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Episode 92: Educational and Galactic Profitability with Dr. Zarik Boghossian

Mike Michalowicz

Today Dr.Zarik Boghossian shares his personal story of being born in Iran and moving to the US, the hardships he faced because of his accent, having no money and how he moved on to successfully develop a software that does the flight navigation for the international space station. Corporate Partners. Also Available On. Show Summary.

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DataSift Announces Mega-Round. Apple Buys Topsy for $200 Million. Here’s What You Need to Know

Both Sides of the Table

It isn’t simply that when a leader in the US calls off negotiations with Iran he puts it on Twitter or when a leader from Iran rebuffs that Tweet publicly that a signal is created but it is the unseen. In the B round we invested the maximum amount we could alongside the lead – Scale Venture Partners.

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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Thanks to Janet Bannister, Managing Partner, Real Ventures , and Erika Cramer , Co-Managing Member, How Women Invest, for thoughtful comments. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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Find road-trip partners on Zimride. Julianna Iran, a tax consultant from Pasadena, Calif., Since the incident, Airbnb partnered with insurance firm Lloyds of London to introduce a Host Guarantee program that insures homeowners up to $1 million on most items in the house. Visit our Partners: USA WEEKEND. USA TODAY Topics.

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Bright Unveils A Data-Driven Approach To The Job Search, Raises $6M

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At the same time, Goodman says he wants Bright to go broader than its own website, possibly by partnering with other hiring products like Taleo and Jobvite. Flame Malware ‘Created By US And Israel To Fight Iran’ Reports Claim. Dropcam Launches Android App, Announces $12M In Series B Funding Led By Menlo Ventures.

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

Steve Blank

Ben and his partner Marc Andreessen (the founder of Netscape and author of the first commercial web browser on the Internet ) are the definition of Smart Money. The ability to copy and disseminate banned ideas undermined repressive regimes from Poland to Iran to the Soviet Union. with my colleague Ben Horowitz.

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Why Entrepreneurs & VCs Should Focus on Basecamp, Not the Summit

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In this area I’ve developed another philosophy that guides my investment decisions and forms a lot of the premise that I debate in our internal partners’ meetings when I’m advocating that we invest in a company. I call it “focus on basecamp, not the summit.&# I felt the exact same way when I was an entrepreneur.