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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Plantible Foods

Austin Startup

The San Diego-based startup has developed vertically integrated system that produces a plant-based protein ingredient that can replace egg whites, whey and casein in food and beverage applications. I recently had the opportunity to meet Uma Valeti , the founder and CEO of Memphis Meats, who has also become an advisor to our company.

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BUZZ Doesn’t Equal BUY: Three Factors To Look For When Seeking Stocks With Long-Term Value

YoungUpstarts

Masterful execution makes up one of the triangle’s two vertical sides. (I One of those real-world examples is FedEx, the Memphis-based delivery company. When I visited Fred Smith, chairman and CEO of FedEx, at his Memphis headquarters, he said strategy was his company’s top priority. I call this the “hard edge.”).

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

Every movie I had seen – 12 O’clock High, Memphis Belle, etc. – assumed that there were no electronics other than radios on these bombers. This lack of information meant that every World War II movie or book that had airplanes on bombing missions in it was wrong. Every one of them. (To