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Generation Z Has Been Shaped By Their Collective Experience
By Tishin Donkersley | Oct 12, 2017 at 12:20 pm
As a teen, if I got in trouble, the car was taken away for the weekend and all forms of my social life ended. There wasn’t an opportunity to just shrug my shoulders and go hang in my bedroom talking to my friends online…
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Bold Moves: A Joke and Advice On Investor Introductions
By Elliot Volkman | Oct 11, 2017 at 5:00 pm
For startups, to say there is ever a shortage of challenges would be the same as waiting for a pig to fly through the sky. On that list, nested just under how the hell do I get funding, is how do you get face…
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Oska Wellness Wins TechCo’s 2017 Startup of the Year Competition
By Adam Rowe | Oct 11, 2017 at 4:08 pm
Oska Wellness, a health-tech, wearable pain relief device startup based out of Carlsbad, CA, is the 2017 Startup of the Year winner. The announcement, made at the Innovate Celebrate conference held by TechCo in partnership with CTA, came following a three-day event attended by …
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5 Startup of the Year Finalist Pitches at Innovate Celebrate
By Conor Cawley | Oct 11, 2017 at 3:30 pm
Pitching is scary. Sitting down with a relative stranger to convince them that your company is the next big thing is enough to make an entrepreneur sweat bullets. After all, the right pitch can do a lot for the future of a new startup….
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CTA’s 2017 Holiday Tech Trends: Here Are All the Stats You Need to Know
By Adam Rowe | Oct 11, 2017 at 2:45 pm
In one of the Innovate Celebrate 2017 conference’s most anticipated talks, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has today announced the 24th Annual Holiday Tech Trends for the upcoming season. As always, the consumer fervor behind the gift-giving frenzy stretching …
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Meet the Finalists for TechCo’s Startup of the Year Competition
By Conor Cawley | Oct 11, 2017 at 1:00 pm
For five years, TechCo has showcased and supported burgeoning companies through the Startup of the Year competition. In addition to helping founders gain access to top tech investors, mentors, and influencers, the competition breeds an entrepreneurial energy that is palpable at …
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Mayfield Robotics Is Creating a New Class of Robot. And It’s Adorable.
By Adam Rowe | Oct 11, 2017 at 12:20 pm
Picture a robot from the future. Maybe you’re thinking of Star Trek’s Data, Futurama’s Bender, or the Jetsons’ robot maid Rosie. One thing they all have in common: They have personalities, and they’re treated as functional members of whatever family …
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How Soft Robotics Is Revolutionizing the Food Harvesting Industry
By Adam Rowe | Oct 11, 2017 at 10:50 am
Picking strawberries is a labor intensive job as each berry needs to be pulled off individually. And even though the strawberry harvesting industry is the highest paid of all the berry picking industries, many berries rot on the vine every year because there is…
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Michael Hermus of Homeland Security Gives Cybersecurity Advice
By Conor Cawley | Oct 10, 2017 at 6:30 pm
If you aren’t making cybersecurity a priority at your business, where have you been? Between countless global cyber attacks and privacy concerns across the consumer landscape, ignoring cybersecurity is foolish at best and negligent at worst. Fortunately, Michael …
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Holly Liu: Innovation at All Stages of Your Company
By Elliot Volkman | Oct 10, 2017 at 5:20 pm
If your company could be classified as a type of boat, what would it be? An inflatable kayak (the idea on the back of a napkin), a row boat (startup), or perhaps a speedboat (growth stage)? Today at Innovate Celebrate, that’s exactly what Holly…
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Justin Fishkin of Local Motors Talks the Future of Transportation
By Adam Rowe | Oct 10, 2017 at 4:45 pm
Picture the last 100 years of automobile innovation. From the rattletrap Model T to the latest model, we’ve come a long way and made plenty of improvements. But the process hasn’t changed much: Factories still take years to fine-tune their next model before turning…
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CJ Prober: GoPro Turned Business Around By Hyperfocusing on Mission
By Elliot Volkman | Oct 10, 2017 at 4:00 pm
Businesses are created and destroyed on a weekly, if not daily basis. Sure, there may be some bailouts to keep a few historical machines running, but for the rest it is almost entirely up to the leaders and team members of an organization to…
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Josh Walden of Intel on Managing a Fleet of Data-Driven Drones
By Conor Cawley | Oct 10, 2017 at 2:30 pm
Drones are often spoken of in mixed terms. While their practical uses are revolutionary, drones still remain one of the most pressing fears for the average consumer. From privacy concerns to swarms of autonomous flying robots, people are having trouble adopting drones completely …
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Join Us for the Startup of the Year Party at Innovate Celebrate 2017
By Conor Cawley | Oct 9, 2017 at 2:30 pm
The Startup of the Year competition is an integral and exciting part of Innovate Celebrate. The competitive spirit of the startups, combined with the entrepreneurial energy of the conference, makes for an atmosphere that is rivaled only by the Super Bowl. And after all…