on innovation.” DiamondBack Covers is a perfect example of that,” he continued.

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Welcome, BizLink Orange!

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In recent years, the region has emerged as a thriving innovation hub, home to a host entrepreneurial activity with Orlando consistently ranking as one of the best cities to start a business. Since 2003, The National Entrepreneur Center has been collaborating with area resource partners to champion entrepreneurs and small business owners.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

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We spent a bunch of time in the video talking about “disruption” as described by Clay Christensen in his seminal book, “The Innovator’s Dilemman” which I profiled here. 33:15 Have you noticed a change from 2003 to now in the “serendipity factor” of Santa Monica?

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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In 2003 one of their first investments was Qiigo, Mike Yavondite’s company. Opportunities in vertical search exist where the sources of data are somewhat hidden and can be unlocked and displayed in an innovative manner. So it is a combination of markets and people. The contextual ad market was attractive.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. All other lessons were sort of obvious.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale. In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. All other lessons were sort of obvious.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

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Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Mark: Apple is like China, they have introduced an incredibly amount of innovation to the market.